Undoubtedly you noticed the strange creatures skulking around the bus stations and airports over Thanksgiving- those wasted looking souls with the strange haunted looks. Not vagrants or terrorists, they’re just first Year University and College students returning home for a substantial home cooked meal. “I ate the last of the […]
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Source: Canadian Women's Foundation
Spousal abuse can include: 67% of Canadians know a woman who has experienced physical or sexual abuse.
Press Release
Northwestern Health Unit has received reports of two new positive COVID-19 test result in the Sioux Lookout area. The first was reported Teusday, with a second one reported today (Wednesday)Follow up with the people involved and their contacts has started according to protocol. Anyone who is identified as a contact […]
Henry Miller
RRVFN past-president
RRVFN past-president
RRVFN managed to participate in many activities during 2020 in spite of Covid 19. It wasn’t a problem to practice physical distancing as the activities were outdoors and in some cases, were performed by a minimum of individuals. A snapshot of the club’s activities follows with the details of our […]
Jack Elliott
Rainy River correspondent
Rainy River correspondent
Putting the bees to bed for the winter is no simple chore. Peggy and Telford Advent operate, the Honey Hut Apiary at Stratton and their two dozen colonies of honey bees are now snugly tucked away for the winter. But putting the bees to bed is no simple chore. Bees […]
Robin McCormick
Devlin correspondent
Devlin correspondent
The Remembrance Day services will be different this year due to COVID, but the importance of honouring veterans remains the same. There will be Cenotaph services in Emo at 11 a.m Devlin Cenotaph at 11:30 a.m. Barwick Cenotaph at 12:00p.m. and Stratton Cenotaph at 12:30 p.m. Please be advised that […]
Staff
Remembrance Day services will be understated this year, due to COVID-19. The pandemic has prompted the Dominion Command of the Royal Canadian Legion, which oversees all branches of the organization, to request that cenotaph services be private this year. All Legion branches across the District have opted to hold closed, […]
When we were growing up, Christmas was heralded by the arrival of the Sears Wish Book and the Easton’s Christmas catalogue. Every Christmas dream began there. Both catalogues are now long gone, and children are now tempted by television commercials and Facebook posts. Before the lockdown, social distancing and other […]
Staff
MP Marcus Powlowski presented a petition in the House of Commons calling on the Government of Canada to publicly announce a plan for COVID-19 human challenge trials. The petition, which was the work of the challenge trials advocacy group 1Day Sooner, received 543 signatures from across Canada between September 18 […]
Press Release
Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) strongly advises that residents in the region avoid travelling to Manitoba unless it is essential. Community transmission of COVID-19 is happening within the province. Due to the rise in COVID-19 cases in Manitoba, both the Province of Manitoba and the City of Winnipeg have changed their […]
November has arrived and it sounds like we are in for some decent weather. Although we will all welcome some nice warm, sunny days, it will most likely make quite a mess on the roads and in the barn yard. Things have frozen up nicely in most places and it […]
The Prairie Garden Committee is excited to announce that they are now taking pre-orders, just in time for the holiday season, for the latest Prairie Garden book! The 2021, 82nd annual edition, entitled, “Flowering Shrubs – with a special feature on roses”, is scheduled for release in early November. Reserve […]
