Local News from Across the Rainy River District
For the second straight year, Canada Post will issue a new series of stamps to honour Indigenous leaders. Three different stamps, celebrating Nellie Cournoyea, George Manuel and Thelma Chalifoux, will be available for purchase at postal outlets across Canada starting June 21, National Indigenous Peoples Day. The stamps will also […]
Murillo, Ont. — Anybody who has tried to grow a field of hay knows how quickly Mother Nature can become the bane of one’s existence. Some growing seasons are tougher than most — and perilously dry to boot. Thunder Bay-area farmers, like Murillo’s Andrew Brekveld, said Monday the serious lack […]
Sadly the family announces the passing of Lawrence Glen Loveday, 63, of Emo, Ontario, on June 13, 2023, at the Lake of The Woods Hospital, Kenora, Ontario. Glen was born on December 14, 1959, in Emo, to parents Lawrence and Beatrice Loveday. Glen worked at various jobs over his life […]
With profound sadness the family announces the passing of Michelle Moore, 45, of Fort Frances on June 8, 2023. Michelle was born on November 22, 1977, in Atikokan to parents Timothy and Joanne (Perrault) Moore. Michelle was a private person with a great sense of humour. She will be sadly […]
Sounds like we are back in the heat wave again. I enjoy it but this heat usually brings on a thunderstorm and though we need the rain it would be better if it didn’t come with all that force. It is dry enough that lightning could potentially cause us some […]
One of the first things my father did after building a bare bones cabin on Turtle Island, was to erect a sixty-foot-tall flagpole that my brother and I helped drag from the bush behind the cabin. Mounted on an equally large base that is just above the average summer waterline, […]
(Kenora, ON) – The Superior International Junior Hockey League has announced a new member to the league, with the creation of the Kenora Islanders Junior A Hockey Club. Having been granted membership in the SIJHL and Hockey Northwestern Ontario, the country’s newest Junior A franchise is making the necessary steps […]
I have a growing library of works by and about Indigenous people. These books have become precious to me, valuable tools for inspiration, for education, for empowerment. Some are old and some are new, but each one has something important to tell me. I will read from them today, on […]
Born to Gladys and Byron, of Mine Centre, Ontario, a boy, Frazer Cole, weighing 8 lbs 3 on June 5, 2023 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
Born to Cartier Wilson and Matthew Nestrovich, of Emo, Ontario, a girl, Lennox Joan Mar weighing 7 lbs, on May 24, 2023 at LaVerendrye Gen Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
Born to Amber Tompkins and Gage Sapay, of Nestor Falls, Ontario, a boy, Gage At Bradley, on May 23, 2023 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
