Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The Emo Devlin Barwick Minor Hockey Association (EDBMHA) held its year end banquet Saturday April 1. A huge thank you was expressed to all players, coaches, volunteers and everyone involved with making for another successful hockey season. This years awards were presented as follows: U9 (teams white, green and black) […]
Tonight, FFGWHA celebrated our athletes, coaches, team managers, board members, bingo volunteers and all other volunteers who helped make the 2022 – 2023 hockey season a success! Thank you to everyone who supported our program this year! Below is a list of our award winners for this past season. Congratulations […]
The best and brightest Lakers were honoured last week, at the club’s annual awards banquet. The following are this year’s award recipients. – Allan Bradbury photos Other awards presented: Fan Favourite Award-Brenden Stroble Presented by Josephine Tibbs PITA (Pain in the A–) Award- Trever Sanderson Presented by Angie Korzinski Leadership […]
St. Mary’s church saw eighty good souls help out with walleye dinners during the six week Lenten season. That number included about fifty bakers who provided homemade goodies. At least 125 meals were served every Friday night ( and there was always a list started for the following week. Fish […]
Dear editor, What’s so amazing about Easter? For one thing, it’s remarkable that it’s still being observed after 2,000 years. And how are we observing it besides eating a fine meal, “Easter” eggs and chocolate bunnies? Let’s be reminded that the Lord Jesus, Creator of Heaven and Earth, whose virgin […]
Last week was one of the busiest I have ever experienced. After the good fortune I had, winning the Bassmaster Classic fishing tournament, it was a crazy week doing interviews of all kinds for media all over North America. We were invited onto radio shows in cities across Canada and […]
April is fooling around with some less than desirable weather. I was afraid when it started Sunday night it was going to snow all week long. Though we have heavy cloud today so far we don’t have the precipitation. It is always tricky because the cattle want dry bedding, but […]
Recently the number of people diagnosed with hypertension has been on the rise. Hypertension Canada says that about 1 in 5 Canadians live with this chronic disease. The term hypertension is a medical term used to describe when someone’s blood pressure is consistently above the normal level. According to the […]
The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) has expressed frustration over the federal government’s recently released Budget 2023. The group claims it, “failed to address critical issues facing Indigenous women, girls, and gender-diverse people: particularly addressing MMIWG and economic opportunity.” “A budget is about priorities – and Budget 2023 has […]
All my friends (I use that word loosely) at the Debating Table in the Bakery in Rainy River assuredme winter was over when I arrived back from the Red Neck Riviera in Florida in early March. They lied. Here it is the end of March and the temp this morning […]
March is packing her bags to depart as I sit at my desk today writing this. She is pushing in those last-minute items that try to sneak out of her suitcase, the cold wind that rises up and rushes to escape the confines of her luggage, ready to challenge the […]
The family of Judy Bird announces her peaceful passing on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at Riverside Health Care Facility in Fort Frances with family by her side. Judy was born in Seine River First Nation, Ontario, on April 26, 1949, to Joe and Irene (nee Melrose) Whitecrow. Judy was born […]
