Stephanie Hagenaars A group of kids got to learn basic coding techniques at a “Robot en Route” workshop last Wednesday at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. Each participant was given a robot and a tablet, which acted like the robot’s remote control, containing basic coding patterns that, when […]

Sam Odrowski Emo Feeds owner John Sawatzky, left, and director of Ontario Soil and Crop Andrew Brekvel admired the ag station’s vast fields of wheat during an open house held there last Wednesday.

Jamie Mountain Chris Sinclair of Manitou Forest Products looked to move the ball up the pitch and out of danger during his squad’s 2-2 tie with Centra Pipelines in Borderland Soccer League men’s division action last Wednesday night at the St. Francis Sports Field. Sinclair, who also serves as the […]

FSgt. Courtney Sinclair from 908 Rainy Lake Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron earned a staff position this summer at Trenton Cadet Training Centre. –Photo courtesy of FSgt. Sergeant Hemstreet

Submitted Emo Motocross (EMX) hosted a clinic conducted by Winnipeg motocross riders Ami and Kim Houde on July 22. Pictured here are Dawson Pollard, front row left, Landon Flinders, Ami Houde, Kali Tessier, and Ozzy Hanson, and Dillon Tessier, back row left, Cole, Alex,and Blake Kreger, Julia Guertin, John Gavel, […]

New Gold mining engineer Kirk Klassen educated tour attendees about their open pit mining operations last Thursday afternoon.

Submitted Shelby Larson and Jeff Gustafson held up some smallmouth bass they caught this past weekend on the Winnipeg River.

Sam Odrowski Ministry of Agriculture food forage specialist Christine O’Reilly of Lindsay, Ont. travelled to the Rainy River District to view the Emo Agricultural Research Station’s (EARS) growing operations and educate folks during the open house held there last Wednesday.

Some Emo Agricultural Research Station (EARS) open house attendees hitched a wagon ride along the tour of demonstration plots and trial crops, last Wednesday evening. Those who turned out to the open house learned about different varieties of soy beans, canola, wheat, and the status of EARS’s hops project. -Sam […]

New Gold tour guide, Cassandra Cochrane, answered many questions regarding New Gold’s mining operations, safety protocols, and environmental efforts during a public tour last Thursday afternoon. -Sam Odrowski photo

The EARS hops project demonstration plot features hundreds of feet of hops that are strung along several poles.

Well over 50 people has a chance to hop on a bus from Emo to the New Gold Mine and take a tour there last Thursday. Tour attendees had a chance to view New Gold’s open pit mine and ask questions to one of New Gold’s mining engineers. The tours […]