Local News from Across the Rainy River District
They make life better for all of us. They are rarely thanked. They are never paid. They never have to be asked. They are called volunteers. One such group in Rainy River is the Riverside Health Centre Auxiliary. This past Saturday the Auxiliary held their Annual Christmas Bazaar. Guests were […]
Santa and Mrs Claus were making the rounds throughout the District this week. The pair were spotted in Emo to the delight of spectators at the Emo Christmas Parade. Santa headed out solo to attend the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club Christmas Parade, and enjoyed hot chocolate with kids afterwards. This […]
A Canon Apollo I-700 is the latest addition to diagnostic equipment at Riverside’s Rainy River Healthcare Centre, thanks to a grassroots fundraising campaign inspired by the legacy of the late Norma Elliott. Riverside staff and Rainy River Clinic doctors had identified the old ultrasound as outdated and not capable of […]
Fire up your funny bones, young writers of the Rainy River district. The Steven Leacock Associates would like to hear from you. The Associates, which are best known for the prestigious Leacock Medal for Humour, are seeking submissions for the Leacock Student Humorous Essay Competition of 2024.This annual competition is open to […]
Tiger Woods has been a “distant replay” for quite a while now and that’s not really expected to change. He turns 48 this month. To escape being the Distant Replay he now is on these pages, Tiger would have to win his 16th major. His 15th was almost five years […]
Dear editor, Today, December 1, was the very first time that we, living on Hwy 602 (or the River Road) were able to use “our road” to drive to town again. Just wanted to say a big Thank You to all the construction folks involved in removing the old bridge […]
Dear editor, As 2024 approaches the debate and media coverage on the proposed nuclear waste dump for northwestern Ontario is heating up. 2024 is the year in which the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) will select a site to dump all of the radioactive toxic waste produced by the Canadian […]
Dear Editor: My name is Lisa Neighbour, and I’m a resident of the city of Toronto. I just wanted to spread the word that GTA residents are very much against moving the Ontario Science Centre, and building a huge private spa at Ontario Place. The reason I thought you and […]
Dear editor: Who wouldn’t want a ceasefire? Ending war is always good, right? Well, no. Right now, in parliament and across the country, we see people wrapping themselves in the flag of peace, calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. This is a simplistic, smug approach that fails to […]
In last week’s column I wrote about the first week of the fishing adventure that Bryan Gustafson and I took over to Australia to compete some barramundi tournaments. Barramundi are one of Australia’s most popular fish species and the ABT tournament series were having a run of four events over […]
The Christmas cactus makes a great holiday plant gift and are starting to see it available at local nurseries and floral shops. The Schlumbergera spp. family is not a desert cactus but a species that is found attached to trees in moist woodlands and jungles. The typical forest cacti have […]
