Six Clover Valley Farmers’ Market vendors, along with local ag co-ordinator Jeannette Cawston, attended the annual North American Farmers Direct Marketing Convention at the Wisconsin Dells on Feb. 15-20. Altogether, more than 500 farmers from across Canada and the U.S., as well as a few from the U.K. and Caribbean, […]
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The first Family Day in Emo was a huge success. More than 175 people turned out on holiday Monday to enjoy an afternoon of free family skating, shinny, popcorn, hot chocolate and a movie, and board games. The activities were sponsored by the Emo-La Vallee-Chapple Healthy Communities Coalition. The organizers […]
Last Thursday, the Emo Community Country Club stopped at its eighth destination in their world tour: Scotland. With the help of the Emo-La Vallee-Chapple Healthy Community Coalition, this group of seniors and friends have been learning about various countries around the world. Every other month, they arrange for guest speakers […]
The Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre has launched the fifth “Idea Factory Challenge,” which is again seeking the best new innovative ideas in our region. The Innovation Centre has partnered with three Community Futures Development Corporations to offer “Idea Challenges” in their regions. Here in Rainy River District, the Rainy River […]
The Emo spray park committee announced Friday it has reached $40,000 in its fundraising to build a water spray park in Emo. “It’s good, but we’d like to be further along faster,” committee chair Lincoln Dunn admitted. “It’s taken about nine months to get to $40,000, which has been good. […]
It was a fitting way to cap off Voyageur Day for the students of Our Lady of the Way School in Stratton on Friday. They were visited by Burton Penner of Borealis Dog Sled Adventures and 18 of his 33 dogs. Penner spoke to the entire student body about the […]
The OPP will be using all available resources for traffic patrol throughout February in an effort to reduce aggressive driving and collisions involving commercial vehicles, Commissioner Julian Fantino said. Both traffic unit cruisers and unmarked cars will be patrolling the roads of the province, with special emphasis on the 400 […]
On Feb. 7 at 11:30 p.m., Rainy River District OPP officers were patrolling the Township of Emo when they observed a suspicious vehicle travelling eastbound on Highway 11. The vehicle was stopped and a check of the driver revealed he was breaching a previous release condition. The driver was arrested […]
The Emo-La Vallee Healthy Community Coalition is sponsoring a Family Fun Day this coming Monday (Feb. 18) at the Emo-La Vallee Community Centre. There will be a free family skate from noon-2 p.m., followed by a free shinny hockey game from 2-4 p.m. (please bring your own helmet and gloves). […]
EMO—As Canadians, we expect the educational system to prepare our children for the future. We expect our schools to be accessible to all students—and hope that each child will be able to achieve a personal level of success. This certainly is not the case for all the children of the […]
BARWICK—About 60 farmers braved a cold night to attend the first annual meeting of the Rainy River District Regional Abattoir Inc. in Barwick on Monday night. RRDRAI president Steve Loshaw expressed his appreciation to the members for coming out. “We are trying to keep everyone informed,” he said. He thanked […]
