With tickets for Friday night’s “Quest for the Best” selling out literally within minutes of going on sale Monday morning, complaints started rolling in almost as quickly. In response to the outcry, “Quest” co-ordinator Pearl Pidlubny announced yesterday afternoon that Videon (Channel 9) would be broadcasting the event live from […]
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Many people were shocked and saddened by an incident last Tuesday when seven puppies were found abandoned in a dumpster behind the 364 Store here. But the local “Friends of Animals” group sees the act as not only a tragedy but a wake-up call for people to start taking the […]
First-grader Josh Wilson was the guest of the honour at last night’s Rainy River District School Board meeting to show off his much improved reading skills. A student in Charleen Gustafson’s class at Donald Young School in Emo, Wilson was the first graduate from the “Reading Recovery” program started in […]
It may have been the last bonspiel hosted at the Barwick rink and if it is, at least it went out in style. Glen Jackson, organizer of the Chapple Centennial Bonspiel, said he was still getting phone calls Monday morning from curlers offering words of thanks and congratulations over the […]
The reason why the Emo Centennial committee chose a steamship for its 100th anniversary logo is based very much on the history of the Rainy River District.
Second-period tallies from S. Bliss, G. Madill, and B. Mainville helped the Tooks Hawks (Fort Frances) to a 5-1 victory over Atikokan in the final of the 10-team Emo Cowboys tournament Sunday afternoon. Bliss put the Hawks up 1-0 with a goal in the first while R. Anderson netted an […]
Competing at his first-ever World Championship Snowmobile Derby last weekend in Eagle River, Wis., Steve Arpin admitted he was nervous before each race. In fact, the 15-year-old Fort High student admitted he couldn’t even talk before his race. But then again, who says you have to talk to be a […]
With a full house of supporters awaiting her return back to the party upstairs at the Stratton Curling Club last Friday, Angela Lee had other thoughts on her mind. After just being inundated with a chorus of accolades and congratulations for her rink’s unbelievable run in capturing the Northern Ontario […]
After cruising to a perfect 3-0 record to earn the first berth into the double-knockout portion of the Northwestern men’s curling playdowns, Raymond Roy’s rink looked to be well on their way to advancing to the provincials next month. But with a single shot, their hopes of moving on to […]
Drew Allan, 13, won the consolation final in his division at the Manitoba Jr. Open at the Winnipeg Canoe Club last Sunday by sweeping Sydney Bertram 3-0. Allan went 2-1 in the round-robin, losing 3-0 to Andrew Town (ranked number-two in Canada in his age group) and then getting swept […]
Despite the fact two club records were smashed at last weekend’s Thunderbolts Invitational meet in Thunder Bay, Aquanaut head coach Debbie Murray preferred not to single out any one swimmer as having stood out above the rest. Rather, she admitted she’s never seen her swimmers perform as well as a […]
The local KC ‘AA’ PeeWee hockey team weren’t gracious hosts last weekend, winning their own tournament by doubling the River East Marauders (Winnipeg) 6-3 here Sunday in the final. Ian Lockman led the way with three goals and an assist. Jeremy Bell scored a pair and added two assists while […]
