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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
