Dave Ogilvie Everyone is invited to celebrate Family Day on Monday, Feb. 21 at the Emo-La Vallee Community Centre. Children are encouraged to bring their parents for an afternoon of free family fun from noon-4 p.m. There will be family skating from noon-2 p.m., followed by shinny hockey from 2-4 […]
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Dave Ogilvie The Lions Clubs International’s vision statement, “To be the global leader in community and humanitarian service,” was the central theme at the Lions’ “Mid-Winter Convention” held Jan. 28-30 in Thunder Bay. Lions clubs from Northwestern Ontario and northern Minnesota, including members from the Fort Frances, Voyageur, and Emo […]
Ken Johnston Controversy was flying around the room at the 20th-annual Rainy River District Municipal Association general meeting in Stratton. A resolution moved by Fort Frances Coun. Rick Wiedenhoeft, regarding the future of the Fort Frances Airport, was met with concerns from several other district communities. In the initial version […]
Peggy Revell Rainy River cattle have landed in Kazakhstan. Ten Herefords originally from Cornell Farms in La Vallee were among the 400 cattle in a first shipment to the former Soviet republic at the end of December as Eastern European countries look to regenerate herds depleted since the fall of […]
Ken Johnston Members of the Rainy River District Municipal Association should be pleased to know they will be paying less this year to the Northwestern Health Unit. “Our board has decided to leave the per capita [levy] at $54.33 again this year,” said health unit CAO Mark Perrault. However, the […]
Ken Johnston There were some big top questions on Saturday about the future of the district’s giant events tent. Purchased more than a decade ago by the Rainy River Future Development Corp. and recently refurbished at a cost of $70,000, the future of the tent now is in limbo. RRFDC […]
Staff The Rainy River District School Board will see the layout of their meeting agenda altered starting tonight as trustees move to hold their usual in-camera session at the beginning of meetings from now on. In-camera sessions for the board’s monthly meetings now run from 6-6:45 p.m., with trustees rising […]
There were more winners in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw. Winning $30 for Jan. 9-15 were Darren Angus and Andrea Hayes (Emo), Brenda Roy (Atikokan), Fred Houlden (Winnipeg), Mike Menard (Englehart, Ont.), Roland and Beulah Larocque (Emo), Terry Lee (Stratton), and Curtis Jourdain (Fort […]
the OPP The Fort Frances Community Drug Action Team, in conjunction with Rainy River District OPP detachment officers, conducted a vehicle stop on Highway 11 in Emo on Tuesday. As a result of the police investigation, the vehicle’s driver and passenger were arrested and found in possession of 2,380 grams […]
Robin McCormick The Emo Legion will hold its annual January fish fry, also featuring mashed potatoes, wild rice casserole, baked beans, cole slaw, and dessert, this Saturday (Jan. 29). Admission is $12 for adults and $5 for children six and under. Take-out orders are available and orders also can be […]
Dave Ogilvie The first “Rabbie Burns Dinner” ever held in Emo was deemed a success by the Emo and District Lions Club, which hosted the inaugural event on Saturday. Thanks to the hard work of co-organizers Stewart and Debbie Firth, more than 100 people attended the evening celebration, which included […]
Taylor Vlotaros The Pine River 4-H Club just completed its “Chocolate” project. Club members are Taylor Vlotaros, Jordan, Kurt, and Morgan Desserre, Evan Govier, and Elijah and Rebecca Zimmerman, with Kim Desserre and Susan Irvine being the club leaders. At our first meeting, held Dec. 21, we talked about kitchen […]
