Press Release After facing one of the harshest winters in several years, “Friends of Animals” members have decided to launch their annual Spring Appeal earlier in the season. Even our mildest winters make everyday survival a challenge for homeless animals. But with this year’s record-breaking snowfall and frigid temperatures, the […]
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Helen Crook If you like to learn, if you like to give while you get, if you like to volunteer, or if you like to save money, the Fort Frances Horticultural Society might be the place for you! The society is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and would like […]
Press Release Poverty shouldn’t be a life sentence in our community and our district. According to the United Nations, about 25,000 people die every day of hunger-related causes in the world. This is one person every three-and-a-half seconds. Unfortunately, it is children who often die. Due to the economic turmoil […]
Staff “Prevention Through Early Detection” will be being promoted next Tuesday and Wednesday as Stroke Detection Plus, Inc. brings preventive health screening services to the Holiday Inn in International Falls. Stroke Detection Plus is a mobile ultrasound service that conducts stroke and vascular screenings so people will know if they […]
Press Release For the second year, the Ontario government is joining “Earth Hour” by turning out the lights between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. (EDT) on Saturday, March 28 in most government buildings. “Earth Hour” is a global event to promote energy conservation and send a global message about working together […]
Press Release The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is pleased to announce all undergraduate medical students in its charter class successfully have matched to Canadian residency programs on their first attempt. In fact, NOSM was the only Canadian medical school in which all students were matched in the first […]
Robin McCormick The annual Emo Spring Fever Days celebration is coming up April 17-18. This is always a fun-filled weekend with lots of free draws, great sales, and visiting with friends and neighbours. This year, as always, the Emo Legion will be renting tables for $10 each for its craft/bake […]
Dave Ogilvie The Emo & District Hospital Auxiliary’s Shamrock tea and bake sale on Friday afternoon was well-attended by about 90 people. Winners were Loretta Hartnell (tea set), Mary Gavin (salad bowl), and John Vandenbrand (door prize). The money raised at the event ($786) will help pay for the cardiac […]
Press Release The Rainy River District School Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Diana Coutts to the position of vice-principal of Atikokan High School, effective Feb. 26. Ed Ojala has returned to his full-time teaching position within AHS at this time. Coutts brings to the position more than […]
the MNR Three U.S. residents have been fined after trying to smuggle live bait into Ontario through the Canada Customs entry station on Sand Point Lake in Rainy River District. William W. Timpe, 72, of Crystal Lake, Ill., was fined $880 for bringing roughly five pounds of live leeches into […]
Press Release Hockey Northwestern Ontario, in affiliation with Hockey Canada and Lakehead University Thunderwolves, is pleased to announce that select members of Canada’s national men’s sledge hockey team will be coming to Thunder Bay on March 27-29 in conjunction with the 2009 Cavendish University Cup. The players will be participating […]
Dave Ogilvie Friday, March 13 marked yet another winter carnival for Sturgeon Creek School. This much-anticipated event began (some say) as early as 1975 and has continued uninterrupted ever since. Most traditions after that many years have the tendency to become stale and boring; some even fall by the wayside. […]
