The Donald Young School parent council reinstated the school’s family barbecue this year, holding the event Monday evening. An annual function in the past, it hadn’t been held in the last few years. Along with the multitude of hotdogs, hamburgers, and other goodies, there also was a DYS “Idol” competition […]
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Ministry of Natural Resources fire crews were busy over weekend dealing with 11 fires in the Fort Frances District alone. Five new fires were reported Friday, with another five on Saturday and one more Sunday. The largest blaze—burning 2.7 hectares—was located just south of Mine Centre. Crews have actioned all […]
Kayla Lauzon has $500 more to add to her “saving for college” fund. The 16-year-old Barwick resident earned the money by capturing the second-annual “Walleyedol” singing contest, which was held Friday and Saturday night at the Emo/La Vallee Community Centre in conjunction with the Emo Walleye Classic. “It’s awesome,” Lauzon […]
With most of the 12 planes having arrived here, the Ministry of Natural Resources plans to start spraying for jackpine budworm tomorrow (June 1). Since the planes began arriving last Thursday, the MNR has been preparing for the spraying program by calibrating the planes and mixing the product. The spraying […]
Jeannette Cawston, local co-ordinator of the “Best Start” program, gave a presentation to Emo council last Tuesday (May 23) regarding the feasibility of starting a nursery school program there. When the new Conservative government in Ottawa offered just one year of funding for the “Best Start” program, the local school […]
The Meals on Wheels handi-transit committee is holding a dinner, show, and several auctions on Saturday, June 10 to raise money for the district handi-transit van, which was purchased earlier this year. “We are raising money for the maintenance, upkeep, insurance—to keep the cost down for seniors,” noted committee chair […]
The body of Ear Falls resident Geoff McClain, who has been missing since early February, was located Monday in the English River near Highway 804, Red Lake OPP reported late yesterday afternoon. A post-mortem examination was conducted yesterday at Lake of the Woods District Hospital in Kenora. Foul play is […]
With most of the 12 planes having arrived here, the Ministry of Natural Resources plans to start spraying for jackpine budworm tomorrow (June 1). Since the planes began arriving last Thursday, the MNR has been preparing for the spraying program by calibrating the planes and mixing the product. The spraying […]
The mycorrhizae inoculate trials first began at Pine River Ranch in Pinewood because owner Amos Brielmann cannot use chemical or mechanical fertilizer on his certified organic farm. But the tests recently have expanded to the agriculture research station in Emo. Eric Busch, an agriculture intern with the Soil and Crop […]
The fire hazard is dropping in the West Fire Region as rain accompanying thunderstorms tracks in from the west, the Ministry of Natural Resources reported this morning. The fire hazard is “low” across the region, with the exception of Fort Frances District, where it’s “low-medium.” But this decreased level of […]
During Road Safety Week, held in conjunction with the Victoria Day holiday weekend, a total of 1,400 vehicles were stopped at OPP roadside checkpoints across Rainy River District. Two drivers were arrested and charged with impaired driving offences while four more drivers were issued 12-hour license suspensions. Police charged more […]
The Northwestern Health Unit is gearing up for another season of monitoring the West Nile virus in the Kenora-Rainy River districts and, starting May 29, will be accepting dead crows and ravens suspected of virus-caused deaths. Al Mathers, environmental health officer with the health unit, said the program will run […]
