Dave Ogilvie Next Thursday (Feb. 4), Cloverleaf Grocery in Emo will be donating 15 percent of the proceeds for the day, up to a maximum of $10,000, to “Canada for Haiti.” Shop at Cloverleaf on that day and you will be helping to donate to the people of Haiti (donations […]
District News
Robin McCormick Legion Br. #99 in Emo will be hosting a fish fry this Saturday (Jan. 30) from 5-7 p.m. Take-out orders will be available at 4:30 p.m. The cost of the meal, consisting of fish, potatoes, salad, buns, and all the trimmings, is $12 for adults and $5 for […]
Heather Latter Will be missed by friends here They may have only lived in Fort Frances for a year, but the Callaway family from Australia gained experiences and friendships that will last a lifetime. “We had such a wonderful experience in every aspect,” enthused Maree Callaway, who arrived last January […]
Dave Ogilvie The 144 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps (Fort Frances) held a “Range Day” at the Emo curling rink on Saturday. All the cadets were given a day of rifle training using Daisy air rifles, including proper shooting technique and gun safety. Many other activities have been planned for […]
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 […]
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 […]
