Robin McCormick The students and staff at Crossroads School are organizing a number of events throughout the next few weeks to help the Pressenger family who lost their home to a fire over the weekend. Any community members who wish to make a monetary donation to help the family may […]
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Press Release Ladies of the Br. #29 Legion Ladies Auxiliary met on Wednesday, Feb 10 with 32 members present. Reports were heard from the committees. Sergeant-at-Arms Yvonne Chambers reported the colour party attended funerals for two members. Our local Legion auxiliary has been asked to march in the colours at […]
Press Release NDP energy critic Peter Tabuns is welcoming a new report from the Ontario Clean Air Alliance that shows the McGuinty government could shut down the province’s coal plants today without compromising electricity supply, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preventing hundreds of pollution-related deaths a year. “This report […]
Press Release A Winnipeg man was fined $3,250 for purchasing Ontario resident licences to hunt moose. Albert Taylor pleaded guilty to making a false statement in a document to obtain a licence and to hunting moose without a licence. Court heard that in September, 2007, Taylor moved from Ontario to […]
Editor’s note: The following was written by Miss Violet Stewart in June, 1943. It was submitted by the Rainy River District Women’s Institute Museum in Emo in conjunction with Heritage Week 2010. This year’s theme was “Our Changing Landscape.” Alberton Municipality, of which Crozier is part, held its first council […]
Staff The provincial government is touting the extension of municipal services to Emo’s industrial park, including more funding for the project. The $69,171 from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. comes in addition to the previously-announced $121,900 for bringing municipal services to the industrial park. “It’s very crucial to the […]
Press Release A Toronto man has been fined $3,500 for charges related to illegal deer hunting. Curzio Fabrizi was convicted under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of two counts of unlawfully hunting deer and two counts of abandoning flesh suitable for human consumption. He was fined $2,000 and $1,500, […]
Press Release New small businesses—run by young entrepreneurs—are up and running, creating seven private-sector jobs in three Northwestern Ontario communities. Ontario’s Young Entrepreneur Program is supporting TY-GR Construction, a construction and renovation business in Fort Frances focusing on residential, cottage, and commercial buildings. Also being supported are DC Productions and […]
Press Release On Friday, March 5, the women of Cameroon invite us to visit “Africa in miniature,” to join with them in the annual World Day of Prayer celebration as we affirm “Let everything that has breath praise God.” The Republic of Cameroon consists of more than 240 local languages […]
Press Release Dr. Bruce Meyer, accomplished author, poet, lecturer, and broadcaster, will give a public lecture on the topic, “What Makes Great Literature,” on Friday, March 5 at 7 p.m. at the ATAC Building at Lakehead University. Dr. Meyer also will give a writing workshop, entitled “Making Your Writing More […]
Press Release Kenora-Rainy River MPP Howard Hampton (NDP) is demanding pension fairness for AbitibiBowater workers and retirees. On Monday during Question Period at Queen’s Park, Hampton asked about the McGuinty government’s recent decision to bail out Nortel’s pension plan. “Just as a byelection was called in an Ottawa riding where […]
Dave Ogilvie The Emo & District Hospital Auxiliary will be hosting a Shamrock Tea and Bake Sale on Friday, March 12 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. in the Emo hospital cafeteria. Admission is $3, and there will be a door prize along with some great baking. Funds raised will go towards upgrading […]
