Ken Kellar photo Drills have been underway at Point Park for the 807 Selects Volleyball Club. Coach Terry McMahon has long range plans for the volleyball club, as a way to develop local talent to compete on a larger level.
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Merna Emara photo Nicole LePine, seated, has become the first person to use the adaptive water ski, recently donated by Child and Family Services. Volunteer Alyssa Perlette was one of many who guided her through the process.
Nicole LePine made history as the first person to use the equipment at Sunset Water Sports. The adaptive equipment allows people of all abilities to enjoy the lake.
Merna Emara photo McTaggarts has been busy with parents shopping locally for back-to-school, but is working through lower revenues overall.
Merna Emara photo Hospital workers rally in front of Greg Rickford’s constituency office in Fort Frances to protest Bill 195, which was passed in July after Ontario declared the COVID-19 emergency over. They say Bill 195 suspends their most basic rights for at least another year.
Submitted photo Emo Long-Term Care residents made their way home yesterday, after a broken air conditioner unit forced them to be relocated to Rainycrest in Fort Frances in June. The new unit is installed, and includes a back-up. Riverside took advantage of the vacated facility to make other repairs and […]
Megan Walchuk photo The Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association held a Cattle Sale on Saturday at the Stratton Sales Barn. The auction had 960 local animals sold for a total of $1,249,979.71. The next sale is scheduled for September 26. According to Kim Jo Bliss, the price fetched for the cattle […]
Megan Walchuk photo The Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association held a Cattle Sale on Saturday at the Stratton Sales Barn. The auction had 960 local animals sold for a total of $1,249,979.71. The next sale is scheduled for September 26. According to Kim Jo Bliss, the price fetched for the cattle […]
I have heard from other writers in the last several months, each expressing a sense of stifled imagination, despite having more time to dedicate to their craft, time they would have spent commuting and/or at work outside the home. Worry and changes in their creative patterns have, at times, choked […]
So far I haven’t tested positive for COVID-19 but I am obviously infected. Not with lung or nasal symptoms. But I do have the headache and I have become the grumpiest and most crotchety old goat in the Rainy River District. It seems to me that too many bureaucrats, government […]
Robin McCormick
The Emo Legion Branch #99 is resuming events this week. Thursday, Friday and Saturday (September 3-5) the clubroom will be open at 3 p.m. Friday September 11, the always popular Beer and Burger for $5.00 starts up. It’s great to see this establishment start services again. I’m sure all people […]
Labour Day has been celebrated in Canada as a national holiday since 1894 on the first Monday in September. Prior to then, workers were taken for granted. The first Labour action actually took place almost two decades earlier when 2000 members of the Toronto Printers Union marched together demanding a […]
