Thanks to continuing rain in Northwestern Ontario, two of the region’s waterbombers and two scouting planes are headed to fires in Alberta. It’s a different story from two weeks ago, when the region’s fire hazard was listed as extreme. With the wet weather’s help, Ontario fire information officer Deb MacLean […]
District News
The Emo Spray Park committee is officially kicking off its fundraising campaign this Saturday (June 9) from 9-11 a.m. at Cloverleaf Grocery there. Coffee and doughnuts will be available, as well as information on the endeavour and samples of the first design draft. “It will give people a chance to […]
The Ministry of Education is making efforts to improve the achievement of aboriginal students in Ontario, and those efforts are being felt here in the northwest. Last fall, the ministry established seven regional aboriginal education offices across the province—including one in Thunder Bay—to help implement its First Nation, Métis, and […]
On Sunday, the Allen family gathered for a barbecue at Pither’s Point Park here to celebrate the life of their brother, Duane, and to remember his illness that’s made their family ties stronger over the years. They wanted him to know that life wouldn’t have been the same without him. […]
The Rainy River District School Board approved a balanced budget of nearly $38 million for the 2007/08 school year at Tuesday night’s regular meeting here. Laura Mills, the board’s superintendent of education, noted the budget is smaller than in years past—largely due to declining enrolment. Generally, the board’s enrolment drops […]
The local agriculture community is seeing some new faces around the area this year after three industry positions were filled in recent weeks. Michelle Denys, who just graduated from the University of Guelph, has taken over the position of intern for the Rainy River Soil and Crop. Improvement Association while […]
On Saturday around 7:30 a.m., Emo OPP officers investigated a motor vehicle collision on Highway #502, five km north of Cedar Narrows Road. The driver of a northbound truck trailering a boat crossed the centre line and collided with a southbound truck trailering a boat. A 55-year-old Kenosha, Wis. man […]
On Saturday around 3:25 a.m., the Kenora Police Service received a report of a break and enter in progress at a residence in the north end of the city. Officers responded and found the residence had been broken into. The culprit(s) had forced their way into the residence by forcing […]
Emo council expressed encouragement of local substance abuse prevention initiatives during its regular meeting last week after having attended a talk on the issue back on May 31. “I was telling people how good it was . . . the boys did a heck of a job,” Coun. Ken Fisher […]
Despite the recent rain, the potential for the rapid return of the fire hazard remains, the Ministry of Natural Resources warned this morning. “The prognosis for the next few days is that we may pick up some lightning fires, but given that we have had some recent rain, it may […]
Brian Hagarty now holds the keys to a treasure that’s been in his family since the 1940s—Sportsman’s Landing on Clearwater Lake. The all-in-one store was owned by Hagarty’s aunt and uncle, Doug and Elaine Marsh (now Mercier after a remarriage) up until Doug’s passing in 1994. Before that, it was […]
The Northwestern Health Unit held an open house yesterday to showcase its newly-renovated space, as well as to inform the public about what the health unit does in the community. “We revamped the whole building,” health unit board chair John Albanese said at the event. “We’ve come a long way.” […]
