A combination of creative teaching and federal funding has given a group of local students an opportunity to try their hands at engineering. The Grade 7-8 classes at J.W. Walker School (housed at Sixth Street School during renovations at their own school) last week unveiled their science projects, which turned […]
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A new user fee schedule presented to the committee of the whole during a special meeting Monday afternoon will see a $200,000 increase in revenues to the 2004 budget shortfall of $2.8-million, treasurer Peggy Dupuis said afterwards. But as to what the revised fees—and any new ones—may mean to the […]
It sometimes seems to people in Borderland that we are ignored by the population and power centres down south. That can be as true in Minnesota as it is here in Ontario, but for one day last week, others were paying attention. Tremendous Entertainment, a production company based in Minneapolis, […]
Our Lady of the Way students, staff, and invited guests were treated to a pancake breakfast in the gymnasium on Feb. 24 in celebration of Shrove Tuesday. Shrove Tuesday (also known as Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras) is the day before Ash Wednesday—the beginning of Lent. Since Lent is a […]
Colin Kaemingh was the hero, scoring unassisted in the dying seconds of the game to give the Emo Thunderbolts a 4-3 win over the Kentucky Colonels (Fort Frances) in the ‘A’ final of a PeeWee tournament in Emo last weekend. Tim Sharp scored 15 seconds apart in the first period […]
The Dryden Ringette Association hosted its tournament, “Lordesses of the Rings,” which attracted teams from Emo, Atikokan, Kenora, Thunder Bay, and the host city. The theme was “A Tale of Two Rinks.” Although every team had their eyes focused on the gold, it just did not happen for the three […]
The annual Morson live-release fishing derby Saturday saw a reversal of fortune compared to previous years. Usually Northern Pike, and especially perch, are caught in abundance as opposed to walleye. But not this year, when 51 walleye were caught along with just six perch. And no Northern Pikes were reeled […]
At the end of last season, Brandy Hyatt became a “Gold Skater” by completing her Gold Interpretive Test. Early this season, Hyatt completed her Gold Level Skills. But not stopping at Double Gold, she tested her final two gold dances in Eagle Lake on Feb. 21 and is now Emo’s […]
For the first time in the history of the Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association, a tournament was held within a tournament as the PeeWee girls combined their games with the boys. And according to organizers, everything went without a hitch. The four-team girls’ tourney featured host Emo squaring off against Taylor […]
Emo pharmacist Greg Asplund has been breathing much easier lately. The reason being he now has a permanent pharmacist on board at Emo Drugs—a young gentleman rooted at Devlin. Scheduling days off for his own relaxation, Asplund now will be able to attend to other things within the drug store […]
About 250 people attended the launch of “Connections,” La Vallee’s history book, on Saturday evening at the Devlin Hall. A wine-and-cheese topped off the evening. The people involved with the planning deserve a big applause. Be sure to plan on attending the many other activities to celebrate La Vallee’s centennial […]
Atikokan OPP, with the assistance of the Atikokan Police Service, continue to investigate the death a 22-year-old woman there. The body of Adele Matinet was discovered by a family member in her residence at 109 Mercury Ave. in Atikokan on Saturday. Results of the post-mortem conducted Monday are not being […]
