FORT FRANCES—The Rainy River District School board has developed an assessment for screening senior kindergarten students, and currently is running a pilot project to introduce a similar assessment for junior kindergarten children. “What’s unique about the whole program is that it’s not just an assessment,” Ann Anderson, the board’s speech […]
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The deadline for clubs, organizations, and associations to nominate their members for the Ontario Volunteer Service Awards is this coming Monday (Jan. 15). And Emo Chamber of Commerce president Colleen Vennechenko has hopes many of her community’s volunteers will be nominated and recognized for all their hard work and dedication. […]
In Ontario, pesticides are classified into six schedules. The Ministry of the Environment (MoE) takes a careful look at every pesticide before it is sold in Ontario. The MoE then puts each product into one of the six schedules, depending on how dangerous the product is. For more information about […]
After a disappointing turnout of just 19 parents at last year’s Family Literacy Celebration at Donald Young School in Emo, organizers have made some changes in hopes of boosting attendance. Hosted by the Rainy River District School Board, similar events also were held in Fort Frances and Rainy River to […]
Carol Inkster has raised many kinds of animals on her farm over the years, but it’s her llamas and llama/alpacas she calls the “easiest animals” to bring up. “They are the easiest animals I’ve ever raised and for many reasons,” she remarked Monday, noting they are tolerant of most temperatures, […]
The Ontario government has committed to replacing its current species-at-risk legislation—the Endangered Species Act—with a new, more comprehensive bill this year. The proposed new act could have significant impacts on how farmers conduct their day-to-day farming activities. Last May, the Ministry of Natural Resources posted a discussion paper on the […]
Two local junior curling rinks are off to Sault Ste. Marie this weekend (Jan. 11-13) to compete in the provincial championship after qualifying in Longlac this past weekend. Making up the boys rink is Adam Bolen (skip), Dave Kaun (third), Mike Badiuk (second), and Travis Showalter and Sean Murray (sharing […]
Penalties often can be the difference between winning and losing—something the Emo Cowboys learned the hard way here Sunday in the final of the Fort Frances Midget ‘A’ hockey tournament. The Cowboys were firing on all cylinders through the first period-and-a-half, holding a comfortable 4-1 lead over Kenora Canadian Tire […]
The Dordt College Concert Choir from Sioux Center, Iowa will perform at the Christian Reformed Church in Emo tomorrow (Jan. 11) at 7:30 p.m. The church is located on Emo Rd. #1. This free concert is one of eight performances on a concert tour that will take the group to […]
Apparently it is possible to have too much of a good thing. The Fort Frances Canadians stormed out of the gates against the International Falls’ junior varsity Broncos on Monday night, bulging the twine on four of six shots in the opening period at Bronco Arena. But instead of pressing […]
Three district curling rinks will compete at the Men’s Tankard association playdowns coming up Jan. 24-27 in Red Lake. Lorne Jackson and Anthony Smaha of Fort Frances, along with Bryan Bonot of Stratton, automatically advanced when the zone playdown (scheduled to take place here last weekend) was cancelled due to […]
It is one of most perplexing riddles in all of hockey: how to solve a hot goaltender? Despite their best efforts, the Muskie boys’ hockey team could not solve the riddle that was the Mathieu-Martin Matadors’ goalie as they fell 2-1 to the New Brunswick team in the semi-finals of […]
