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 […]
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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 […]
Heather Latter A year-and-a-half after their unsuccessful quest for funding on CBC’s “Dragon’s Den,” Andrew Atwell and Ron Allen of Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation still are moving ahead with production of a wild rice popped cereal they invented. “We’ve already got the cereal patented, of course, and now we’re launching a […]
the OPP Members of the Rainy River District OPP detachment and the North West Region Crime Unit are conducting an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a one-month-old baby girl from Fort Frances. The child, Rhianna Gosselin-Allen of 327 Third St. E., passed away Monday in hospital in […]
the OPP The OPP and its Criminal Investigation Branch have initiated a new area on the OPP website focusing on unsolved homicides in Ontario. The Unsolved Homicide Investigation Teams (UHIT) have been established to conduct a review of unsolved homicides, bringing cases up to current investigative standards and forensic analysis. […]
