The Rainy River District Women’s Institute is set to go public with an innovative idea on how to help raise money for its new museum site in Emo—and will push it at a booth during the annual Emo fall fair later this month. The Emo museum, which has been under […]
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Join park guide Mary Jo Eisenach this Friday (Aug. 10) for a fun-filled presentation about the gulls of Voyageurs National Park. Learn about the unique role of gulls in the park, including some ways they are a little like us. Meet Mary Jo and her friend, Henrietta the Herring […]
Throughout the weekend, Voyageurs National Park continued to actively manage the fire that began on the evening of Thursday, Aug. 2 on the east end of the Kabetogama Peninsula. A 20-person crew from the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center (MIFC), a 10-person park crew, and a strike team leader have been […]
The McGuinty government is protecting ecologically-significant lands by investing in a partnership that identifies and secures natural heritage areas on private lands, Natural Resources minister David Ramsay announced late last month. “Ontario’s partnership agreements with the Nature Conservancy of Canada, Ducks Unlimited Canada, and the Ontario Land Trust Alliance […]
Seven new fires were reported in the Northwest Region by 5 p.m. on Sunday. The new fires were both person and lightning-caused, and required aggressive initial attack by firefighters to contain. The largest fire currently burning in the region is Kenora Fire #41. It started on the afternoon of […]
The forest fire reporting line began ringing by early afternoon yesterday as high hazards and windy conditions brought lightning-caused fires to life across the region. High winds added to the challenge of fighting the new fires and aggressive ground and air attack was required. People are being asked to […]
As police across the province gear up for what is deemed to be Canada’s busiest weekend on our roads and waterways, the message from the OPP is a basic one: don’t drink and drive, buckle up, and take your time. As of July 22, 245 people have died in […]
Five new fires were reported in the Northwest Region by 5 p.m. yesterday— all lightning-caused blazes in the districts of Sioux Lookout, Thunder Bay, Dryden, Red Lake, and Kenora. Cloud cover and small amounts of rain reduced the number of new fire starts—compared to the 23 new forest fires […]
The Northwestern Health Unit has issued a boil-water advisory for Atikokan. It said the safety of the drinking water cannot be guaranteed due to low levels in the clearwells at the Atikokan water treatment plant. Residents are asked to boil drinking water for one minute prior to consumption. They […]
The Rainy Lake Conservancy will hold its annual general meeting here Sunday afternoon, with speakers from the Canadian Border Service Agency being brought in to speak about border-crossing issues for lake residents. “This arose because some residents had questions being raised about just what is being asked of us, […]
Organizers of the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society’s fall fair in Emo later this month are planning a new event to coincide with all the regular activities on the agenda. They’re calling it an “Open Mic” fundraiser, which will be held on both the Friday and Saturday night of […]
The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board hosted the grand opening of its new state-of-the-art land ambulance base in Emo last Wednesday afternoon. The new base, located at 32 Florence St., is designed to house one emergency vehicle. It also is equipped with crew quarters, an office, a […]
