Lucas Punkari The 10th edition of the Emo Walleye Classic is well underway after 52 teams headed off in all directions from the Front Street boat launch early this morning. “It looks like it’s going to be a good day,” said EWC committee chair Lincoln Dunn. “It’s not too sunny […]
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the OPP A Community Drug Action Team member, assisted by uniformed members of the Rainy River detachment of the OPP, stopped a vehicle westbound on Highway #11 in Dawson Township yesterday. The vehicle, en route to the First Nation communities of Big Island and Big Grassy from Winnipeg, was being […]
the OPP On Saturday around 7:30 p.m., Rainy River District OPP officers attended a single motor-vehicle accident on Highway 11 near the French Lake entrance to Quetico Park. Officers found the male driver, 71, had sustained non-life threatening injuries. He was taken to Atikokan General Hospital and later released. As […]
Staff One new fire was reported in the Northwest Region by the end of yesterday. Sioux Lookout Fire #31 is a 0.1-hectare blaze which currently is classified as “under control.” Late Wednesday evening, Kenora Fire #18 was reported about 45 km north of Kenora. One FireRanger crew responded to the […]
the OPP Police continue to search Lake on the Woods near Morson in efforts to locate a second missing boater. The OPP had received a complaint of overdue boaters on Monday around 9:30 p.m. James Wealther, 73, from Addison, Ill., and Richard Herman, 69, of Peoria, Ill., had gone out […]
Press Release The phone message system at La Verendrye Hospital, the Emo Health Centre, the Rainy River Health Centre, and Rainycrest Long-Term Care, as well as at both the clinics in Emo and Rainy River, has been restored and is functioning normally. We would like to thank the general public […]
Staff The local Salvation Army’s “Red Shield” campaign got underway earlier this month but is well short of its target. As such, donations desperately are needed as soon as possible. This year’s campaign goal is $15,000 but only abut 20 percent of that has come in so far, Capt. Angel […]
Lucas Punkari Les Morrison and John Swentik roared off towards Fort Frances as the 10th-annual Emo Walleye Classic got underway this morning with 52 teams hitting the Rainy River. The tournament wraps up tomorrow, with the weigh-ins getting underway at 3:30 p.m. both days at the Emo-La Vallee Community Centre.
Peggy Revell Ken, Novalee, and Prudence Kabatay looked through the “Fun in Kindergarten” scrapbook during yesterday’s celebration at Mine Centre School which saluted and paid tribute to the many memories of the old school, which is set to be demolished this summer. The new school, located at the same site, […]
Duane Hicks Council has changed the date of its next meeting from Monday, June 13 to Monday, June 6. That’s so Mayor Roy Avis, local economic development officer Geoff Gillon, and as many members of council as possible can attend a regional economic planning session of the Northwestern Ontario Joint […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ soccer team has punched its ticket to the all-Ontarios next week in Windsor. Fort High advanced to the provincial showdown after blanking the host Kenora Broncos 1-0 in the NorWOSSA final yesterday afternoon. Colton Spicer notched the title-clinching goal, which gave the Muskies their first berth […]
Staff With fires continuing to burn in Alberta, the Ministry of Natural Resources was dispatching an additional 82 forest fire staff there today. It will bring the total Ontario staff in that province to 191. The Northwest Region is supplying half of the resources, with FireRanger crews being deployed from […]
