Another beautiful week in the Rainy River District! The weather has been amazing and it sure feels good to wake up to sunshine! The Rainy River Soil & Crop Improvement Association hosted their annual summer farm tour this past week. We had three new firsts on this tour: 1) We […]

We have had a rule at the cabin that we will not have a television to entertain our family or friends who visit. Since the cabin was built in 1967, there have only been two occasions where a portable television made an appearance. One was the 1972 Canada Russia Hockey […]

Crosby vs. Ovechkin, Kobe vs. LeBron, Federer vs. Nadal and Messi vs. Ronaldo. The debate between sports fans over who the best athlete is in their given sport is usually a discussion that becomes both very spirited and endlessly debated. Probably the hardest sport to determine who the best in […]

DELEY–Born to Chris and Johanna, nee Tibbetts, of 510 St. Jean Baptiste St., Winnipeg, Manitoba R2H 3E9, a girl, Leah Marie Eleanor, weighing 7 lbs. 1 oz. on July 27, 2011 at the Women’s Hospital, Wpg. MB. Jane and Alan are now grandparents.

KELLAR–Born to Donald Kellar and Tamara Chambers of Emo, Ont., a girl, Chloe Isabelle Angelina, weighing 7 lbs. 8 oz. on July 23, 2011 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

JENSON–Born to Clinton and Melissa, nee Hartnell, of Rainy River, Ont., a boy, Ryker Henry Bernard, weighing 8 lbs. 3 oz. on July 22, 2011 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

STRACHAN–Born to Travis and Melissa, nee Brusven, of Emo, Ont., a girl, Peyton Dorothy, weighing 8 lbs. 1 oz. on July 19, 2011 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

CANFIELD-Born to Chad and Sheila, nee Lahti, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Kaydence Anne, weighing 8 lbs. 8 oz. on July 18, 2011 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

BROWN–Born to Tyler and Ashley, of Rainy River, Ont., a girl, Leah Ellen Marie, weighing 9 lbs. 13 oz. on July 18, 2011 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

BURNS–Born to Mathew and Jennifer, nee Erickson, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Ava Laura, weighing 7 lbs. 13 oz. on July 9, 2011 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Lucas Punkari The 2011 playoffs in the Rainy River District Fastball League got underway on ball diamonds across the district yesterday evening, and judging by the feelings from players in the league, it is certainly anyone’s title to win. “Every team in the league has picked up wins this year, […]

Staff The last two weekends saw two quite different events take place in Nestor Falls, as the town hosted a softball tournament during the Civic Holiday long weekend, and a ‘Triple P’ race occurring on the previous weekend. “Both events went quite well,” Holly Kropelin, chair of the Sioux Narrows-Nestor […]