Sadly, Rainy River District lost one of its strongest supporters last week. I received the sad news late Friday night that Linda Armstrong had lost her battle to cancer. Linda loved agriculture and her community. She had great passion about the Ontario Federation of Agriculture and was a part of […]
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The local Stewardship Youth Rangers had a blast in Week 2 getting familiar with our new responsibilities for the summer and engaging in a wide variety of training initiatives! The week included a day spent canoeing in Quetico Provincial Park, where we completed a Level 2 trip through the Ontario […]
Why do birds begin singing at 3:30 a.m. before there is even the hint of a sunrise? Why on nights of high humidity are the sounds of the trains amplified? All of these questions—and even many more—have crossed my mind this past week as I have awakened from a deep […]
My friend has died; he is away as my grandmother said of death. Mike and I went to high school together, knew each other almost immediately, and for five years we had many of our classes together and we were friends. When I heard of Mike’s passing I felt an […]
For those of us across Northwestern Ontario who like to fish, the summer goes by way too fast. Already nearing the halfway point, it’s almost depressing. But that being said, there still are plenty of good days ahead for us to look forward to. After a weekend off without any […]
The following is the first of a two-part article on lowering predation losses by Barry Potter, OMAFRA: Livestock predation costs. Predation costs the farmer time, money, and emotional stress when production animals are destroyed. Predation also costs the government time, money, and emotional stress as public servants and municipal evaluators […]
Joey Payeur With no wins to his team’s credit, Sekina Scheibler could be forgiven if he came home from Winnipeg in a less-than-cheerful mood. Instead, however, the Muskie running back can’t wait to return to the national gridiron stage next summer Scheibler, along with Muskie defensive lineman/linebacker Kenton Bowles and […]
Joey Payeur She who hits first hits best. Shae Smith tripled to lead off the game, then added two more extra-base hits, to spark Team Darcy Smith’s 15-7 victory over Team Kayla Windigo in the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League’s annual all-star game Monday evening at Oltsher Field in […]
Joey Payeur Next month, it will be the Olympic Summer Games in Rio. Then come September, the World Cup of Hockey will serve as the battleground. But the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship is getting the jump on kick-starting a good old-fashioned cross-border sporting rivalry between the Great White North […]
Heather Latter Despite only securing a few “felons,” the Fort Frances Voyageurs Lions Club’s annual “Jail or Bail” still is going ahead. Set for this Saturday from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina, the event date was changed this year to be held […]
Duane Hicks Artifacts at the Fort Frances Museum now are much easier to find. Collections management intern Bethany Waite, who will return to Belleville, Ont. next week after her one-year term here wraps up, has spent the past 12 months cataloguing an entire basement full of local history. “When I […]
Cameron Penney If you’ve noticed a recent surge of people gathering around town while staring mindlessly at their cellphones—fear not. They’re simply playing a popular new mobile game called “Pokémon Go.” “‘Pokémon Go’ is a mobile game where you walk around the real world catching and training creatures called ‘Pokémon,’” […]
