The annual Treaty Day celebration took place at Couchiching First Nation last Friday with the usual festivities, except one. New to the event this year was Couchiching’s very own version of the popular television series “Fear Factor.” Becky Mainville, the elementary/secondary educational counsellor for Couchiching and one of the organizers […]
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There will be a work bee at the Devlin Cemetery on Saturday, June 21 at 9 a.m. All volunteers would be appreciated. The Burriss Cemetery clean-up day is slated July 12. • • • Last week’s slo-pitch results that were reported are as follows: •June 2–Variety Pack beat River Rats in a […]
The Emo Toy Library will hold a bike rodeo and barbecue next Tuesday (June 17 in Lions Park. Children must be pre-registered in order to participate. On this day (2-7 p.m.), the summer craft club/read-a-long programs will be cancelled. • • • Patty McNally will be returning as president of the Emo […]
Last Thursday afternoon, Grade 5/6 students at Donald Young School received their certificates for completing the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program. Twenty-one students participated and graduated, witnessed by their teacher, Andrea Lee, principal Lucinda Meyers, and their parents. OPP Cst. D. McLean welcomed everyone and introduced the program. D.A.R.E. […]
It’s been said it takes a whole village to raise a child and if that’s the case, there are children in Rainy River District who are benefitting on a global scale. Last week, Crossroads School in Devlin celebrated an annual affair which demonstrates that concept as well as any likely […]
At last month’s Chapple council meeting, Gerd O’Sullivan had been appointed alternate CEMC. But O’Sullivan respectfully declined due to the possibility of the clerks from Emo and Chapple being away at the same time and so the chance that a CEMC would be required in both communities at once was […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources has chosen a company to start construction of the new dam on Footprint Lake. Saras Enterprises Ltd. of Winnipeg was awarded the contract late yesterday afternoon and will begin construction of the dam shortly after June 15 due to fish spawning. Some out-of-water work may […]
The 5th Fort Frances Scouts decided since May is the month Mother’s Day is celebrated, they would give a present to Mother Earth by planting 600 red pines. These trees were planted in the old gravel pit in Dance Township. 10 Scouts, along with leaders John and Kim Lepine, Chris […]
Local provincial PC candidate Cathe Hoszowski announced this week that the vacancy left by her former campaign manager has been filled by a “seasoned politician”—Emo Reeve Russ Fortier. Two weeks ago, Hoszowski’s “interim” campaign manager, Tannis Drysdale, resigned for personal and timing issues. Hoszowski said she then had decided to […]
Donald Young School staff, students, and parents were surveyed back in April and asked to provide feedback on the “balanced day” format which was used there for the 2002-03 school year. Based on the results, parents (80 percent), students (85 percent), and staff (100 percent) decided to continue to run […]
Summer hours at the Emo Toy Library and Resource Centre are Tuesdays from 1-8 p.m., Wednesdays from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursdays from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., and Fridays from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. It will be closed Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. “The ETL will be open four days a week instead of […]
Congratulations to Devlin resident Greg Stahn and his Emo fishing partner, Todd Baker, who won the second-annual Emo Walleye Classic over the weekend. They caught a walleye weighing 8.80 pounds on Saturday, which not only won them the tournament but also the cash prize for big fish for the day […]
