Deb Cornell and Bill Darby of the Rainy River Elk Company, along with Amos and Heidi Brielmann of Pine River Ranch, were presented with awards in Thunder Bay on Friday for their agricultural innovation. The five-year, $2.5-million Premier’s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence recognizes the innovation Ontario farmers use in […]
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The United Church ladies will prepare their best dainties and sandwiches for their annual spring tea this Sunday (May 6) from 2-4 p.m. at the Devlin Hall. A bake sale, crafts, and auction also will add to the fun. Admission is $3 for adults and $1 for children five and […]
Time to clean out the garage! District residents will be able to properly dispose of old paint, oil, and other materials they’ve been storing up since last May when the fifth-annual Household Hazardous Waste Day get underway here Saturday. The event is slated from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Public […]
Some $1,910,000 in joint federal-provincial funding was announced Friday under the third year of the Strategic Tourism Development and Marketing Partnership of Northern Ontario. Building on the partnership’s impressive record of success, this funding will support a number of tourism initiatives, including the development of a new five-year Northern Ontario […]
You may remember her as a past “Quest for the Best” winner or former Thunder Bay “Idol,” but most recently Courtney Jourdain, from Lac La Croix First Nation, captured the title of “Aboriginal Icon.” The national singing competition, which aired on the Aboriginal People’s Television Network last month, saw the […]
Dryden OPP officers were contacted Sunday to investigate mischief to a tree nursery located at 75 Pollard Dr. in Wainwright Township. The investigation revealed that between 10 a.m. on Saturday and 4 p.m. on Sunday, the culprit(s) had entered two greenhouses and sprayed the inside of both with a fire […]
Two Grade 7 students from Donald Young School approached members of the Emo recreation council last week with the idea of building a skateboard park there. Devin Meyers and Greg Maki explained they believe it would be a positive addition to the municipality. “It’s important to keep kids off the […]
The Rainy River District School Board has announced several new appointments for principals and vice-principals of its schools effective in September. Ian Simpson will replace Kendall Olsen as principal of Riverview School and McCrosson-Tovell School. Simpson began the 2006/07 school year as principal of Sturgeon Creek School and the Sturgeon […]
Organizers are encouraging participants to start rounding up pledges for the local Alzheimer Society’s fifth-annual “Walk for Memories” coming up here Sunday, May 27. Margaret Schonewille, executive director of the local Alzheimer Society, said the annual walk is a time to remember those who do have Alzheimer’s, as well as […]
The Memorial Sports Centre was a beehive of activity on Friday and Saturday for the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s 19th-annual home and leisure show. Chamber office manager Dawn Booth said Monday that while the attendance numbers were down slightly from last year, more than 3,000 people came through the […]
Atikokan residents once again will address the Rainy River District School Board regarding the need for a new bus for the students of Atikokan High School. David Boileau and Vic Prokopchuk each are scheduled to give a presentation to the board, which is holding its regular monthly meeting in Atikokan […]
Bill Limerick, director of environmental health with the Northwestern Health Unit, organized a meeting Tuesday morning at the Emo Legion to discuss interim solutions for processing uninspected domestic meat in Rainy River District. Local producers, committee members, and area municipal leaders met with several health unit members, as well as […]
