Sturgeon Creek School’s spring concert was an overwhelming success, with the students making sure their program spoke about spring/summer with related recitations and musical selections. Shannon Gibson, the school’s speech contest winner, was emcee for the evening, introducing each item on the program, while Wayne Barron offered accompaniment on the […]
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Despite the poor weather Saturday, the Emo Lions Club’s annual walk-a-thon attracted 32 participants, who either walked, ran, biked, or ’bladed from the Emo Curling Club to Tom Judson’s gate and back. T.O.P.S., Ringette, the Rainy River Safety Association, Crossroads School in Devlin, the Sea Cadets, and Girl Guides were […]
Rainy River First Nations once again will be kicking off the long weekend with its 33rd-annual Manitou Fish Fry this Friday and the public is invited to participate in fun, food, and, of course, fish. The feast will be held at the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre (Manitou Mounds). To get there, […]
With another planting season about to get underway, farmers across the province are faced with the same old issues concerning prices, yields, weather, and wildlife. Yes, wildlife. Every year, farmers face loss and damage from wildlife that raid their crops—sometimes as new shoots and sometimes as ripe seed. And every […]
Last Sunday, the Christian Reformed Church in Emo celebrated G.E.M.S. during the morning worship. The girls actively participated by reading scripture, ushering, welcoming visitors and members, and taking up the offering. It also was preparatory to celebrate the Lord’s supper during the morning worship service this Sunday (May 18). Also […]
Students from SK to Grade 8 at Donald Young School participated in a town cleanup on Friday, May 2. The township purchased lunch for each student to show its appreciation for a job well done. In other news, students in Grades 3 and 6 began their provincial testing this past […]
It’s becoming a well-known fact that when a supper is held at the Devlin Hall, the attendance is overwhelming. And that fact was proved once again this past Sunday afternoon and evening. The second-annual Mother’s Day fish fry took place, made possible by the Crossroads School community rink project executive […]
Cleanup time at Pineridge Cemetery in North Branch always has been held starting at noon on the last Saturday of May, which this year falls on May 31. Coffee will be served afterwards at the community centre. Donations for the upkeep also are gratefully accepted. We thank Harry Piel, who […]
A new angle on the industrial arts has been constructed for area youth. Don and Linda Tauer of Pinewood Construction Services in Pinewood have been hosting classes for kids from Grade 6-12 called the Youth Entrepreneur Woodworking Program. The first six youngsters—from Stratton, Devlin, Fort Frances, and Baudette—are home-school students […]
The Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program (SCAP) held its spring concert to a full house at the Christian Reformed Church in Emo last Thursday evening. The theme was “Growing in God’s Love.” If you missed this musical extravaganza, you were denied a praise to God occasion that had most of the […]
Representatives from many communities affected by flooding last June must have felt some relief after getting official word Friday that they would receive more funding from the province. At the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association meeting here, Municipal Affairs and Housing minister David Young did the honours of signing a novelty-sized […]
The Country Treasurers Gift Shop, located at the Emo Inn, is now open to the public in the former conference room there. Since purchasing the Emo Inn a few years ago, owners Brian and Pat MaGuire have thought about ways to utilize the space. When the Back Alley Bar there […]
