The most up-to-date hunting and fishing maps—covering Kenora, Fort Frances, Dryden, Ignace, Sioux Lookout, and Atikokan—are now available from retailers across Northwestern Ontario. “The Explorer Map Series, produced by Crime Stoppers, is filled with information most requested by the hunting and fishing public,” said Ross Johnston, Ministry of Natural Resources […]
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Almost 130 people received plates of goodies earlier this month from the families and staff of Donald Young School in Emo. The number of plates delivered topped last year’s total by almost 20. Parent volunteers brought in the holiday baking while Katherine Williams, Sherrie Hay, Tammy Kinnear, and Carolyn Stang […]
Keep an eye out for the “Pop Your Winter Blues” concert that is being held by the Friends of the Emo Public Library and the Emo and District Hospital Auxiliary in late January. It is sure to be an even bigger success than the inaugural one last year. The evening […]
Fort Frances Coun. Tannis Drysdale was named one of the top five “Movers & Shakers” of the year in the December, 2005 edition of Northern Ontario Business magazine. Coun. Drysdale said Monday it was an honour to get the recognition, particularly as she was the only person this year among […]
The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board has deferred a decision on what to do regarding a lack of office space after receiving a detailed cost analysis of its various options. “We looked at a whole range of options—from purchase, to lease, to lease to purchase, short-term, long-term, all […]
With federal candidates wrapping up the fourth week of the election campaign, most agree it has been a slow start—but expect things to heat up in the New Year. “I actually don’t think it’s the first half of the campaign,” said local Conservative candidate David Leskowski. “I still think this […]
With $1.37 million of its capital budget currently unfunded, town council and management are having to take a hard look at what should stay and go in the 2006 budget. At its most recent budget meeting Monday afternoon, the committee of the whole started to go through a priorized list […]
In a July/August, 2005 edition of “Forum,” the Canadian municipal government magazine, an article was written on the lack of female representatives in Canada’s local governments, showing an average of only 21.7 percent. In fact, Ann MacLean, president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, launched a campaign back in June […]
U.S. forestry giant Weyerhaeuser Co. is closing two paper operations in Canada, affecting more than 800 jobs in Northern Ontario and Saskatchewan. The moves, announced late yesterday, reflect a continued slump in the North American paper industry, which has been hit hard by rising energy costs and weak demand from […]
Local residents expressed sadness, anger, and disappointment—but not surprise—after Abitibi-Consolidated shut down its newsprint mill yesterday, throwing 340 people out of work. “They never wanted to run this mill and now they’re not going to run it,” said Glen Morrison, president of the local United Steelworkers union at the mill. […]
Newsprint giant Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. will permanently close its mills in Stephenville, Nfld. and Kenora, Ont., cutting more than 600 jobs, after failing to find cost-cutting solutions to make the operations viable. The announcement late yesterday followed a long period of talks between the Montreal company, its unions, and provincial governments […]
The Emo Centennial Choir performed its seventh-annual Christmas celebration Monday night at the Christian Reformed Church there. “I thought it went very well, and I was really happy to walk out and see everybody in the crowd,” enthused choir director Renée Martin-Brown. “That’s probably one of the best crowds we’ve […]
