– Ken Kellar photos

Hundreds of dancers of all ages took to the pow-wow grounds of Couchiching First Nation this past weekend, with hundreds more coming to watch as the community and beyond celebrated the 31st annual event Friday, June 28, 2024, through to Sunday, June 30, 2024. Invited drums included the Whitefish Bay […]

- Robin McCormick photo

The “Chefs” (L-R) Bob McTavish, Bernie Rittau, Jim Belluz and Steve Loshaw cooked up a delicious breakfast for 60 people at the Devlin Hall, at a senior’s social gathering in June. The Devlin Senior’s coffee get-togethers are on hold for the summer, but watch out for a new line-up of […]

- Allan Bradbury, Ken Kellar photos

The day may have ended on a wet note, but it got off with a bang as residents of Fort Frances amassed along the waterfront to watch the annual Canada Day Parade, filled with participating businesses, organizations, volunteers and more. Following the parade, celebrations continued between rain spells at the […]

–Allan Bradbury photos

Hundreds came out to enjoy a beautiful sunny day at the fairgrounds in Emo in celebration of Canada Day. Top left: Members of the Muskie football team and Touchdown Club were selling food and raffle tickets in aid of the team. Below: Kids got to go trick or treating in […]

– Ken Kellar photo

Kaylee Heyens-McMahon, left, and Brady Heyens of NorthWest Ontario Counselling & Consulting stand in their brand-new office, which celebrated its grand opening and open house last Thursday, June 27, 2024. While the practice will still retain online/virtual capabilities with its other therapists, the office will allow those who cannot meet […]

–Allan Bradbury photo

Blowing this impressive bubble is just one of the ways that families could celebrate Canada Day at the Point Park this year. While most of the day was drowned out by rain, the annual parade and some activities still managed to go ahead in spite of the weather. For more […]

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Rainy River Future Development Corporation is committed to fostering a welcoming and supportive environment for all residents, including newcomers to our community. To better understand and improve the services and resources available to immigrants, the corporation has launched a survey, and are inviting everyone to participate. “Your input is invaluable […]

From Weechi-it-te-win Family Services
Press release

Weechi-it-te-win Family Services is hosting its popular Children’s Days events on July 9 and 10 and their “Honouring our Children” Pow Wow on July 11 with host drum Maango-Inini and co-host Broken Horn Youth Drum. The daytime Children’s Days activities take place on the Nanicost Grounds in Agency One from […]

If you are either celiac, gluten intolerant, or just have a gluten-free lifestyle but still want to own a Chef Dez Cookbook – now’s your chance. I have just launched a NEW Cookbook: Gluten-Free Cooking with Chef Dez.This is not a ‘how to bake gluten-free’ book as I think there […]

Famous athletes are full of surprises for happenings away from the games that make them famous…Tiger Woods might be the poster child. Twice last month, it happened to famous athletes from different sports and different eras, one for what he said, one for what he didn’t say. Exhibit A: Reggie […]

The following is an open letter sent to David L. Cohen, Ambassador from the United States to Canada Embassy of the United States of America, from Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Marcus Powlowski. Dear Ambassador, I am writing to follow up on the productive conversation we had in early June at […]

Over the past few weeks that I spent in Alabama, one of the things that I have been telling people is that I think I would rather have six months of winter than six months of the summer heat that they get in the southern United States. Having just spent […]