Local News from Across the Rainy River District
If you’re bored this summer and looking for something to do or learn, Seven Generations Education Institute (SGEI) has you covered. The institute has myriad events planned for the summer, from workshops to help learn new skills, demonstrations of different techniques, as well as opportunities to just relax and enjoy […]
The Northwest Catholic District Board has announced Alex McAuley as their new Superintendent of Business. McAuley will begin his new role in August and replaces recently retired SBO, Laura Mills. McAuley became qualified as a Chartered Professional Accountant in 2011. Since then, he has gained extensive experience in accounting and […]
Over the course of the last week the Fort Frances Lakers have begun announcing returning players for the 2024-25 SIJHL season. Forwards Clark Scaddan, Brady Krentz, and Brody Lindal, and defenseman Caige Starr have been announced this week. With only two graduating players, the Lakers were the youngest team in […]
Local gardeners are working together to provide native plants suitable for the pollinators in the region to feed on as they pursue their migratory patterns. Lindsay Hamilton is a local gardener and member of the Rainy River District Stewardship (RRDS). She is part of the group that has planted a […]
Voyageurs National Park is offering families the opportunity to take a tour across outer space this summer. Voyageur National Park is a designated International Dark Sky Park. Which means there is little to no light pollution in many areas of the park making it ideal for star gazing. Park After […]
Lake Despair’s annual “Castin For Cash” bass tournament held over the weekend (July 5/6) was a huge success, with many bass being netted. Forty-two teams tried their skills and maybe a little luck. When the two day weigh-ins were finished up the results were as follows: Top team: Jake and […]
Once upon a strikeout, the only pitches mentioned as part of a repertoire — for right-handers as well as left-handers — were the fastball, the curve and the change-up. Pitchers hoping to make it in major-league baseball were scouted on their abilities to throw each, or all, of those pitches. […]
The English ivy is one of the easiest houseplants there is to grow in your home. It is a trailing vine that can be trained and shaped onto a trellis or topiary form, or left to hang over the pot and trail to the floor, or trained to climb a […]
IGNACE – The public is asked to stay away from the Agimak Lake Dam while rehabilitation work is being done. The Agimak Lake Dam rehabilitation project commenced Monday and is scheduled for completion in late August. Work will include replacing loose and deteriorated concrete, replacement of two aged retaining walls […]
Over the last couple of centuries, our remains have been either embalmed and buried or cremated and buried or scattered. Our bereavement rituals are intimately connected to these well accepted, unquestioned and unchallenged burial and funeral practices. I want my remains to be buried more naturally; but not quite as […]
Dear editor, God makes the sun rise and the sun set day in and day out, season after season. Earth and all the planets orbit the sun like clockwork. David Attenborough filmed life in the oceans and jungles and showed how everything there is, in all the universe, is in […]
Dear editor, In October Ignace municipal councilor Jodie Defeo will be attending a conference in Vienna Austria to do a presentation to the International Atomic Energy Agency. Her presentation will explain how the “deliberative democracy” process was employed to gauge the willingness of the community to accept and proceed with […]
