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 […]
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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.
Eight weary hockey fans from Atikokan began the long bus ride home from Kingston last night after hitting a wee pothole on the road to becoming Kraft Hockeyville 2006. The judges felt we had a very strong entry but had “lost a little bit on the video” and a a […]
In 2005 the park developed two 30-person group campsites in accordance with the Voyageurs National Park General Management Plan. One site is on Rainy Lake and the other site is on Kabetogama Lake. The park built these sites to accommodate large groups who visit the park and want to camp […]
It seems spring is here and the Township of Emo is celebrating the season with its annual Spring Fever Days on April 20-22. “There’s a lot going on,” stressed Chamber of Commerce president Colleen Vennechenko, adding the majority of events will take place on Saturday. “Thursday and Friday will be […]
Representatives from Manitou Forest Products and the Ainsworth OSB mill in Barwick jointly will accept an award next week at the eighth-annual Global Traders Awards in North Bay recognizing their strong partnership. “We were a bit surprised,” Manitou Forest Products manager Dale Kaemingh admitted yesterday. “We weren’t expecting it, but […]
The Rainy River Ag Forum—an online discussion forum developed as a communication tool for the local agriculture community—is being put to good use in the district. “People are discussing things that probably wouldn’t get discussed otherwise,” noted local agriculture intern Eric Busch, who took on the initiative to get the […]
