It’s official. A new spring walleye tournament will be held on the Rainy River at Emo next year. The deal was sealed last week after a vote at an Emo Chamber of Commerce meeting, president Colleen Vennechenko said. The tourney—named the Emo Walleye Classic—will be held May 31-June 1, a […]
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District residents will get more use out of their “Blue Boxes” than previously expected after the Northwestern Ontario Recycling Association decided Friday to delay handing its business over to a Thunder Bay company. “We’ll keep everything going as it is for the next six months,” said NORA chair Dennis Brown, […]
Kelly Neilson of Stratton will be bidding for a provincial berth when the junior ladies’ district playdowns go Thursday through Saturday in Balmertown—one week after fellow club member Trevor Bonot finished sixth at the junior men’s showdown last weekend in Thunder Bay. Neilson’s rink, featuring third Amber Sheloff, second Amy […]
It won’t be long before the confusion of which number to call for an emergency in the west end of the district will be gone. Last week, Rainy River council joined the ranks of neighbouring Dawson and Lake of the Woods townships in the final push to get 9-1-1 emergency […]
Starting Dec. 1, the Ministry of Natural Resources district office at Fort Frances no longer will provide aerial photographs for viewing. If aerial photographs are required, individual may come to the office, choose the photos from a map posted at the front counter, and fill out order forms for purchasing […]
The Aquanauts made their annual trip north for the annual Kenora Sharks’ invitational meet over the weekend, where eight of the 15 competitive ‘A’ swimmers made qualifying times for a special invitational meet at the end of the month. Heather Dutton qualified for six events in the over-15 division while […]
This unseasonably warm weather makes it hard to believe we are so close to December and Christmas. A reminder the Stratton seniors’ Christmas turkey dinner is slated Thursday, Dec. 13 at 1 p.m. at the Stratton Café. Cost is $12 per person, and those interested are ask to confirm before […]
Members of the North Western Ontario Tourism Association met Friday in Emo and topping the agenda was the issue of people with impaired driving convictions facing difficulty entering Canada. NWOTA claims stepped up enforcement at the border over the past year has resulted in many American visitors having problems getting […]
A family reunion for members of Nobel and Annie Hyatt was held Saturday afternoon at the Devlin Hall. The event was attended by about 100 people and from all reports, everyone enjoyed themselves and a lot of old memories were shared. People from Thunder Bay and Dryden also attended. • • • […]
At the Nov. 13 meeting of Chapple council, a delegate spoke concerning the possible lease or sale of part of the north half of Lot 6, Concession 4 in Mather Township. It is to be established for a dumping facility for septic fields on that property. The Ministry of the […]
The Ontario Realty Corp. is inquiring as to whether the Municipality of Emo would be interested in purchasing the property on Tyrell Street (OPP housing), council learned at its regular monthly meeting Nov. 13. “We will look at all avenues,” noted Reeve Fortier, adding the municipality may look at the […]
In recent PeeWee action at the Emo-La Vallee Community Centre, the host Predators earned a 3-0 win over the Lions (Fort Frances). Tyson Quibell (two) and TJ Roen tallied the goals. Travis Showalter and Rylee Caul added assists. Then against Esso (Fort Frances), the Predators led 3-2 with about three […]
