The Township of La Vallee followed Emo in asking the province to declare it a disaster area in response to two days of torrential rain that hammered the district earlier this week. Highways connecting the area to Dryden and Atikokan still were closed as of press time Thursday while Rainy […]
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Fort Frances Youth Soccer’s annual wind-up will go ahead as planned this Saturday, organizers said today. “There’s some deep wet spots on Fields 3 and 4 [the mini-fields by St. Francis School] but most of it looks good,” said FFYS vice-president John Pierce. He added there also were plenty of […]
Flood waters receded several feet overnight Wednesday on land at the base of the Town of Rainy River. Still, with word at least two more floodgates were to be opened today at the dam at Fort Frances, the town opted to mobilize hundreds of volunteers to fill and deploy sandbags. […]
A pet wild turkey not only flew the coop last week, it fled the country, as well. A week ago, Donna Lowey of Lowey’s Greenhouse and Market Gardens on Highway 602 just west of town noticed one of her nine wild turkeys had disappeared. Over the weekend, her kids found […]
As runoff from Sunday and Monday’s intense thunderstorms poured into the Rainy River, the water rose to critical levels Tuesday morning. That forced Rainy River town council to declare a state of emergency. The call for volunteers to sandbag went out shortly after 9 a.m.—and their numbers rose as steadily […]
With more than 100 mm of rain pounding the district in just 48 hours earlier this week, many district farmers are reporting complete seed washouts. Purity Seeds owner Larry Lamb said it’s hard to tell what the full extent of the damage might be, but he’s pessimistic. “It’s kind of […]
A challenge was issued last year to Emo council to a friendly game of carpet bowling at Wheels to Meals. Well, council was victorious, which was not overlooked by the seniors, so another set of games was arranged for last Thursday. Council had some new members added but almost the […]
Rising flood waters did more than dampen home basements, they also hampered business across town—causing thousands of dollars worth of damage. Abitibi-Consolidated was able to keep running through a power outage that affected the whole district for almost about half-an-hour Monday afternoon. “The power outage did not affect the mill […]
After holding its annual inspection ceremony the previous week, the Fort Frances Royal Canadian Sea Cadets #144 held its windup barbecue last Wednesday evening at Lions Park in Emo. Parents, grandparents, and friends joined the Sea Cadets under clear and mild weather conditions. Volunteer Bill Whiting had cooked up hamburgers […]
With a vibrantly-coloured poster of two parrots and the slogan, “You don’t need drugs to colour your life,” Brandon Olsen earned top honours in a national poster contest sponsored by the Elks and Royal Purple. Tony Kadikoff, past Ontario Elks provincial president, presented the Grade 6 student at the Sturgeon […]
Alexa McDonough’s decision to resign as leader of the federal New Democratic Party last Wednesday shows how classy a politician she is, provincial NDP leader and local MPP Howard Hampton said. Hampton added that unlike the federal Liberals currently battling over the leadership of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, Mc-Donough’s decision […]
The Ministry of Transportation, the OPP, and Public Works crews are working around the clock to repair the damage this week’s flooding has caused. Every township in the district is dealing with washed out roads, lost bridges, and stranded residents. And in fact, five municipalities—Dawson, Lake of the Woods, Rainy […]
