Robin McCormick A variety of musicians and entertainers who typically perform at the monthly “Country Jams” at the Emo Legion will take to the stage there New Year’s Eve. The evening begins at 7 p.m. and wraps up at 10:30 p.m. Admission will be $5. • • • Congratulations to […]
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Dave Ogilvie The “Country Jam” sessions have been so well-attended by people from across the district, and beyond, that the musicians are planning to perform at a New Year’s Eve dance at the Emo Legion. The music will play from 7-10:30 p.m., with admission being $5. If you enjoy old-time […]
Peggy Revell A decade of toiling over his art has come to fruition as Bergland artist Tony Sepers will see his “Watch for Pedestrian” exhibit go on display at the Pictograph Gallery in Atikokan from Jan. 8-Feb. 16. “It has to do with being human and the profundity of being […]
Staff Rainy River District OPP reported that Kristen Bruce-Morrison was safely located in Fort Frances shortly after 10 p.m. on Saturday. Police first reported her missing Friday morning. At that time, she had been last seen late Wednesday morning at the United Native Friendship Centre (school) on Portage Avenue in […]
the OPP Fort Frances OPP is investigating the report of a missing female youth from Watten Township. An investigation revealed that Kristen Bruce-Morrison, 15, was last seen on Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. at the United Native Friendship Centre (school) on Portage Avenue in Fort Frances. Bruce-Morrison has not attended her […]
Robin McCormick Congratulations to Lois Shine, who was honoured as Senior of the Year during the annual Devlin/La Vallee Christmas dinner on Sunday (Dec. 12). Although I don’t have all the details of the many things Lois does for both the Devlin community centre and Emo Legion, I do know […]
Dave Ogilvie
The Emo chapter of the first-annual “Stuff a Cruiser” campaign in Rainy River District, an event created to help area charities and food banks meet the needs of the less-fortunate during the holiday season, was deemed extremely successful. On Saturday (Dec. 11), shoppers and visitors to Emo stuffed the cruiser […]
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 […]
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 […]
