The slump in tourism here over the past few years has gotten local tourist camp owners worried about the future. According to the North Western Ontario Tourism Association (NWOTA), tourism provided jobs for more than 9,900 people in the area and brought some $306 million into the economy in 2001. […]
District News
Ontario’s Education Week, according to the government, is an annual event celebrated by school boards and schools across the province. It is a time for students, teachers, and parents to celebrate teaching excellence and student achievement. Education Week at Donald Young School here in Emo included a great deal of […]
In the early hours of Saturday morning, an act of violence and vandalism shattered the peace, as well as windows, in Rainy River. Residents on the 300 block of First Street were aroused from their beds shortly after 3 a.m. when a distraught woman seeking assistance appeared at the door […]
The annual meeting of the Rainy River District Women’s Institute was held Saturday, May 3 at the seniors’ centre in Stratton, with 20 women from across the district taking part in the full-day session. The district W.I. is comprised of six local Women’s Institutes: McIrvine, Burriss, Chapple, Lake of the […]
Giggles, painted faces, hotdogs, and cake were the order of the day Saturday at the grand opening of the “Best Start” hub in Stratton. About two dozen area residents, young and old, were on hand to celebrate with co-ordinator Marni McDonald and her assistant, Laurie Anderson. Leanne Mineault, director of […]
A Geraldton man has been fined $5,000 for unsafe hunting. David Rody, 34, who was not present at his trial, was convicted under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act. On April 29, 2007, Rody was driving on Highway 11, west of Geraldton, with his two young sons and a dog […]
The Northwestern Health Unit is actively trying to improve health and food security by raising the nutrition level of the food we eat through a wide range of programs. These include “Plant a row, Grow a row,” food box programs, community gardens in Emo and Fort Frances, a “Buy Local” […]
North Star School in Atikokan is being recognized by the Rainy River District School Board at its regular meeting tonight for providing a theatre arts program for students there. In February, Doug Dunnet’s Grade 5/6 class participated in a workshop with the De-baj-a-muh-jig (“Storyteller” in Cree and Ojibway) Theatre Group. […]
Emo businessman Mark Loney is scheduled to appear as a witness at the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food meeting tomorrow as part of the ongoing “Product of Canada” study. Local MP Ken Boshcoff’s office has been working with Loney in his efforts to receive approval from the Canadian Food […]
The Rainy River District “Best Start” Network is announcing the opening celebration of the Stratton “Best Start” hub this Saturday (May 3) from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., with a cake-cutting ceremony at 11:30 a.m. The hub is located in the Stratton Resource Centre at the intersection of Highways 11 and 617. […]
It was billed as a fundraiser for the Northern Echo Bible Camp but with the blowing snow and plunging temperature outside, it could have doubled as a Christmas supper. Nevertheless, a large crowd filled the hall of the Christian Reformed Church in Emo on Friday evening to raise money for […]
Nine students of the Northwest Tae Kwon Do club attended Grandmaster Kang’s Can-Am games Tae Kwon Do tournament at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg on Saturday. All nine competed in the forms competition: •Terry Martin of Fort Frances (green belt blue stripe); •Dawn Martin of Fort Frances (green belt […]
