Krista Scharf, right, celebrated with her rink, including third Tara George (hidden), second Tiffany Stubbings (background), and lead Lorraine Lang after capturing the 25th-annual Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts here Saturday night with a 7-6 win over Janet McGhee. The Scharf rink now advances to the Scott Tournament of Hearts […]
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“I was thinking a big purple llama would stand out on the highway,” chuckled Carol Inkster of Emo, referring to a possible sign for her new store, The Purple Llama, which is scheduled to open there March 1. But she isn’t going to purchase the purple llama sign until her […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board should receive test results Wednesday (Feb. 8) that indicate whether a recently-detected “bug” in the water system at Our Lady of the Way School in Stratton has been eliminated. The “bug”—a bacterial species named pseudomonas aeruginosa—was growing in the water pipes downstream and hiding […]
Tying into the Academy Awards the following night, “Come As You or Come As A Star” is the theme of the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s ninth-annual fundraising event coming up Saturday, March 4 at La Place Rendez-Vous. And the pre-Oscar party is shaping up to be an evening of […]
Don Anness spends nearly every morning at the Emo Speedway, but he doesn’t race stock cars. Rather, he’s into harness racing—and they practise even in the winter. “We hardly miss any time at all, unless it’s really cold,” Anness noted last Friday afternoon after a good training session that morning. […]
Ear Falls OPP continue to search for a man missing in an area off Highway 804, about 13 km southwest of the town. Geoff McClain, 41, a former Ear Falls mayor and provincial Liberal candidate, was reported missing to police Saturday. The OPP’s Underwater Search and Recovery Unit and OPP […]
In its monthly “Recognition of Excellence,” the Rainy River District School Board will salute the partnerships between Crossroads School and local First Nations organizations during its regular meeting tonight. “At Crossroads School, the partnerships we have with Naicatchewenin First Nation, Seven Generations [Education Institute], Weechi-it-te-win Family Services, and the Rainy […]
This colourful sunrise, seen over Rainy River this morning from the La Verendrye Parkway, was a reminder of why people love to live in the Rainy Lake area. —Duane Hicks photo
The Krista Scharf rink (Fort William Curling Club) admired their first-place trophy after the final of the 25th-annual Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts that wrapped up here Saturday night. Scharf nipped Janet McGhee 7-6 to advance to the national showdown in London, Ont. at the end of the month. —Jenni […]
The OPP once again would like to remind the public to be skeptical of telemarketers soliciting money on behalf of charitable organizations and individuals who promise large monetary rewards for assisting them with bank transfers. The public also should be cautious of callers identifying themselves as representatives from financial institutions […]
At around 1:50 a.m. today, Fort Frances OPP officers were called to a disturbance at an apartment on the 200 block of Scott Street. The officers located two subjects who had been drinking and were known to police as being on probation. A 19-year-old of Fort Frances woman was arrested […]
Members of the OPP’s North West Region Emergency Response Team located and recovered the body of missing Red Lake man Friday around 2:30 p.m. John Haugland, 56, of Red Lake had been operating heavy equipment on Jan. 31 while constructing a winter road on Birch Lake. Police located Haugland’s body […]
