Tonight’s show should be quite a spectacle: pistols shooting, dummies flying and dogs running. It’s the Four Paws’ retriever contest. As of last night, eight dogs were registered and more are expected. “It’s great for the public because it’s interesting and fun,” said Dawn Taylor, organizer. “And it’s the entity […]
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The Northwestern Health Unit, in partnership with FOCUS coalitions in Red Lake and Rainy River District, the CORE program in Ignace, the Mayor’s Committee for the Prevention of Substance Abuse in Dryden, and Kenora and area Addiction Awareness Committee is helping to raise awareness in Northwestern Ontario of changing legal […]
Talks between Mayor Glenn Witherspoon and federal representatives yesterday did not end up solving the deadlock between the bridge owners and the town. “I just re-iterated the stance of the majority of council,” said Mayor Witherspoon after the teleconference. The town has demanded that the International Bridge and Terminal Company […]
Donny Little is determined: he can get from Kenora to Fort Frances in one day, from Fort Frances to Dryden the next, and from Dryden right back to Kenora on the third. And he’s doing it just to prove that he can. “The story–‘The Little Engine That Could’–I’ve remembered it […]
Want to know the easiest way to help out the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship? Fill out a survey. At least that’s the way bass committee chair Rebecca Spencer sees it as both spectators and anglers are once again encouraged to fill out a special survey available at the Sorting […]
For Dave Garber, fishing in the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship isn’t about winning–it’s all about having a good time. “I am not in the tournament to win, I am only in it for fun. I told my partner Jimmy that it didn’t matter if we won,” said Garber of […]
The province’s move to provide universal vaccination for the flu bug is getting a thumbs up from the Northwestern Health Unit. Elizabeth Witmer, minister of Health and Long-Term Care, announced $38 million would be invested to provide 7.9 million units of influenza vaccine for the general public this fall. Ken […]
Following the official naming of the village of Emo in 1899, a cooperative group of merchants and farmers joined together to promote better farming in the district. The Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society was organized by 1900 and later that year became a member of the Ontario Association of Agricultural […]
Both novice and the pro anglers alike joined forces this past Sunday at the Sorting Gap Marina to participate in the Kid-Pro fishing tournament. Now, in its third year, its clear interest is still growing. “When we started three years ago, we only had 13 boats. This year we had […]
Despite making it to the final round of the Manitoba Amateur championship, local golfers Greg Ward and Brian Johnstone aren’t thrilled with the end result. “My golf swing left me,” said Johnstone. “I had two nines and an eight and I didn’t get any better on any other hole,” he […]
It was never quite clear why the book rose to the top of the best-seller list back in the early 1970s. “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” was a thin, different kind of book–complete with artistic photos of Jonathan and his friends in flight. A simple book about a seagull who wanted to […]
Recently, I was talking to a couple that returned from the Folk Festival in Winnipeg. They informed me of a tragedy they came upon. A child, who was just pulled from the water, was being work on by rescuers. The child never made it! Childhood drowning and near-drowning can happen […]
