The annual Emo Fair queen pageant always seems to go off without a hitch each August, but it takes a lot of hard work and organization for everything to run smoothly. And while this year’s organizers are not new to the pageant, this will be their first time co-ordinating the […]
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Maybe this year, Mother Nature will give them all a little bit more of a break. A little less river water and debris in the playing field would be more than okay with anglers and organizers involved in the fifth-annual Emo Walleye Classic, which is slated to cast off from […]
A hoof rehabilitation clinic—entitled “From Training to Trimming, Understanding What Our Equine Friends are ‘Saying’; Their Language, Their Hooves”—will be offered at the Adventure Inn in Fort Frances on June 10-11. Pete Ramey, principal instructor for the American Association for Natural Hoof Care Practitioners, will be the featured speaker. Betty […]
The Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre, also known as the Manitou Mounds, opened for the 2006 season more than two weeks ago, but it was the 36th-annual fish fry that brought hundreds of people to its gates. The event, which was held Friday, saw 489 pounds of walleye cooked up and there […]
If a tornado—or any other disaster for that matter—were to cause devastation in Rainy River District, would municipalities be ready to deal with the emergency? Let’s hope so. Councillors, reeves, and other representatives from Rainy River, Lake of the Woods, Dawson, Morley, Chapple, Emo, La Vallee, and Alberton tested their […]
Sha Sha Resort east of International Falls—a popular summer destination for residents on both sides of the border—was destroyed by fire early this morning. The cause of the blaze remained unknown as of press time today. “It burned to the ground,” said Jim Hultman, a firefighter engineer with the International […]
FORT FRANCES—The Ministry of Natural Resources is preparing to spray 15,000 hectares in the Fort Frances area to help slow the infestation of jack pine budworm. Depending on the growth of the insects and certain conditions, such as humidity and wind, the ministry will begin to spray the insecticide Bacillus […]
FORT FRANCES—Efforts to clean up the deer and moose carcasses littering the turn-off to “Blueberry Mike’s” road between Lots No. 4 and 5 in Concession No. 1 in Miscampbell is creeping along at a snail’s pace, but at least it’s moving. Severed heads, limbs, skeletons, and other debris have littered […]
FORT FRANCES—Local occasional secondary teachers ratified a tentative agreement with the Rainy River District School Board last week. “We definitely voted to ratify,” said Andrew Hallikas, chief negotiator for the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation District 5B Occasional Teachers’ Bargaining Unit. “It was a very high percent. The membership was […]
In light of a change in federal government since the launch of the “Best Start” program last year, and a subsequent cut in funding, the Northwest Catholic District School Board has decided to channel its remaining share of the funding into a feasibility study for local day care rather than […]
She may talk a lot, but that’s only because she remembers everything. And being 93 years old, that means this woman has a lot of stories. Ina Wilson of Barwick can remember many of the oldest reeves and clerks of Chapple, as well as multitudes of people from across the […]
The North West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) hopes to get input from local residents as to what they want from regional health care during a public meeting slated here Monday, May 29. Laura Kokocinski, senior director of planning, integration, and community engagement for the North West LHIN, said the […]
