Heather Latter The 144 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps (Fort Frances) saw six cadets off to summer camp this year, with two already having returned home. Twin brothers, Able Seaman Clinton Gray and Able Seaman Matthew Gray, 13, attended HMCS Ontario in Kingston, where they spent two weeks in general […]
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the MNR People who put illegal baitfish traps in local ponds and creeks, or sell baitfish without a licence, are committing offences and risk being charged, according to Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officers from Dryden District. COs have found a number of illegal baitfish traps this summer. Baitfish traps […]
Dave Ogilvie With memories of their opening show still fresh in everyone’s minds, Cornell Farms is pleased to announce Kevin Fox will be the headliner for the next barn concert, which will take place Wednesday, Aug. 5. A Halifax native, Fox is described as a “revered multi-instrumentalist, sought-after arranger/composer, and […]
Tasha-Lynn McNally, the oldest of the contestants at 16, has interests as widely varied as her sister, Marissa. The daughter of Tammy and Allen Kinnear and the late Keith McNally, she enjoys reading, drawing, writing poetry, playing her violin-which was given to her by her great-grandfather-listening to music, learning to […]
Robin McCormick The Village People bested 10 other teams to capture the annual Kingsley Downs and Gus Lindberg Memorial slo-pitch tournament over the weekend in Devlin, downing the Clippers in the ‘A’ final. Northwest Bay beat the Whiskey Jax to win the ‘B’ title while the Brew Jays topped the […]
Marissa Kinnear is the youngest of the four contestants and a young woman with a wide variety of interests. The 14-year-old Emo resident’s hobbies range from music—singing and playing her guitar—to sports such as volleyball, soccer and hockey, to photography, to “anything new that requires a challenge.” She is also […]
Taylor Pelepetz, 15, has a passion—a passion for dance. “I absolutely love to dance,” she said. The Emo resident has been taking lessons from Darcie Schulz at the “Dancin’ with Darcie” Dance Studio in International Falls for 10 years. For the last two of those years, she has also been […]
Sarah Trimble is 15 years old and she resides in Emo with her parents and her younger sister, Haley. She also has an older brother, Andrew. She enjoys dancing, drawing and fishing, and plans to attend the Toronto School of Art when she graduates from Fort Frances High School. She […]
Press Release The province is investing an additional $500,000 through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. to help establish the abattoir in Emo, bringing the total provincial support for the facility to $1 million. “Establishment of an abattoir in the Rainy River area was an important recommendation of Dr. Bob […]
Peggy Revell Local nature-lovers are in for a treat as just over 400 feet of new cedar boardwalk has been installed to improve the Cranberry Peatlands’ Interpretive Trail in Alberton. “It’s more accessible, drier,” Ahlan Johanson, a member of the Rainy River Valley Field Naturalists, said about having the new […]
Elisabeth Heslop The first cut of hay has been taken in, the cereal crops are heading out, the canola is blooming, and the veggies are, well, new. The Emo Agriculture Research Station is growing a handful of rows of lettuce and carrots this year—something it hasn’t done before. Kim Jo […]
the MNR The fire scene remains quiet in the West Fire Region. There are still 16 active fires in the region, but they are not posing any problems. Of those blazes, 12 are in the northern sectors of Nipigon District, two are in Red Lake District, one is in Kenora […]
