MCTAVISH–Born to Graham and Aimee, nee Collins, of Devlin, Ont., a girl, McKenna Jaylene Anne, weighing 8 lbs. 11 oz. on February 16, 2007 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
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KINNEAR–Born to Scott and Colleen, nee Smith, of Emo, Ont., a girl, Jasmine Olivia, weighing 7lbs. 2 oz. on February 17, 2007 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
COPENACE–Born to William Esquega and Sherrise Copenace, of Big Grassy First Nation, Ont., a girl, Elena Caitlyn, weighing 9 lbs. 10 oz. on February 20, 2007 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
WEHRENBERG–Born to William andTina, nee Wynne, Leonard, of Rainy River First Nation, Ont., a girl, Kimberly Madisen, weighing 8 lbs. 1 oz. on February 23, 2007 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
GEORGE–Born to Jon George and Heather Morrisseau, of Emo, Ont., a girl, Claryssa Ashlynn, weighing 8 lbs. on February 24, 2007 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
It’s another one of those times when the column inch is my arch-enemy. A day when all the escapades born out of Pete being home from work went in one side of my brain for processing and made a run for it when I sneezed, along with my imagination, creativity, […]
Asparagus is spring’s most luxurious vegetable. It once was cultivated for medicinal purposes as a natural remedy for blood cleansing and diuretic properties. During the Renaissance, asparagus also was promoted as an aphrodisiac and banned from the tables of most nunneries. Botanically, asparagus is a member of the lily family, […]
It’s a very good thing that I make my living as a journalist and not a prognosticator. I’ve just completed another middling week on the prediction front in which I went 1-1. On the positive side of the ledger, the Muskie boys’ hockey team did the expected and swept the […]
The Snowy, or Arctic, Owl is not a native of our part of Northern Ontario but is a fairly regular visitor (about every four years or so). This is a big bird, as large as the Horned Owl, with a wingspan of five feet or more. The male bird, smaller […]
Before I came here from brand-new Carleton College’s journalism facility in Ottawa (now part of Carleton University), there was a district lady columnist named Hazel Clink during the 1940s who gave us “Chapple Chuckles,” as many may remember. Her grandson, Bill Clink, knew something of the background of my column […]
If we look at the history of Rainy River District, we can discover peoples successfully have lived off the bounty of the area for thousands of years. From the earliest Laurel people through to present day, the natural bounty of the region supplied its settlers’ needs. They travelled through the […]
“Howie Mandel” (Chad Hughes) urged Kent Seguin to pick a case Sunday evening during the “Deal or No Deal” game that was part of the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s “Offical Oscar Party” at the Memorial Sports Centre. Seguin won a massage from Rainy Lake Massage Therapy Clinic. The top […]
