Staff The Township of Emo has landed some provincial funding to complete an inventory of the community’s assets to help attract entrepreneurs and investors. Emo will be receiving up to an $4,500 for an “asset analysis” of the town, as well as to hire a person to look at this […]
District News
Robin McCormick In response to the earthquake disaster in Haiti, Crossroads School’s Kids Care Club and the student council will be organizing a fundraising drive called “Coins for Haiti.” From Monday, Jan. 25 through Thursday, Jan. 28, students are asked to donate coins that will be forwarded to “Free the […]
Amanda Turco Days before Christmas, longtime Rainy River District Women’s Institute Museum (Pioneer Museum) volunteer Tina Visser was presented with the book, “We Were Not Worried at Dinner Time,” signed by the author, that the museum published back in the fall. Visser, who turned 96 in November, her late husband, […]
Dave Ogilvie The Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society’s fair board held its annual general meeting last Tuesday (Jan. 12) upstairs at the Emo-La Vallee Community Centre. After the usual business of appointing a secretary for the meeting and the reading of the minutes from the last AGM, RRVAS president Emily […]
Press Release Given the current tough economic times, many people are disheartened to hear news of job loss and unemployment levels rising. The OPP is pleased to report it is hiring new members, with a constable/cadet recruitment information session slated for tonight (Jan. 20) at 7 p.m. at Confederation College […]
Heather Latter Despite the looming loss of funding for the Rainy River District Substance Abuse Prevention Team (SAPT), the board of directors has vowed to do everything it can in order to continue their work here. “What we decided, as a board, is we felt the program is so important […]
Dave Ogilvie It may be hard to think about spring amid below-zero temperatures and piles of snow, but not so in the harness racing industry. “Red Bugler,” owned by Don and Sheila Anness of Emo, has been out on the track since the middle of December preparing for the upcoming […]
Staff A Fort Frances woman was fined $1,750 and sentenced to three months in jail, with a consecutive 20-month conditional sentence and two years’ probation, on several drug-related charges stemming back to two incidents in January and May, 2008. Carolyn Fedorak, 60, pleaded guilty to a total of five charges […]
Peggy Revell It was a warm reception last week as emergency relief supplies arrived in Pikangikum First Nation and were distributed. “It went really well,” said Fort Frances OPP Cst. Anne McCoy, who made the trip to Pikangikum along with fellow OPP officers, helping to transport the estimated four-five tonnes […]
Robin McCormick A team of four local curlers has advanced to the senior women’s provincial playdowns in Blind River at the end of February. Judy LaBelle and her rink of Nancy Evans, Mary-Beth Tkachuk, and Trudy Badiuk finished in a tie for first place at 3-2 at the inter-regional playdowns […]
Dave Ogilvie Former employees, friends, and customers from the area gathered at the Emo post office to help Postmistress Dixie Kinnear celebrate her recent retirement. After 43 years as an employee of Canada Post, starting as a part-timer, Dixie decided it was time to retire. Those on hand for the […]
Dave Ogilvie The annual general meeting of the Chapple recreation committee was held Monday (Jan. 11) at 6 p.m. at the Chapple Hall. This year’s committee members include Marvis Darrah, Wellington Gibson, Trevor Judson, Davis McKelvie, George Oltsher, and Rilla Race (Chapple council rep). Other community members who have attended […]
