Sam Odrowski Since opening 10 years ago, the not-for-profit abattoir located in Emo has faced challenges in receiving enough revenue to remain viable. “The abattoir had to do something to increase revenue because we can’t make it work on slaughter fees alone,” Rainy River District Regional Abattoir board member Kim […]
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From the OPP During the early-morning hours of today, the Rainy River District OPP responded to a complaint in Fort Frances. A motor vehicle was entered and items were taken. Officers arrived within minutes and due to fresh snow, they located and arrested a 38-year-old Couchiching First Nation man, who […]
Press Release Join a Voyageurs National Park ranger for a two-hour guided snowshoe hike this Sunday. Meet at the Rainy Lake Visitor Center at 2 p.m. (the precise location of the hike to be determined upon weather and ice conditions). You can borrow a pair of snowshoes from the park […]
Sam Odrowski Rainy River District School Board trustees heard a presentation from special education administer Char Bliss during their regular monthly meeting here last Tuesday night. The board’s special education department serves about 650 students, making up roughly 24 percent of the student population, which demonstrates the need for high-quality […]
Dave OgilvieEmo correspondent The next men’s fellowship breakfast is slated for Saturday, Feb. 23 at 8 a.m. at the Emo Legion. Brian Major of Morson will be the guest speaker this month. Come for delicious breakfast while enjoying fellowship with old and new friends. Men and boys of all ages […]
Robin McCormickDevlin correspondent This is the time of year when the Township of La Vallee is asking for nominations for its “Senior of the Year” award. Residents are asked to nominate someone who they think should receive it. The nominees has to be a resident of our township, be age […]
Jamie Mountain The Rainy River Owls’ girls’ and boys’ curling rinks will be flying high all the way to the NWOSSAA championships. Both squads snagged gold at the NorWOSSA championships held Sunday and Monday at the Fort Frances Curling Club and now advance to NWOSSAA, which is slated for March […]
Staff The Lorne Jackson rink had a weekend to remember at the Region 1 Curling Club Championship held at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The local squad, which also includes Derek Jackson (third), Mark Pedersen (second), and Ed Vold (lead), compiled a 3-0 record en route to snaring a berth […]
Jamie Mountain A season’s worth of hard work and great execution has landed the Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team in a pretty good spot. The squad sported a 7-0 record in NorWOSSA play going into its regular-season finale yesterday against the host Dryden Eagles, with the outcome not known as […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie girls’ hockey team is looking forward to the NorWOSSA playoffs. Fort High (7-7-0-1) is guaranteed to finish third in the five-team league, no matter how the rest of the regular season pans out. That means the Muskies will start the NorWOSSA semi-finals on the road next […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie boys’ hockey team has put itself into a great position to lock up home-ice advantage throughout the NorWOSSA playoffs, which get underway next week. But in order to do that, they’ll need to have another strong effort tomorrow when they host the fifth-place Dryden Eagles at […]
Duane Hicks Dale Ossachuk of Pinewood removed the castor sacs from a beaver Saturday morning during a fur-handling demonstration at the Métis Hall here. These are the scent glands beavers use to mark their territory. Later that day, Ossachuk did a demonstration on a fisher.
