Four district youths will be flying off to Toronto later this week to compete in the annual “Go for the Gold” 4-H competition being held in conjunction with the Royal Winter Fair. Kerry Hyatt, Matt McQuaker, Matt Beacham, and Hailey Heyens will put their knowledge to the test—and hopefully come […]
District News
Scores of people joined the co-ordinators at the Emo Toy Library and Resource Centre/Ontario Early Years Centre for a pancake breakfast fundraiser on Saturday. At just $2 a plate, it was a great value. In other news, the ETL would like the public to tell it what workshops and presentations […]
A Hallowe’en fun fair was held at Donald Young School in Emo last Friday, which the Grade 5/6 class hosted to raise money for UNICEF. Students were encouraged to bring in their nickels, dimes, and quarters to five to UNICEF, which is an organization that helps children in poor countries […]
The Rainy River Federation of Agriculture seems to have weathered the worst of the storm and is looking forward to sunny skies in 2004—though not right away. That was the message president Bernie Zimmerman delivered to the members at the RRFA’s annual dinner Saturday night (Oct. 25). “I don’t see […]
They needed volunteers and Emo Toy Library and Resource Centre got them for their fall carnival, which was held Saturday afternoon at the Emo Legion. ETL co-ordinators Jennifer Miedema and April Simmons were quite pleased with the attendance, especially the kiddies, who enjoyed every minute of the event. There was […]
Sarah Dhillion may be missed by her family in Australia on her 16th birthday, but hopefully the excitement of celebrating Hallowe’en will lighten the load. Sarah has never celebrated Hallowe’en as it is not an occasion marked in her country. But this past Sunday evening, she joined her new friends […]
The Christian Farmers’ Federation of Ontario wants to see farm safety net programs designed to compensate for long-term price declines in international markets. “There is every indication that international prices, especially for grains, will continue to decline in the face of low-cost production in Brazil and massive production subsidies in […]
Fall suppers certainly have been the order of the day of late. Chapple and Stratton had successful ones earlier this month and then on Sunday (Oct. 26), the Our Lady of the Way parish supper drew a good crowd. Compliments to the cooks—the roast beef was excellent, along with a […]
About a 140 people attended a celebration banquet last Friday evening at the newly-revamped Calvary Baptist Church to give thanks for the completion of the building project. It was that much more delightful as the Northwestern Ontario Baptist Association held its fall meeting here at Calvary Baptist, with each of […]
Two heliports opened in Rainy River and Emo on Monday morning. The projects started to come to light after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks made customs clearance for ambulances and their passengers that much more difficult in Rainy River. Dan McCormick, with the Rainy River District Social Services Board, […]
The latest shutdown of the Abitibi Consolidated mill in Kenora could have a lasting impact on its employees, according to a union representative. John McInnes, of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union, which represents 70 workers at the Kenora mill, voiced concerns this week that because the Kenora mill has […]
The Rainy River First Nations has a new chief at the helm for the next two years after incumbent Gary Medicine was defeated in band elections Oct. 14. Albert Hunter, who finished ahead of Medicine and two other contenders, said one of his first priorities will be to see the […]
