Dave Ogilvie Donald Young School’s 2010 musical production will be “Beauty and the Beast.” Performances will take place Feb. 24-26 starting at 7 p.m. Tickets, which will be available at the door, cost $10 for adults and $6 for seniors (children under 12 are free). By all accounts, this year’s […]
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Peggy Revell The Good Life for Young People Foundation (Oshki-Aa-yaa’aag Mino Bimaadiziiwin) is receiving almost $300,000 in funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The three-year grant totalling $293,700 will go towards expanding the foundation—the first and only one in Ontario that focuses on supporting aboriginal youth initiatives—by helping to pay […]
Robin McCormick Emo Legion Br. #99 will host the monthly “Country Jam” this Friday (Feb. 12) at 7 p.m. The evening involves local talent performing their favourite tunes, so come out and enjoy! Who knows? The musicians may even sing a few love songs in honour of Valentine’s Day on […]
Dave Ogilvie Thanks to the many customers from across the district who shopped at Cloverleaf in Emo last Thursday (Feb. 7). The store was able to donate $3,843.14 to the “Canada for Haiti” relief fund. Owners Mark and Dan Loney had pledged to donate 15 percent of the day’s total […]
Heather Latter Health card services to be offered by fall Local residents looking to renew their driver’s licences or vehicle registration will do so at a new location beginning next month. ServiceOntario, located at 922 Scott St. (the Ministry of Natural Resources building), will take over most of these services […]
Press Release Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean presented Fort Frances OPP Cst. Dan Bailey with the Medal of Bravery this morning at a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa. The bravery decorations were created in 1972 to recognize people who risked their lives to try to save or protect the lives […]
Dave Ogilvie Lions Club International is offering residents of Emo and the surrounding communities the opportunity to become members of a new Lions Club. An organizational meeting of the new club was held Monday (Feb. 1) at the Emo Inn. Response was very positive and several new members joined the group. […]
Dave Ogilvie Family Literacy Day, created in 1999 by the ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation and Honda Canada, takes place across Canada every Jan. 27. The theme for this year’s celebration was “Sing for Literacy.” Thousands of Canadians in schools, libraries, and reading organizations across the country took part in activities […]
Robin McCormick Local curlers Tim Nordin (skip), Mitch Seguin (third), Mike Badiuk (second), and Travis Showalter (lead) are heading to Sudbury to compete in the provincial men’s playdowns with a trip to the Brier at stake. Our district offers them congratulations and best wishes for good luck as they continue […]
Dave Ogilvie Last Wednesday (Jan. 27), Sturgeon Creek School in Barwick held a soup and bun lunch for students, their parents, and interested members of the community. The purpose of the event was to draw attention to the plight of children in Haiti following the earthquake that struck there on […]
Peggy Revell There were plenty of cheers, applause, and a long list of “thank yous” as residents from across the district gathered last Thursday for the long-awaited opening ceremony of the Rainy River District Regional Abattoir in Emo. More than 200 people turned out to take a tour of $2-million, […]
Press Release A Rainy River man has been convicted for burning without a permit. Mark Marchuk was charged under the Forest Fires Prevention Act and fined $150 for unlawfully starting a fire without a permit. Court heard that on May 26, 2009, acting upon information from the Dawson Township and […]
