A new church is being planted in our district, which will be called Grace Community Baptist Church. “We have thought about such a move for some time,” noted Rudy French, though adding they’re still in the process of getting things off the ground. Their mother church is Pleasant Hill Baptist […]
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The quest and the foe are the same, but the outcome could very well be different. The odds are not in their favour but the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team couldn’t be less interested about their underdog status heading into this weekend’s best-of-three NWOSSAA final in Thunder Bay against the […]
It was like a pinball game at times—and the Pelican Falls TimberWolves were begging for the “tilt” sign to illuminate. Instead, it was they who were lit up by a goal-crazed black-and-gold squad. The Muskie boys’ hockey team shellacked the TimberWolves 17-2 on Friday night and again 17-1 on Saturday […]
While it didn’t draw a packed house every night of its four-performance run last week, the Fort High musical revue “By the Numbers” still was considered a success by those involved. “We had a good attendance the last couple nights,” said producer and teacher John Dutton. “While opening night the […]
The third-annual ManOMin Watershed Conference is taking place Nov. 19-22 at Rainy River Community College in International Falls. The conference on the environmental sustainability of Manitoba, Ontario, and Minnesota basins is being jointly presented by RRCC and the Rainy River First Nations. It will bring together scientists, resource managers, and […]
For almost 20 years, the Emo Lions Club has served residents of the central part of Rainy River District, having contributed funds to many organizations and families in need of financial assistance. The club also has beautified the Emo waterfront with the Lions Park as well as raised a substantial […]
Discussions at the Oct. 14 committee of the whole meeting regarding the town’s need to “clean up” the municipal landfill were in no way indicative that contractors Lakeland Personnel Inc. nor Tom Veert Contracting Ltd. were responsible for any problems there. This is the message Operations and Facilities manager Doug […]
Dear sir: I am writing this letter in response to recent articles in local newspapers regarding the results of a study on the economic impact of tourism in Sunset Country. I have had the opportunity to review the report released from this study, and I have serious concerns regarding the […]
The Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association will be holding an information meeting tomorrow (Nov. 20) in Stratton and all district farmers are welcome to attend. Guest speaker will be Barry Potter, a livestock specialist with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food who works out of the New Liskeard research station. Potter […]
The annual “Crafts Galore” was held last Friday and Saturday at the Legion in Emo—and it was another huge success. Although Friday saw a smaller turnout, the crowd on Saturday made up for it as people streamed in to check out the colourful display of Yuletide gifts as well as […]
Dear sir: My long-awaited return from my exchange in Australia has finally arrived, and I find myself both extremely excited and extremely sad. I always knew this would all end eventually, but never did I expect it to be so hard. As I say my tearful good-byes to friends, teachers, […]
Riverview would have been fine, except they kept encountering Tornadoes—Crossroads Tornadoes to be exact. The Rainy River school was otherwise unbeaten throughout Saturday’s Grade 8 girls’ volleyball tournament at St. Michael’s School here in Fort Frances. But they were derailed by the Tornadoes, who beat Riverview twice to capture the […]
