Anyone interested in participating in this year’s “Fun in the Sun” queen pageant has until this Friday (May 5) to register with organizers. “We have one girl actually signed up and two others still looking for sponsors,” organizer Melissa Gushulak noted Tuesday afternoon. “The deadline is Friday but I may […]
District News
Although Jarrod Gunn-McQuillan and Eric Busch were not born and raised in Rainy River District, they see strong agricultural opportunities here—especially in creating sustainable food systems. Gunn-McQuillan, a dietitian with the Northwestern Health Unit, and Busch, an agricultural intern here, were the guest speakers at the Rainy River Federation of […]
The Fort Frances, Red Lake, and Thunder Bay fire management headquarters responded to reports of four new fires in the West Fire Region yesterday. FireRangers as well as air-attack, including CL-415 waterbombers, responded to action the blazes. There currently is a total of three active fires in the region, including […]
Jessie Zhang, economic development Intern with the local Rainy River Future Development Corp., presented a Community Improvement Plan (CIP) to residents in Emo last Tuesday night, which received a positive response. “Some people had questions,” Zhang noted Thursday, saying she will revise the CIP and send it to the Ontario […]
Emo council approved a request Monday night from the Rainy River District Women’s Institute Museum for the use of three residences south of the OPP station to relocate the museum from its present location. After an in-camera session to discuss the property matter, council voted unanimously in favour of allowing […]
While the town is supporting Household Hazardous Waste Day and free tipping for organic waste at the local landfill on Saturday, May 6, council agreed Monday night to draw the line on those two as far as waste management events this year. At the April 10 council meeting, Coun. Rick […]
Town council voted in favour of adopting a revised fee schedule to go along with its new business licensing bylaw during its regular meeting Monday night. But not before some questions were raised by several people on hand, including Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce president Gary Rogozinski and Coun. Roy […]
With Emo’s annual Spring Fever Days events in full gear on Saturday, local MPP Howard Hampton and Brian Kahler, a volunteer with the Ontario Trillium Foundation, assisted in unveiling the new district handi-transit van. “The volunteers’ hard work and perseverance made the dreams become a reality,” Kahler told the small […]
On Saturday around 3 p.m., Emo OPP officers investigated the theft of a motor vehicle from a residence in Watten Township. Shortly after 4 p.m., officers from the Dryden OPP detachment located the vehicle at the junction of Highway 502 and Highway 594. As a result of that investigation, a […]
On Wednesday, Dryden OPP received several traffic complaints involving a Pontiac Sunfire travelling westbound on Highway 17. Shortly thereafter, around 8:30 p.m., police responded to a single-vehicle roll-over in Dewan Township involving the above vehicle. Fire and ambulance services were on the scene to assist. The driver of the vehicle, […]
Isn’t springtime exciting? The snow is melting and the birds are starting to sing again. When you swap your heavy winter jacket for a light wind breaker, you also know it’s time to do a little spring cleaning in your wardrobe and around the house. The Salvation Army Thrift Store […]
Highway 11 is closed to traffic five km west of Jellico due to a tractor trailer rollover, reported OPP this morning. The trailer’s load of cardboard has spilled out and police are on the scene. A further update will be given by police when the situation has changed.
