The Northwestern Health Unit’s office in Kenora has issued a boil-water advisory for all persons consuming water from the Township of Emo’s municipal water supply. The advisory was put into effect Saturday following a power failure there. “Due to a power failure and loss of pressure in the distribution system, […]
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With the federal budget being released today, local federal parties have been gearing up for a possible snap election. Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Ken Boshcoff (Liberal) was acclaimed at a nomination meeting Nov. 16 in Thunder Bay. John Rafferty, meanwhile, was acclaimed as the local NDP candidate at a series […]
FORT FRANCES—Alberton Coun. Yves DeGagne has resigned after just four months into his four-year term. His resignation became effective last Tuesday (March 6) when he submitted it in writing to the clerk at the township office. According to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, under the recent changes made to the […]
FORT FRACNES—Ten local 4-H members will be heading to Central Hampstead in New Brunswick this summer after they were selected to take part in a Canadian exchange. The youths, ranging in age from 13-17, will head east at the end of June for a week. Then their counterparts will visit […]
Entertainers aged 50+ from across Ontario are invited to audition for the 2007 RBC Seniors’ Jubilee. For five days (Aug. 13-17), Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto will be filled with the sound of music, laughter, and applause as the Jubilee celebrates 19 years of bringing the best in entertainment for […]
The Royal Canadian Legion Br. #99 in Emo is struggling desperately to make ends meet and is requesting assistance from the municipality. “We want to get some relief to help retain the costs of maintaining the building,” Kay Nichol, secretary of the Legion executive, told Emo council at its meeting […]
For 12 weeks they concentrated on the three M’s—mind, mouth, and muscle. And these nine women, members of the Rejuvenate Fitness Club in Emo, were able to lose a total of 12.3 percent body fat and 25 inches. “It’s not by weight, but by how you feel,” explained club owner […]
Not only was the 25th-annual Nestor Falls Winter Carnival bigger and better, it went off without a hitch this past weekend with lots of activities, tons of prizes, and favourable weather. “It was an exhausting weekend,” admitted Howard Dodd, who worked on promotions for the carnival. “But I’m very pleased […]
Months and months of hard work and dedication were unmistakable last week as Donald Young School students presented their fourth-annual production—“Bugsy Malone.” The show ran Wednesday through Friday in the school gym, with daytime performances offered to students in the area. “It was just amazing—fantastic all around,” enthused director Katherine […]
Peter Allison has plenty of years of experience as a certified management accountant—and now he’s sharing his knowledge in Emo after opening a new office there last month. “I felt there was a gap here in Emo because there wasn’t a real accountant,” Allison noted, adding he also found he […]
The 2007 Insect Pest Management Program to control the jack pine budworm infestation for Fort Frances, Dryden, and Kenora districts has been approved by the Ministry of Natural Resources. The jack pine budworm—a destructive insect—caused defoliation of about 450,000 hectares of jack pine forest in Northwestern Ontario between 2005 and […]
About 35 youths were awarded for their hard work and participation over the year at the Rainy River District 4-H Association’s annual awards banquet Friday evening at the Millennium Hall in Stratton. “It was a good year,” past president Kari Lemelin said of 2006. “I think we have more members […]
