The local Friends of Animals is gearing up for another “Paws Around the Park” event next month, with doggie contests and prizes for the top fundraisers. “I think we did extremely well the last couple years. We’re hoping to match that,” said organizer Susan Cousineau, who is a member of […]
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One of the things that makes Rainy Lake District somewhat unique is the weather: If you don’t like what you see, wait an hour. Last Tuesday night (July 29), that hour happened at an inconvenient time for Kim Jo Bliss and her two staff at the Emo agricultural research station […]
Mike Allison was no taller than the rink boards when he started to dream about making it to the NHL. “I think it began when I was when I was seven years old, thinking I was all the NHL superstars while playing hockey down in the basement,” said the Fort […]
Earning a speaking role in your first season as an actor in the Stratford Festival company is enough to give anyone an inflated ego. Earning two in the same season, even more so. But this is not the case for former Fort Frances resident Jason Beyak. The 28-year-old actor remains […]
In a previous article, I spoke about two of our most common bats. One of the others which is quite common here, and is much like the first two, is Keen’s Bat. All three of these (Keen’s, Little Brown, and Big Brown) have quite a bit in common. For one […]
Quick, someone hide my clubs before I do any more damage. I had never participated in a fundraising golf event before Monday’s inaugural Rick Pearson Memorial tournament, but it certainly was enjoyable to lend my time to helping the Kidney Foundation and the local dialysis unit. But while the causes […]
Current cattle markets have severely reduced the cash flow of many beef operations. Here are some steps you can take to help you manage cash and credit flow: •assess your current situation regarding cattle, feed, and housing; •examine the ability of your farm business to meet its cash obligations over […]
It was a happy 100th birthday celebration last weekend in Stratton. We went there Saturday in my daughter’s car, my truck having been rendered “hor de combat,” as they used to say, by an ignition problem. Stratton was receiving torrents of rain during the peppy local music program going on […]
With the annual Terry Fox Run coming up next month, Vanessa Hebert is looking to get people involved in organizing this year’s event here, with a meeting tomorrow serving as a good starting off point. The meeting originally was slated for Friday but no one showed up, said Hebert, who […]
Some shots found the hole; many other came to rest in wooded or watery graves. But it wasn’t so much the competition as it was the cause that counted at yesterday’s inaugural Rick Pearson Memorial Golf Tournament at Kitchen Creek Golf Club. More than $7,000 was raised by the 36 […]
With clear skies and glassy waters before them, a contingent of 16 youth and adults took to the Rainy River in canoes yesterday morning for a four-day trek in support of the UNFC’s Urban Multicultural Aboriginal Youth Centre, Li’l Eagles program, and the OPP Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program. […]
Joan Eleanor Page Myers, 85 of International Falls, Mn., passed away Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2003 at the Rivers Edge Villas. She was born Nov. 19, 1917 in Lansing, Mich., where she grew up and attended school. The former Joan Blaine Page was united in marriage in 1971 to Edward “Rusty” […]
