Local News from Across the Rainy River District
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden accused Donald Trump and his supporters of holding a “dagger at the throat of democracy” in a forceful speech Thursday marking the anniversary of the deadly breach of the U.S. Capitol. He warned that though it didn’t succeed, the insurrection remains a serious threat […]
NEW YORK (AP) – New data from the music industry confirms what a lot of people long suspected – 2021 was a very good year for Morgan Wallen, Adele and vinyl. MRC Data’s year-end report, presented in collaboration with Billboard, showed that Wallen’s “Dangerous: The Double Album” ended 2021 as […]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) – Jennifer Garner has been named Woman of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals, based not just on her career as an actor, but also because of her record as a philanthropist and entrepreneur, the organization said Thursday. Garner, 49, will be the guest of […]
During the first several months of the pandemic in the U.S., Dina Levy made her young daughter and son go on walks with her three times a day. They kicked a soccer ball around at the nearby high school. The children, then 11 and 8, created an obstacle course out […]
NEW YORK (AP) – An athletic Hungarian farm dog and a tiny pet of bygone Russian aristocrats are the latest breeds in the American Kennel Club’s purebred lineup. The club announced Tuesday that it’s recognizing the Russian toy and the mudi. That means they’re eligible to compete for best in […]
Along with the New Year comes one of the longest standing traditions for ice anglers in Northwest Ontario, the start of a new lake trout season. I have spent New Year’s Day on the ice many times over the years but with the brutal cold temperatures we’ve had over the […]
MONTREAL – Anthony Calvillo is once again a Montreal Alouette. The Alouettes announced Thursday that the Canadian Football League’s all-time leading passer has rejoined the club as quarterback coach. Calvillo played 16 of his 20 pro seasons in Montreal and was part of the team’s coaching staff from 2015 to […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Lawyers for Los Angeles County have failed to persuade a federal judge to end Vanessa Bryant’s lawsuit over gruesome photos of the helicopter crash that killed her husband, Kobe Bryant, her daughter Gianna and seven others. U.S. District Judge John F. Walter on Wednesday rejected a […]
Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts’ Fort Frances director Carol Derksen, left, and client services co-ordinator Mary O’Connor held up the Alzheimer Society flag outside the Fort Frances Civic Centre on Monday morning to help kick off Alzheimer Awareness month in the region. The society has a number of events […]
Riverside Foundation for Health Care is excited to announce that the winner of the New Year’s Eve Riverside 50/50 electronic raffle is Roanna Jourdain of Whitedog, ON with the winning ticket number N-5062709. Jourdain takes home the biggest pot yet of $37,650, with the same amount going to the Foundation. […]
The Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary Branch #29 presented Christmas Gift baskets to our community First Responders to thank them for their service and dedication to the community. Gift baskets were presented to the Ontario Provincial Police, Treaty Three Police, Rainy River District EMS, and Fort Frances Fire Department. Monetary […]
2021 ended with both happy and sad happenings. Happy events were the arrival of a baby boy Wesley Donald, born December 6. Proud parents are a Rebecca Witherspoon and Cory Randle. Proud grandparents are Murray and Holly Witherspoon and Gordon and Sonja Randle. Great grandparents are Bill and Carol McLean […]
