Seven Generations Education Institute hosted its annual “Fall Harvest” here last week, with more than 500 students from across the region participating in various traditional skills demonstrations. The three-day event took place Oct. 3-5, with different students from about 15 schools arriving each day. “This is like a celebration of […]
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Help prevent electronic waste while simultaneously raising funds for the Atikokan Crisis Centre. The Atikokan Crisis Centre is embarking on a mutually-beneficial partnership with “ThinkGreen,” a community-based, environmental fundraising program created by Greentec. Simply gather used print cartridges and cell phones, bring them to the Atikokan Foodland in Atikokan or […]
The Rainy River District School Board stepped on a nerve, or rather into a nerve centre, last Tuesday night while holding its regular monthly meeting at Rainy River High School. RRHS principal Casey Slack gave the board a tour of the nearly completed Alternative Learning Centre (ALC), which has been […]
She always had liked children and knew she wanted to spend her career working with them. After studying early childhood education at Red River College in Winnipeg, Rainy River native Kelly Berg accepted the position of program co-ordinator at the Emo Ontario Early Years Centre (toy library) back in August. […]
FORT FRANCES—Ministry of Natural Resources fire personnel are busy fighting a peat fire burning about 10 km northwest of Fort Frances. The fire, which was reported Sunday morning burning in the harvesting area of Sun Gro (formerly Normiska) property in Miscampbell, is about two hectares in size, local MNR fire […]
EMO—Emo council has opted to follow the Township of Alberton’s example and examine fire response outside its limits, in areas such as Kingsford. At last week’s regular council meeting, Coun. Ken Fisher stressed this as an issue that should be dealt with as soon as possible. “It’s obviously a problem,” […]
FORT FRANCES—Letters seeking compensation for the lack of rain this summer have been sent, with the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture and the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association now awaiting a reply. “We have sent it to the federal and provincial ministers of agriculture [Chuck Strahl and Leona Dombrowsky],” noted RRFA […]
FORT FRANCES—Most school board seats—both public and separate—already have been filled by acclamation, but there will be elections in three areas in November. Incumbent Dan Belluz and Donna Dittaro, who served as a trustee about 10 years ago, were acclaimed to the two Fort Frances seats on the Rainy River […]
The deadline has expired and the nominations are in. Although district townships had a slow start to candidates stepping forward, several communities will see races in the Nov. 13 municipal election. The largest race this year will take place in Emo, where Dr. Ingrid Krampetz and former councillor Geoff Pearce […]
Bigger and better. That’s what the Emo Chamber of Commerce hopes this year’s “Holly Daze” will be. After a summer break, the group met last week to brainstorm ideas to improve the annual event, scheduled for Dec. 1-2 this year. “We’re going to see if we can get a fun […]
The annual Fall Bass Classic on Northwest Bay over the weekend once again was a huge success. Winners of the tourney were the Winnipeg team of John Guzej and Ted Stewner, who also reeled in the biggest fish of the tournament. La Vallee/Devlin angler Doug McBride and his partner, Steve […]
Ted Stewner and John Guzej of Winnipeg finished atop the leaderboard at the fifth-annual Rainy Lake Fall Bass Classic at LaBelle’s Birch Point Camp over the weekend—earning themselves the $5,000 first-place cheque. The pair, who placed second last year, netted a two-day total weight of 45.60 pounds to finish ahead […]
