The biggest spring sale ever held in Stratton looked more like a winter sale on Saturday. With a winter storm blasting hard outside, 1,424 head of snowy-backed cattle were put over the scales and under the auctioneer’s hammer between 9:30 a.m. and 9 p.m. But only a couple of trucks […]
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With the 70th anniversary of the Dance fire approaching this October, a committee made up of victims’ family members are planning a large memorial to commemorate the 17 lives that were lost. But they are looking for support from the community to make it happen. “The Dance fire is a […]
A former Sioux Lookout man has been fined $800 for lying to a conservation officer and $400 for having a loaded firearm in a vehicle. Conrad J. Wesley, 37, of Winnipeg, Man., pleaded guilty under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act. The Crown seized the rifle, which will be returned […]
On Monday, the Emo-La Vallee-Chapple Healthy Community Coalition sponsored another “trip” for the members of the Emo Country Club. This time the group was taken on a visit to Kenya and Liberia. Megan Bale, of the Healthy Community Coalition, introduced Patrick Giles, who began to tell the group at the […]
Three days of beautiful weather were extremely welcomed by the Emo Chamber of Commerce as the village celebrated the 40th anniversary of its annual “Spring Fever Days.” Although officially a three-day celebration, Spring Fever Days did not get into full gear this year until the weekend. Saturday began with another […]
< *c>Wednesday, April 16 < *c>Vocal •Class V220 Musical Theatre 1. Donald Young School (cast of “Mulan”) < *c>French Drama •Class F102-DI French Poetry (Grades 3 and 4) Anne Jean Rachel Jean •Class F102-DII French Poetry (Grades 3 and 4) Jordan Taggart Cameron Turriff •Class F103-B French Poetry (Grades 5 […]
A Minnesota man has been fined $1,250 after pleading guilty to possessing and transporting an over-limit of walleye. Dean L. Torgersen, 49, of Duluth was fined $1,000 for the walleye over-limit and $250 for transporting fish unlawfully taken. The fish were forfeited to the Crown. Torgersen’s fishing rods, depth sounder, […]
After years of placing first in school science fairs within Northwestern Ontario, Courtney Hansen has made it to the big leagues. The Grade 8 student won the McCrosson-Tovell School science fair held on Feb. 26 in Bergland and then moved on to the Thunder Bay regional fair last week (April […]
All 165 OPP detachments in the province, including officers within Rainy River District, are participating in the annual Spring Seatbelt Safety Campaign, Commissioner Julian Fantino said Monday. The campaign, which began Monday, runs through Sunday, April 27. Last year, 117 people were killed on roads patrolled by the OPP as […]
With the arrival of some warmer weather, and the countdown to the end of the school year underway, many groups across the district are beginning to plan for another summer of camps at Sunny Cove east of Fort Frances. A committee of members from the United Churches throughout the region […]
On Friday, April 11 at 11:40 a.m., Thunder Bay OPP responded to a motor vehicle collision involving a tractor-trailer hauling cattle and a red 2001 Dodge pick-up truck. The collision occurred on Highway 11/17, west of Highway 590, in Oliver-Paipoonge Township. The tractor-trailer, which was loaded with 69 head of […]
Because of confusion over the gun amnesty program, an extension has been proposed. The amnesty was to expire on May 16, 2008 but will be extended for another year, according to Vol. 141, No. 14, April 7, 2007, Canada Gazette, entitled, “Order Amending the Order Declaring an Amnesty Period (2006).” […]
