Press Release For 60 years, the Northwestern Health Unit has been delivering public health programs and services. This month, to celebrate its 60th anniversary, the health unit is providing all elementary schools in the region with a set of storybooks. The Eagle Books are intended to help teach reading and […]
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Peggy Revell Local speech pathologist Ann Anderson soon will be on her way to the other side of the world after being selected by the Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists to be part of a delegation heading to China at the end of the month. Anderson, who works […]
Robin McCormick The Emo and District Hospital Auxiliary will hold its annual fall tea and bazaar next Friday (Oct. 17) from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the Emo Legion. Admission is $2, and there also will be baking for sale and lots of draws to add to the fun (donations of baking […]
Press Release A total of 135 consumers shared their thoughts and opinions on everything from their satisfaction with customer service to store hours to what they would like to see added to the local business community in the first-ever Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce consumer survey, which ran from Aug. […]
Press Release Screening saves lives. Many studies have shown that regular mammograms for women aged 50-69 reduce deaths from breast cancer by up to a third. Close to 63 percent of Ontario women are being screened for mammograms every two years, but we need to do better. In an interview […]
Press Release Twenty-two charges were laid against moose hunters in the Armstrong area after Ministry of Natural Resources’ conservation officers checked hunters during the first five days of the early gun moose-hunting season. Two Thunder Bay District conservation officers checked 86 hunters from Sept. 20-24. In addition to the charges, […]
the MNR Twelve charges were laid against anglers stopped by Ministry of Natural Resources’ conservation officers at a game and fish check station east of Fort Frances. On Sept. 26, conservation officers from Fort Frances, Atikokan, and Dryden districts checked 155 non-residents and 14 residents who had been hunting or […]
Nancy Daley Fulton If you become physically ill, you would go to a doctor. You would be diagnosed, treated, and life would go on as usual or with modifications. You likely would talk to your family, friends, and co-workers about it. When people are diagnosed with a mental illness, however, […]
Eleanor Wiersema The 88th Northwestern Area Women’s Institute convention was held Friday, Sept. 19 and Saturday, Sept. 20 at the Vicker’s Heights Community Centre in Thunder Bay. Members from the Rainy River District, Thunder Bay District, and Dryden were in attendance (the Kenora W.I. District no longer exists as two […]
Dave Ogilvie Emo council met last Tuesday (Sept. 30) starting at 7 p.m. The meeting began with an oral report from Peter McQuaker, acting on behalf of the Public Works superintendent, who reported the roads are in relatively good shape and that grading and maintenance will continue until “freeze-up.” He […]
Dave Ogilvie Cadets, which is being held at the Christian Reformed Church in Emo, is a club for boys aged nine-15 (as of the end of December). Through Cadets, the boys will be involved in activities such as exploring, merit badges, projects, camp, Bible Studies, meeting new friends, and much […]
Rick Neilson Another cowboy will be coming to Rainy River District when the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture holds its annual meeting and fall dinner on Saturday, Oct. 18 at the Barwick Hall. Building on the success of the cowboy poet show held here last spring, the evening will feature […]
