The Lions Clubs motto is ‘We Serve’ and this is how the WRRD Lions Club is serving. Established as sub-club of the Emo and District Lions Club some years ago, the RRBB Lions Club received its own charter a couple of years back. Recently the name change of the Charter […]
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Robin McCormick
Devlin correspondent
Devlin correspondent
Another Christmas tradition has been cancelled due to the COVID pandemic. The Township of LaVallee has made the decision to cancel the annual Community Christmas Party for 2020. The council members send everyone wishes for a safe and happy holiday season. Just a reminder that the annual Stuff-a-Cruiser Food Drive […]
Press Release
As wave two of COVID-19 advances we are experiencing increased positive test results across the region, particularly in the communities of Thunder Bay and Kenora. Spiking cases in Manitoba, Koochiching County and most urban centres add to the risk for the communities across the Rainy River District. Riverside continues to […]
Gary Moskalyk
Special to the SIJHL
Special to the SIJHL
You’d be hard pressed to find anyone involved in the SIJHL happier to see a return to action than referee Andrew Bartlett. Bartlett was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer a year ago. It’s been 12 months since he put on the blades. His first game back was an exhibition […]
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Andrew Autio
Andrew Autio
In order for Canada to continue moving forward in reconciliation, the public education system must teach the true history of Indigenous people, according to Sen. Murray Sinclair. Sinclair served as the chairman of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission from 2009 to 2015. In June 2015, the Truth […]
Sen. Murray Sinclair, who served as chairman of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission from 2009 to 2015, was the keynote speaker for a recent online presentation co-hosted by District School Board Ontario North East and Northern College.
Passenger rail has been the subject of debate in Ontario’s northern regions for as long as anyone can remember. Most recently arguments have been put forward in support of passenger rail on the basis of; tourism, connectivity, equity, and economic spin off. Given this renewed enthusiasm, Northern Policy Institute posed […]
Suppose we look at our past and review all of our traditions and the way we lived. Now think of today. The pandemic has wiped our slate clean. We have a blank sheet of paper in front of us to work on the future. Who would have imagined that we […]
It’s with devastated hearts we announce the tragic and sudden passing of Matthew Denis Parise in the early hours of November 22,2020 at the age of 27. Matthew was born March 30, 1993. Matt leaves behind his two sons Coltin and Tatum, for whom he loved dearly and wholeheartedly. He […]
Staff Writer
Natali Trivuncic
Natali Trivuncic
The Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) announced 26 active COIVD-19 cases in the past week – three in the Dryden/Red Lake region, 20 in the Kenora region, two in the Sioux Lookout region and one in the district of Rainy River. Riverside Healthcare has confirmed that the local case is a […]
Ruth Nussbaumer of Emo, Ont. went to be with her Lord and Saviour on November 22, 2020 at the age of 96. She was born on September 3, 1924 in Basel, Switzerland to Daniel and Martha Gerber. She grew up on a farm in Switzerland and was the youngest of […]
We have three goats and there has been hints of getting them bred; “just once Auntie Kimmie!” Well, I wasn’t excited about it. I like the three goats we have but I wasn’t wanting to expand. My mom enjoys catching up with things on Facebook and guess what – there […]
