Press Release The local Service Canada Centre for Youth will be hosting a come-and-go Web ROE information session for employers next Tuesday (July 28) from 12:30-3 p.m. in their office at 301 Scott St. (the post office). The session will allow employers to learn more information about and/or register for […]
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Dave Ogilvie With memories of their opening show still fresh in everyone’s minds, Cornell Farms is pleased to announce Kevin Fox will be the headliner for the next barn concert, which will take place Wednesday, Aug. 5. A Halifax native, Fox is described as a “revered multi-instrumentalist, sought-after arranger/composer, and […]
Tasha-Lynn McNally, the oldest of the contestants at 16, has interests as widely varied as her sister, Marissa. The daughter of Tammy and Allen Kinnear and the late Keith McNally, she enjoys reading, drawing, writing poetry, playing her violin-which was given to her by her great-grandfather-listening to music, learning to […]
Robin McCormick The Village People bested 10 other teams to capture the annual Kingsley Downs and Gus Lindberg Memorial slo-pitch tournament over the weekend in Devlin, downing the Clippers in the ‘A’ final. Northwest Bay beat the Whiskey Jax to win the ‘B’ title while the Brew Jays topped the […]
Staff Cellphone users in the district soon will have the option of using Global System for Mobile (GSM) communication network technology as the Dryden Municipal Telephone Service expands across Northwestern Ontario. “We’re GSM service, which is the other cellular service,” noted DMTS operations manager Scott Coffey. “All of Northern Ontario […]
Marissa Kinnear is the youngest of the four contestants and a young woman with a wide variety of interests. The 14-year-old Emo resident’s hobbies range from music—singing and playing her guitar—to sports such as volleyball, soccer and hockey, to photography, to “anything new that requires a challenge.” She is also […]
Taylor Pelepetz, 15, has a passion—a passion for dance. “I absolutely love to dance,” she said. The Emo resident has been taking lessons from Darcie Schulz at the “Dancin’ with Darcie” Dance Studio in International Falls for 10 years. For the last two of those years, she has also been […]
Sarah Trimble is 15 years old and she resides in Emo with her parents and her younger sister, Haley. She also has an older brother, Andrew. She enjoys dancing, drawing and fishing, and plans to attend the Toronto School of Art when she graduates from Fort Frances High School. She […]
Press Release The province is investing an additional $500,000 through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. to help establish the abattoir in Emo, bringing the total provincial support for the facility to $1 million. “Establishment of an abattoir in the Rainy River area was an important recommendation of Dr. Bob […]
Press Release The Emo Speedway has been in existence since the summer of 1954, and the Borderland Racing Association wants you to celebrate with us the brilliant accomplishments that have been made throughout the many years of stock car racing in the region. This Saturday (July 25), starting at 6:50 […]
the MNR A Thunder Bay man has been convicted of lying to a conservation officer and for his part in illegally killing and possessing a bull moose. Robert Earley was fined $750 for possessing game taken illegally and $1,000 for providing false information to a conservation officer. He is also […]
Anthony Leek Action at the Emo Speedway was great on Saturday as another night of racing ended with an exciting green-white-checkered in the WISSOTA Modifieds division. The whole evening was intense with 10 Street Stocks, 16 Midwest Modifieds, and 11 Modifieds entered the facility. In the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, Kendal […]
