Lindsay Campbell Emo Fair Queen Caitlin Anderson, left, along with Second Princess Kassidy Strachan and friends Riley Redford and Kennedy Latimer, gave their best shot at outdoor zumba last Thursday during “Open Streets” festivities in Emo. A variety of other activities were offered along Front Street from noon-3 p.m. to […]
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Joey Payeur Lane Hyatt of Emo opted to take the sky-high road as he sailed over this jump during the first moto (heat) in the Schoolboy division at the Northern Ontario Superior Dirt Riders event Saturday at the Emo motocross track. Hyatt finished seventh in this moto but was third […]
Duane Hicks The town now has a salt and sand storage structure at the Public Works yard. The $500,000 structure, built by Van Pelt Construction Inc., is nearly complete, with the town still to add some finishing touches. The massive building will allow the town to store salt, along with […]
Duane Hicks Bob Dakin, additional assistant returning officer, got his work day underway this morning at the Elections Canada office located in the Rainy Lake Plaza on King’s Highway here. The office, which provides information on voting or registering residents to vote, currently is open Monday through Friday from 10 […]
Sarah Marusyk Toronto folk quintet “Union Duke” totally rocked the barn at Cornell Farms in La Vallee last night after local musicians Kenneth Kellar and Ben Sletmoen had opened for the band.
Joey Payeur Trish Smith of the Northwest Bay Beavers rounded third base to score on Val Smith’s two-run single in the second inning of Game 2 of the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League final yesterday evening. The Beavers went on to a 21-17 win over the two-time defending champion […]
Duane Hicks Kevin Kennedy took off during the 13th-annual “Ride for Memories” on Saturday morning, which saw about 20 bikes depart from The Harbourage here. Hosted by the Alzheimer Society of the Kenora-Rainy River Districts, the event also featured start locations in Kenora, Dryden, and Red Lake, with riders then […]
Cameron Penney More than 350 people attended the annual fish fry hosted by the Watten Volunteer Fire Department on Friday at Sunny Cove. About 50 volunteers also were on hand to prepare the food, organize the hall, and clean up afterwards.
Joey Payeur It was back to work—and back to fun—for this group of Midget and high school hockey players last night at the Ice For Kids Arena as part of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s “Development Week” activities. The camp, featuring ice time and dryland training for all age […]
Lindsay Campbell Carol McClain stopped to enjoy some outdoors activities with her granddaughter, Marly Wrolstad, during “Emo Open Streets” festivities yesterday afternoon. The event, was held on Front Street, was hosted by the Northwestern Health Unit as part of its “Do One Thing” campaign to encourage physical activity and healthy […]
Joey Payeur Kevin Gemmell of the Barwick Blue Knights slid into home safely with the go-ahead run in the seventh inning while Rainy Lake Pirates’ catcher Cole Tymkin waited for a throw that never came in Game 1 of the Rainy River District Fastball League’s best-of-three championship final yesterdy evening […]
Lindsay Campbell Cheyenne Calder, family support practitioner at Rainy River District’s Child and Family Services, stood with the donated backpacks for the “Backpacks for Kids” fundraiser along with co-worker Michelle Mondor, child services worker, Tammy Ouellet, fundraiser organizer, Betty-Anne Johnson, primary executive of Child and Family Services, and Jamie Beasant, […]
