The rain held off for most of the day Saturday, brining people from across the district to Emo for its annual “Spring Fever Days” celebrations, which ran Thursday through Saturday. “It seems like it was really busy all over town,” noted Emo Chamber of Commerce president Colleen Vennechenko. “And the […]
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All Hydro One customers west of Fort Frances, up to and including the Town of Rainy River, can expect a planned power interruption this Sunday (April 29). The power interruption will start at 11 a.m., with power being restored by 4 p.m., Hydro One reported yesterday afternoon. This will affect […]
Who says small communities aren’t full of fun activities? Devlin/La Vallee sure proves that to be untrue as several events are happening here in the next month. The first is an art show and sale at Crossroads School on Thursday, May 3. The students have been doing paintings with Fort […]
Fort Frances OPP officers have issued only two parking tickets in the first quarter of 2007—a far cry from the 171 in the first quarter last year. That’s just one of the statistics town council heard Monday night in the police services activity report for the first quarter of 2007 […]
CN announced Friday it will emphasize the deadly risks of trespassing on railway property during Rail Safety Week from April 23-29. CN Police officers will be out in full force this week, conducting their annual safety blitz operations at highway/railway crossings in about 100 locations across Canada and the United […]
THUNDER BAY, Ont. —Four men and one woman from Ontario and British Columbia are facing numerous drug-related charges following a long-term operation by national, provincial, and local police forces. Police say they arrested “numerous suspects” involved in the trafficking of marijuana and ecstacy earlier this week. The arrests followed an […]
Once again, the Township of Emo is looking to recognize seniors in the community and the countless contributions they make by proclaiming June as Seniors’ Month. In particular, Emo council is eager to nominate an individual for the 2007 Senior of the Year Award, which was established by the Ontario […]
Members of the Rainy River Valley Field Naturalists were saluted at last week’s Alberton council meeting for their work in helping conserve local heritage. The nomination for the group was submitted to the Ontario Heritage Trust by Alberton Reeve Mike Hammond back in October at the direction of council. Since […]
Ted Kaemingh, developer of the subdivision off Emo Road in Emo, attended council’s regular meeting last Tuesday (April 10) to propose an extension of the area currently home to more than a dozen families. “The interest is there, but we’re running out of lots,” Kaemingh told council, adding two or […]
Rainforest Action Network yesterday accused Weyerhaeuser Corp. of human rights abuses after the company refused to support viable alternatives to sourcing wood from massive clear-cut logging operations within the ancestral homeland of the Grassy Narrows First Nation. The allegation came just two days before Weyerhaeuser’s annual shareholder meeting in Federal […]
NDP leader Howard Hampton yesterday demanded answers from Dalton McGuinty about northern workers on layoff because of the premier’s support for Stephen Harper’s softwood sell-out. In Question Period, Hampton raised the case of workers at the McKenzie Forest Products mill (a division of Buchanan Forest Products) in Hudson, near Sioux […]
The provincial government is helping attract business investment to Northwestern Ontario with help from the Ontario government’s GO North Investor Program, Northern Development and Mines minister Rick Bartolucci announced last Wednesday. “We are pleased to see communities working together on a regional level to promote the distinct advantages of locating […]
