Tears and cheers were in abundance Thursday night as 15-year-old Kayla Lauzon of Barwick was crowned Emo Fair Queen 2005 at the Emo-La Vallee Community Centre. She was presented with a purple robe and crown from 2004 Queen Trisha Wilson as bubbles blew and cameras flashed. Lauzon was one of […]
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At the 106th-annual conference of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario earlier this week, Atikokan Mayor Dennis Brown was elected to its board of directors. As a member of the board and the northern caucus, Mayor Brown will help set policy for AMO and serve as a key municipal leader […]
Helen Crook, chairperson of the local Communities in Bloom committee, “planted the seed” with an idea to create an appreciation garden in front of the education centre during the Rainy River District School Board’s meeting back in December, 2004. Crook presented her vision of a garden that would beautify the […]
“Restore them, remember them, race them.” Those three “R’s” will be well-represented in front of the grandstand on Saturday night when six vintage stock cars from Thunder Bay and two from Rainy River District take part in an exhibition of racing style as part of the Emo Fair festivities. The […]
The Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution (CICR) has committed its resources to fully support the “REsolve” project. REsolve is a Sioux Lookout Anti-Racism Committee (SLARC) project designed to develop a community-based conflict resolution model for the town of Sioux Lookout with funding from Canadian Heritage. “This partnership is an incredible […]
A report released last week about the integration of health services in Northwestern Ontario contains important recommendations that will be helpful to board members on the Local Health Integration Network (LHIN), the CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. said. “The report gives the LHIN basically a road map of […]
No one can say Inge Szeder of Emo isn’t dedicated to the annual Emo Fair. Besides, the “log” books would disprove any such remark. That’s because Szeder hasn’t missed entering her crafts each year in the Exhibition Hall since she arrived in Rainy River District with her husband, Frank, 43 […]
The Township of Emo will consider purchasing a new, larger rescue vehicle to enhance the capabilities of its volunteer fire department. Fire Chief James O’Sullivan broached the idea before an abbreviated council at last Thursday night’s meeting, which was chaired by Coun. Ken Fisher in the absence of Reeve Russ […]
In a recently-released draft report, the Ministry of Natural Resources is recommending a new dam be built to replace the deteriorating one on the Manitou River (Esox Lake). MNR district planner Rachel Hill said Wednesday morning that the MNR has selected a “preferred alternative” following an environmental assessment of the […]
Transport Canada representatives are expected to perform a preliminary site inspection here later this month for a proposed heliport for medical transfers. “We view it as definitely important [to patient care,]” said Wayne Woods, CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. “Right now we have to use the airport to […]
It was a performance most of those crowded into the Bethel Baptist Church here Friday night won’t soon forget. The African Children’s Choir performed for nearly two hours, but don’t let the name fool you: they are much more than a group of children who stand and sing. This choir’s […]
They say you can take the girl out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the girl. And perhaps nowhere is that more true than in the case of Charlene Fisher. Fisher, 27, is typical in some ways of so many other young women in Rainy […]
