By Liam Oliver Neilson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Fort Frances Times Emo will be getting more than $1.4 million from the province to upgrade its wastewater treatment equipment, Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford announced on Jan. 22. The investment is part of $700 million in provincial funding announced last week to assist 127 municipalities and First Nations communities in upgrading and expanding critical water infrastructure. “Emo, the centre of this beautiful Rainy River District, received $1.4 million for the construction of a new sanitary holding tank with duplex pump systems,” Rickford said. “There’ll be upgrades to electrical, mechanical and other systems. People in emo can expect clean, safe water in some of the most modernized control systems and upgrades to the actual machinery and equipment that takes their water and…
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