Dave Ogilvie What better day to take a tour of Ireland than March 17—St. Patrick’s Day! That’s what members of the Emo Country Club thought as their prepared for another “trip” to a far-off destination. More than 35 club members were entertained last Tuesday from 1-3 p.m. in the common […]
District News
Duane Hicks The Rainy River District Substance Abuse Prevention Team will find out its fate tomorrow (March 26) when Finance minister Dwight Duncan delivers the 2009 Ontario budget. The program’s funding expires March 31—and there’s been no firm commitment from the province at this point as to whether it will […]
Peggy Revell While the younger generation has been raised to know the importance of recycling, recently-released data from Waste Diversion Ontario (WDO) shows municipalities across Northern Ontario are nowhere near the provincial average for waste diversion. From data collected for 2007, Ontario residents, on average, generated more than a kilogram […]
Peggy Revell The Rainy River District Community Legal Clinic and Kenora Community Legal Clinic will be amalgamated to form the Northwest Community Legal Clinic effective April 1. “The clients shouldn’t see any change in service,” noted Trudy McCormick, executive director of the Rainy River District clinic and who will be […]
Dave Ogilvie The Emo Legion welcomed spring on Friday (March 20) with the largest “jam” yet, which saw 20 musicians and several dozen people singing and dancing until late into the night. The musicians who came in from the farthest away were Louis Hawkness from Dryden, Vern Silver and Lawrence Bellamy from Atikokan, and […]
Robin McCormick The annual Emo Spring Fever Days celebration is coming up April 17-18. This is always a fun-filled weekend with lots of free draws, great sales, and visiting with friends and neighbours. This year, as always, the Emo Legion will be renting tables for $10 each for its craft/bake […]
Dave Ogilvie The Emo & District Hospital Auxiliary’s Shamrock tea and bake sale on Friday afternoon was well-attended by about 90 people. Winners were Loretta Hartnell (tea set), Mary Gavin (salad bowl), and John Vandenbrand (door prize). The money raised at the event ($786) will help pay for the cardiac […]
Press Release The Rainy River District School Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Diana Coutts to the position of vice-principal of Atikokan High School, effective Feb. 26. Ed Ojala has returned to his full-time teaching position within AHS at this time. Coutts brings to the position more than […]
Dave Ogilvie Friday, March 13 marked yet another winter carnival for Sturgeon Creek School. This much-anticipated event began (some say) as early as 1975 and has continued uninterrupted ever since. Most traditions after that many years have the tendency to become stale and boring; some even fall by the wayside. […]
Peggy Revell With data that has been collected so far throughout the district, the Ministry of Natural Resources is predicting an above-average winter severity for the deer population here. Since 1953, a network of snows stations—located in Atikokan, Rice Bay, and Arbor Vitae—is used to evaluate the winter weather severity […]
Peggy Revell The Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association is encouraging district farmers to attend a meeting next Wednesday (March 25) to learn more about the first-annual Stratton Pre-Sort Protocol Sale. Starting at 7 p.m. at the Stratton municipal office, the meeting will feature Dr. Blair Simonson, who will discuss the vaccination […]
Peggy Revell The Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association is encouraging district farmers to attend a meeting next Wednesday (March 25) to learn more about the first-annual Stratton Pre-Sort Protocol Sale. Starting at 7 p.m. at the Stratton municipal office, the meeting will feature Dr. Blair Simonson, who will discuss the vaccination […]
