Peggy Revell The Rainy Lake Tribal Development Corp. hit what it hopes will be one of many milestones as it was presented with its very first dividend cheque Friday. “Today we’re here to accept a dividend cheque that’s coming from Rainy Lake Tribal Contracting, one of our first economic development […]
District News
Peggy Revell Ontario’s Education Quality and Accountability Office has given a nod to Sturgeon Creek School and the Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program by presenting them with the Dr. Bette Stephenson Recognition of Achievement. “It was a pleasant surprise because I know how hard our teachers work, and how our school […]
There’s a 20 percent chance of snow tonight, with an overnight low of minus-24 C (11 below zero F) that will feel more like minus-28 to minus-34 (20-30 below) with the wind chill. Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy and cold, with a high of just minus-16 (three) and low around […]
Staff Gold exploration in the district marked another milestone this morning as the Fort Frances Chiefs Secretariat, Lac Des Mille Lacs First Nation, and Osisko Hammond Reef Gold Ltd. signed a resource-sharing agreement at a ceremony at La Place Rendez-Vous here. “This is an important and significant next step in […]
Dave Ogilvie The first-annual ‘Stuff a Cruiser” campaign locally, an event created to help area charities and food banks meet the needs of the less fortunate during the holiday season, will be collecting items in Emo this week. There’s going to be a police vehicle parked at Cloverleaf Grocery this […]
Dave Ogilvie In these days of corporate collapses and bank failures, it is the small home-grown businesses that successfully are finding their niche in the local economy of many Canadian towns. Such is the case for “Injunuity,” a family-run business that made a big impact during Emo’s annual “Holly Daze” […]
Robin McCormick The Emo Ministerial Association presents “A Simple Christmas”—a time to hear the Christmas story and sing some favourite carols—this Sunday at 3 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church. A free-will offering will be collected, with the funds to be split between Tyler Romyn and Mathew Beacham. • • • […]
Dan Falloon It isn’t much, but Rainy River District is home to the province’s first stretch of open snowmobile trails for the 2010-11 season. A five-mile stretch from Emo to the Highway 11/71 junction opened Monday. “It’s finished and groomed and open right now,” said Borderland Snowmobile Club president Dave […]
Dave Ogilvie Since its inception many years ago, Emo’s annual “Holly Daze” festivities have remained a popular local event and a great way to kick off the holiday season. Despite the temptation of sales in larger centres, and the lure of a strong Canadian dollar in the United States, people […]
Staff A new chair and vice-chair will be named tonight as the Northwest Catholic District School Board holds its inaugural meeting at 6:30 p.m. at St. Francis School here. The new trustees elected in October also will undergo orientation. The board then will hold its first regular meeting of the […]
Press Release Family & Children’s Services of the District of Rainy River and Kenora-Patricia Child Family Services are pleased to announce the new name of the impending amalgamated agency. Kenora-Rainy River Districts Child & Family Services is the elected name that will come into effect April 1, 2011. Agency staff, […]
Staff A 44-year-old man was sentenced here this week for several sex offences stemming back to the 1990s. Garry Donald Mathewson appeared Wednesday at the Fort Frances Courthouse before Superior Court Justice J. Wright. Mathewson was convicted of three counts of sexual exploitation and one count of sexual interference. As […]
