VNP Come celebrate “Ice Box Days” on the Oberholtzer Trail. Snowshoe an easy one-mile trail by headlamp this Friday (Jan. 16) from 6-8 p.m. at the Rainy Lake Visitor Center of Voyageurs National Park. Then afterwards, enjoy a campfire and hot cider with friends. It promises to be fun for […]
District News
Dave Ogilvie The Emo rec council is pleased to announce it will be starting Saturday morning hockey for children from senior kindergarten-Grade 4 who already can skate. All participants also are required to wear full hockey equipment. The purpose of this program, which will run every Saturday from 8-9 a.m. […]
Robin McCormick Here’s hoping everyone had a great holiday season and are now ready to get back into the routine of everyday life. I wish everyone a great 2009! I don’t have a lot of Devlin news this week, however, I encourage people to notify me if you would like […]
Peggy Revell Thanks to funding received in 2008, the new year holds infrastructure work for La Vallee, Reeve Emily Watson said. “We’re going to have some major capital work going on in 2009,” noted Reeve Watson, stressing the funding boost was a real positive thing for the township since it […]
Peggy Revell 2008 was a very good year for Emo, said Reeve Ed Carlson, and with the completion of numerous community projects, 2009 will be a good one, too. “We have some ambitious things to do [this] year, like create our walkway to our sportsfield complex,” said Reeve Carlson. The […]
Peggy Revell With 2009 off to a fresh start, Rainy River Mayor Debbie Ewald is looking forward to the new year bringing the completion of the town’s large sewer system upgrade project that began in 2008. “Generally [2008] was good because we finally got our sewer project on the backseat […]
Peggy Revell Local infrastructure and the economy are the big issues as 2009 arrives, said Morley Reeve Gary Gamsby. 2008 itself wasn’t a bad year, he noted, as Morley moved forward with some projects. “We had a couple of drainage ditches on the go and got those close to being […]
Press Release The snowmobile season has arrived, with excellent trail conditions thanks to snowfall amounts and the hard work from all the volunteers with our local snowmobile clubs. OPP officers in Rainy River District have been out on snowmobile patrol throughout December, and would like to remind operators to be […]
Dave Ogilvie The annual Boxing Day bonspiel was held Friday at the Emo curling club, with 10 teams from across the district participating. Grant Meyers’ team was declared the winner, with Paul Loney’s rink finishing second. Event organizer Dave Hughes was pleased with the turnout and by all accounts, everyone […]
Dorothy Friesen Volunteers prepared and delivered 25 complete Christmas dinners to people in the Emo and surrounding area, as well as serving 55 others a traditional sit-down turkey and ham meal with all the trimmings at Knox United Church on Christmas Day. As people feasted on the desserts (Christmas pudding, […]
Staff The Fort Frances Atom ‘AA’ 99ers held their early-bird raffle yesterday at the CC Complex at Couchiching. Peggy Martineau drew six-year-old Reed Bodnar as the lucky winner of a $500 gas voucher donated by the CC Complex. More draws will take place Jan. 30 when the team hosts their […]
Dave Ogilvie The local Right Relations Circle’s potluck feast, held last Thursday (Dec. 18) at Knox United Church in Emo, was declared a success by event organizers. The evening, which offered a chance to “Get to Know Our Neighbours,” was attended by people from across the district. Members of the […]
