A total of 20 students from across the district participated in the Rainy River District School Board Speech Contest on May 11, 2023, hosted at J.W. Walker School in Fort Frances. Students delivered outstanding speeches on a wide variety of topics to educators, families, peers, and community members. There were […]
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On April 24th, 2023 a Mental Health First Aid training was held in the community of Seine River First Nation with 17 community members who took the training. Mental Health First Aid is the help provided to a person developing a mental health problem, experiencing the worsening of an existing […]
From the OPP
(RAINY RIVER, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), received a call from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) that a United States male failed the Standard Field Sobriety Test (SFST). On May 16, 2023, at approximately 10:22 a.m., OPP responded to the Rainy River Port of Entry of the […]
There is a “rule” in the newspaper business than you don’t become friends with the people you write about on a regular (or even irregular) basis. I confess it’s a rule I’ve broken a few times. My ex-colleagues in Montreal would say I broke it with Expos pitcher Steve Rogers, […]
Dear editor, It wasn’t a life-threatening situation but I did feel it needed attention before the clinic opened on Tuesday. It was Sunday; I would go to Emerge right after church. I registered at the desk at 12:15PM, preparing myself for a one hour wait. There were three others before […]
The walleye season opened this past weekend across the Sunset Country Region and anglers were greeted with some nicer weather than we usually experience over the May long weekend. It was dry, warm and the wind was angler-friendly. A lot of my May-long memories consist of fishing in sideways rain […]
We certainly can’t complain about the long weekend weather. We reminisce about the many years my dad would want to go fishing simply because it was the “long weekend” and there would be snowflakes in the air. Though I certainly could and maybe even should have been working at my […]
The Golden Rule says, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”, yet every day I come across stories of discrimination because of race, religion, sex, and LGBQT status. The culture wars of fear are targeting specific groups of people. Somehow that famous Golden Rule often falls […]
The Emo Walleye Classic is happening May 25,26 and 27th. Thursday starts off with an anglers boat parade, line up starts at the Emo Hospital at 6 a.m. and will makes its way down town. Come out and enjoy a great evening. The weekend just keeps getting better with weigh-ins, […]
Well, my physician old doc Rye Whiski decided it was time to update my diabetes medication. With all the new stuff on the market, maybe it was time I tried something that would make my corpse a little less sweet i.e. lower my blood sugar. So I went on one […]
From the SIJHL
Fort Frances Lakers goaltender Brenden Stroble has committed to the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth for the 2023-24 season. The 6-foot, 174-pound Livonia Michigan native backstopped the Lakers to a .889 save percentage in 35 regular season contests and posted a .894 save percentage in 5 playoff games – […]
Since 2000, the Emo Walleye Classic trophy has been hoisted by the best anglers in the region. Who will see their name added this year?
