One of the highlights of the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture’s spring dinner always has been the presentation of the Bill Gibson Memorial Award in honour of a member who has made an outstanding contribution to agriculture. The selection committee consists of all previous winners of the award and even […]
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Former resident Elizabeth Adam (nee Klug) returned to Emo last week to hold a book signing at Knox United Church. For an hour-and-a-half Thursday afternoon, and another 90 minutes that, Adam met friends and members of the community as they arrived, offered them tea, coffee, and dainties, and spoke to […]
Fantastic! That’s the only word to describe the Emo spray park committee’s casino, auction and dance held Saturday night upstairs at the Emo-La Vallee Community Centre. Not only was it a social success, but by all accounts a financial one, too. “We’ll have a press release later next week when […]
This year is the 200th anniversary of David Thompson’s exploration and mapping of Rainy River District. To commemorate this historic period in Canadian history, a canoe brigade of 160 able-bodied and experienced “voyageurs” has been formed. Their plan is to paddle from Rocky Mountain House in Alberta to Fort William […]
The Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts, 2008 is soon to begin. This will be the 68th Festival of the Performing Arts—a long and proud tradition that has played host to thousands of talented performers over the years. Please visit the festival’s web site at www.ff-festival.com, where all […]
“Tonight we are here to share some wonderful food, to help some of our community members who need our support right now, to recognize someone who is making a difference to our community, to hear the words of those who will inspire us to work together, and, of course, to […]
Our Lady of the Way School in Stratton has received a grant for swimming lessons from the Please Mum Foundation Fund . . . Funds for Fun! Please Mum is a B.C.-based company that has been making growing up fun for Canadian children for more than 20 years. The establishment […]
The board of the Rainy River District Regional Abattoir Inc. has announced public consultation results on its proposal to construct an abattoir in Emo, as well as the measures it will take to mitigate concerns expressed by some residents of the town. “In response to 725 mail-out packages, we received […]
An employee of the Town of Rainy River contacted the Rainy River OPP detachment on March 23 to report a break-and-enter at the recreation centre located at 302 Broadway Ave. Investigation revealed the culprits broke an exterior window and gained entry. Once inside, the culprits went into the kitchen and […]
Mark your calendars, Rainy River District—Railroad Daze is taking place July 18-20. Planning is well underway and we are excited with the prospects of rejuvenating some past successful events, as well as introducing some new activities to take part in. The Rainy River recreation board once again is a huge […]
Saturday night is going to be so busy in the centre of the Rainy River District that Stratton had to postpone a planned event. With a cowboy poet, a casino, two dances, a bonspiel, a golden wedding anniversary, and food everywhere, the towns of Barwick, Emo, and Devlin all will […]
The Devlin 4-H Beef Club held its first meeting of the year back on Feb. 15 at the municipal office in Devlin. We began the meeting by reciting the 4-H pledge, then held introductions of members and discussed our steers and heifers. The group then held a vote for executive […]
