At a time of the year when so many people are giving, a group of district residents just gave some people new homes at no cost to them. Mark Mast of Rainy River recently led a group of locals to Guatemala to do missionary work that involved building new homes […]
District News
The Rainy River District Trappers Council wants trappers to understand the Ministry of Natural Resources of Fort Frances District will not limit the number of possession permits issued for incidentally-caught over-quota fishers. Council president Mike Gurski noted the last time a fisher study was done was in 1952 or 1956—more […]
The Treaty #3 Police Service has moved from their original location at Couchiching First Nation to the OPP station in Emo. Health and safety issues were cited as reasons for the move, which was completed on Nov. 22. There are 77 Treaty #3 police officers currently stationed in the Rainy […]
The McGuinty government announced the winners of Ontario’s sixth-annual Secondary School Business Plan Competition last month at ceremonies held in Kenora, Ajax, Niagara Falls, and Renfrew. “[The] ceremonies showcase the creativity, innovation, and dedication of Ontario’s future business leaders,” said Small Business and Entrepreneurship minister Harinder Takhar. “Programs like this […]
Jan Hyatt of Emo has been collecting pull tabs from canned items for Northwestern Ontario when her grandchildren left grade school and entered high school. The tabs then get recycled into wheelchair frames for disabled children. “It takes quite a few tabs to get anywhere,” Hyatt admitted. When Hyatt does […]
FORT FRANCES—With ongoing efforts to raise community awareness about local drug- and alcohol-related issues, members of Parents Against Illicit Narcotics (PAIN) have sought support from health professionals in the area. Local pharmacists, counsellors, and medical doctors joined in the group’s most recent monthly meeting last week to discuss treatments for […]
FORT FRANCES—Youth from the Northern zone (Kenora, Dryden, Thunder Bay, Sioux Lookout, Atikokan, and Fort Frances) gathered here Monday to participate in the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies Youth Communication Advocacy Network conference. As just the second conference held in the area since YouthCAN’s establishment last year, the one-day […]
A Christmas Eve candlelight service is scheduled to be held at various cemeteries in the Devlin and Emo areas. “For us it’s a way of raising funds to do little things for the cemetery that normally wouldn’t be done,” noted Maxine Hayes, a member of the cemetery committee in La […]
Despite the cold and blowing snow Saturday afternoon (Dec. 1), people gathered at the Knox United Church hall in Emo for a candle-lighting service, “Remembering Those We Miss,” sponsored by the Rainy River District Palliative Care Volunteers. It was a way to acknowledge that though the sounds of celebration are […]
Emo’s annual “Holly Daze” celebration opened to a cold but happy crowd sipping hot chocolate and eating cookies on Friday while awaiting the start of the Christmas parade, which officially opened this year’s event. This year’s parade featured more than a dozen floats, including “The First Noel” from the St. […]
About 40 people gathered Monday evening at the Emo Legion to talk about the future of Emo and present ideas to improve the community. Prior to the meeting, the Township of Emo and Rainy River Future Development Corporation (RRFDC) sent out a survey asking the following questions of its residents: […]
FORT FRANCES—The Sunset Country Snowmobile Club is merging with other clubs from throughout the Rainy River District to better manage the resources available in the area. “We’re going to amalgamate,” said SCSC director Dave Hyatt. “It’s been passed, and Rainy River, Emo, Fort Frances, Mine Centre will all be under […]
