Sam Odrowski Local farmer Delton Martin spoke about some of the pests, such as cereal army worms, that affect his fields after attendees of the Emo Agricultural Research Station (EARS) open house viewed their hops project on Thursday. The hops project is now in its third year and was expanded […]
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Sam Odrowski Emily Potter of the Northern Ontario Farm Innovation Alliance (NOFIA) spoke to attendees of the Emo Agricultural Research Station (EARS) open house on Thursday evening about the agricultural research being conducted through NOFIA and how it links to the crop trials being run at EARS.
Sam Odrowski Emo Agricultural Research Station (EARS) crop technician Kim Jo Bliss spoke to a group of over 50 people about the crop trials being run at the research station during the EARS open house on Thursday evening. Various experts from the University of Guelph and Northern Ontario Farm Innovation […]
Sam Odrowski Alexis Latter of “Lexi’s Little Pet Pals” talked about her various handmade dog toys and cat treats to passerby Vicki Ogilvie who stopped by the Youth Enterprise Camp’s week-end sale at Rainy Lake Square on Friday, while fellow campers David Morrison and Drew Windigo looked on.
Sam Odrowski Emo Agricultural Research Station (EARS) summer student Nicholas Donaldson towed attendees around the station with a tractor on Thursday during the EARS open house. Donaldson has worked at EARS for six straight years and is in his final year of school, making this summer at the station his […]
Submitted Sebastian Belliard, soil management specialist for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), took a look at the soil profile of John Sawatzky’s farm that’s south of Emo on Thursday morning during the Emo Agricultural Research Station’s (EARS) soil and crop tour.
Submitted Walleyes of all sizes can be found shallower that usual right now on Lake of the Woods.
The 4-H United Beef Club includes, Georgia Romyn, front row left, Scarlett Morrison, Danielle Schram, Andrea Schram, Carenna Haw, Christina Gerula, Kennah LeBlanc, Hayden Haw, and Angela Haw, and Tami Leblanc, back row left, Joshua Peters, Alanna Gerula, Aynsley Williams, Erika Gerula, Caleb Peters, Gregory Peters, Brett Schram, and Neil […]
Submitted Members of the United Beef Club worked with a heifer in preparation for the new fitting and grooming competition that will be held at the fair this year on Friday, Aug. 16 from 9-10 a.m. Four members from each club will be grooming their selected animal in front of […]
Submitted Scott Fawcett enjoyed a nearly 30-year coaching career at various levels in football, in which he was a part of 10 championship teams. The Fort Frances native will be inducted into the “builder” category with this year’s Fort Frances Sports Hall of Fame class next month.
Jamie Mountain Grace Bragg (Couchiching Raiders) of Team Kayla Windigo hustled her way up the first-base line on a soft grounder but she just wasn’t quick enough to beat the throw from Mariah Leahy (Fort Frances Her-icanes) to first base during her squad’s 7-2 loss to Team Stacy Patey in […]
Submitted Team Northern Ontario took the home crowd in Fort Frances by storm as they rolled to the title at the 1996 Canadian Police Curling Championships. The quartet, which featured Clint Barton (skip), Scott Gobeil (third), Don Robertson (second), and Steve Maki (lead), will be one of two teams inducted […]
