EMO—After an impressive showing at last year’s loggers’ competition, Gaston Godbout, at the age of 76, had hoped to return to the annual event at the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society’s fall fair in Emo this year. But while he won’t be there in person, his spirit will live on […]
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DRYDEN, Ont.—Three people have died in a traffic accident on the Trans-Canada Highway just east of Dryden—the second fatal crash in less than a week in the same area. The OPP said an eastbound car entered the westbound lane and struck two vehicles just before 11 a.m. yesterday. Two people […]
Cooler weather and some recent rainfall has enabled the forest fire management program in Northwestern Ontario to make excellent progress on extinguishing existing forest fires across the region. There currently are 46 active forest fires in Northwestern Ontario, covering 15,643 hectares, and firefighters are continuing with their work—hunting for hotspots […]
The forest fire management program in the northwest region is taking advantage of some cooler weather and rainfall to get more fires put out, as well as to give days off to some firefighters who have been working full out during the recent escalated fire situation. Services personnel remain busy […]
A Duluth teenager vacationing on Rainy Lake last week found more than fish on his line. Matt Gunderson, 18, caught an invasive species known as the spiny waterflea (Bythotrephes longimanus). More than a dozen collected on his fishing line on July 18 while he was trolling for walleyes off Blueberry […]
Meet visiting artist Patricia Cummins tomorrow evening for a peek into the world of a professional artist and art educator. Patricia was selected as one of two Artists in Residence at Voyageurs National Park this year. Learn about her experiences interpreting the park landscape through oils and pastels. This “Special […]
A public meeting has been set for Aug. 22 for the residents of Emo to discuss user fees, utility fees, and water usage in the township. The issues were mentioned during last Tuesday’s council meeting, with a suggestion to raise water dispenser fees at the municipal garage and limit the […]
The annual Borderland Quarter Horse Show was held this past weekend at the Emo Fair grounds, but it was the new outdoor arena there which set this year’s show apart from the rest. “It happened very quickly,” enthused Angela Halvorsen, spokesperson for the Rainy River Valley Horse Council, the group […]
Someone’s trash may very well be someone else’s treasure. Paul Montain, with Mountain Environmental in Minnesota, explained just that at the Emo Agricultural Research Station’s open house late last month. He noted that the excess wood ash from the Boise Cascade mill might be beneficial to farm land in the […]
The following article on feeding systems for beef cows is by Christoph Wand, Beef Cattle and Sheep Nutritionist, OMAFRA, based upon his travels around the province. He’s had the chance to see many feeding systems at work in the beef cow business, as well as other sectors, including new dairy, […]
Each year since 1992, the park has temporarily closed the land and water areas around active bald eagle nests to visitor use during their critical nesting periods. The closures have been based on recommendations of bald eagle researchers from across the U.S. to land management agencies and in accordance with […]
A Blue River, Wisc. man has been sentenced to six months in jail for illegally hunting and killing black bears and a Canadian lynx in the Ignace area during the summers of 2002, 2003 and 2004. Adam Lawinger, 28, pleaded guilty to 21 charges. He has been banned from hunting […]
