Duane Hicks The Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River District is hoping to make Sunday, Feb. 6 “a night to remember” at its sixth-annual “Chefs’ Charitable Dinner and Auction” here. Plans for the fundraiser, which starts at 5 p.m. at the Adventure Inn, are shaping up, executive director Lynn Moffatt said […]
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Duane Hicks FORT FRANCES—Rainy Lake First Nations Pharmacy, a partnership between the Rainy Lake Tribal Development Corp. and pharmacist Edwin Bruyere, held its grand-opening Monday at the Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre on Couchiching. The new pharmacy, located at 1460 Idylwild Drive, has been built as an expansion onto the health […]
Staff J.W. Walker School and Fort High are going solar. J.W. Walker saw a 5.4 kW photovoltaic system installed this past fall, and finally were “hooked up” back into this grid and commissioned on Dec. 30. Meanwhile, Fort High’s solar panel project will be bigger than the one at J.W. […]
Dave Ogilvie Donald Young School in Emo will be hosting a “Family Literacy Day” next Thursday (Jan. 27). Family members are invited to a lunch of wild rice soup and bannock, which will be served at noon in the school gym. Then after lunch, parents are encouraged to stay to […]
Staff The Northwest Catholic District School Board will be looking to approve its audited financial statements for the previous year at tonight’s meeting, which is slated to run via videoconference starting at 6:30 p.m. at the St. Francis School library. The 2009-10 financial year saw the board end up with […]
Robin McCormick The cemetery committee would like to thank Jim Kellar for plowing the cemetery roads. As well, thanks to the many people who shovelled and blew snow. The candle lighting was beautiful this year. There were many candles lit in the evening of Christmas Eve and they burned into […]
Dave Ogilvie The Emo and District Lions Club is hosting a “Robbie Burns Dinner” on Saturday, Jan. 22 at the Emo Legion. The evening will begin with cocktails at 6 p.m., followed by a roast beef dinner at 7 p.m. Included in this traditional Scottish celebration will be the piping […]
Duane Hicks Rev. Jacob Quast, of the Church of the Lutheran Hour here, recently had his book, “Angels: What you should know about these divine messengers (both the good and the bad),” published—and is hoping anyone with an interest in the subject gives it a read. Having long had an […]
Robin McCormick Crossroads School here in Devlin is implementing a new program entitled “STAR,” which stands for Spend Time Together and Read. This program will take place every Wednesday beginning today (Jan. 5) from 6-8 p.m. in the school library. Parents, guardians, grandparents, aunts, uncles, or any adult involved with […]
Dave Ogilvie The Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society will hold its annual meeting next Tuesday (Jan. 11) starting at 7:30 p.m. upstairs at the Emo/La Vallee Community Centre. Memberships for the coming year may be purchased for $10 at the meeting (a membership is required to vote). There also will […]
Duane HicksPeggy Revell Although district municipal leaders aren’t expecting stimulus funding for any more big projects this year, they’re optimistic about what 2011 holds in store. La Vallee Reeve Ross Donaldson said he is “feeling pretty positive” about the upcoming year, although at this point it’s much about getting council […]
Dave Ogilvie Only a few days remain until the 2011 “Polar Plunge” in Fort Frances. The Emo and District Lions Club and the Voyageur Lions will have jumpers who are braving the elements in order to raise funds for local projects. The Emo & District Lions are firmly behind the […]
