Local News from Across the Rainy River District
A four-day workweek sounds appealing to workers. Possibly alarming to employers. A bill introduced in the California legislature earlier this year proposed a regular pay rate for 32 hours of work per week, with overtime kicking in after that. The measure stalled in committee for a lack of broad support […]
Little Theo was recently rescued with his siblings by Best for Kitty, and is available for adoption. The local organization rescues and rehomes cats and kittens across the District. No room for this snuggle-bug? Consider helping out in other ways — the volunteer organization is in need of foster homes, […]
Canada Day celebrations took place in several towns across the District on Friday, including a parade in Barwick. Orange took a prominent place alongside red and white in the festivities, in honour of the swelling desire for Reconciliation across the country. Most Canada Day celebrations were cancelled last year, to […]
(KENORA, ON) Members of the Kenora Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Kenora Crime Unit have charged a person because of multiple fire and mischief calls. On Tuesday June 28, 2022, at 12:48 a.m. members of the Kenora OPP received a report of a fire at Fifth […]
Most of us who have had children are familiar with Goodnight Moon. The book was originally published in 1947, written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd. I was surprised by its publishing date. I read the book to my children no less than 3,759 times, a story […]
The community and district witnessed the heroic efforts volunteering makes in times of a pending disaster. From May through mid June volunteers from less than five years of age through to octogenarians hefted shovels, carried sandbags, built dikes along streets and homes and went home after a gruelling day to […]
Lou Brock was somewhere in St. Louis. I was in a hotel room in Houston, on deadline, sweating over writing a story about him for Maclean’s Magazine. At the 11th hour, he returned my call. Stop the press. Brock was hard to catch in those days, by pitchers and catchers […]
Devlin residents were treated to a Canada Day parade on Friday, complete with floats and a bicycle parade. Canada Day activities took place across the District. —Submitted photos
July has arrived and our long weekend is already over. Though the weather was decent for the weekend, I am still longing for those warm summer nights. Instead, we are still packing on sweatshirts and longer pants. I sure am counting on a long, beautiful fall. My mom and I […]
The Emo Museum is holding a pie and coffee fundraiser this Friday, July 8 from noon to 3 p.m. All proceeds are to help the Rainy River District Women’s Institute Museum. The Museum opened July 4 and is open for the summer. Admission is a free-will offering. Come out and […]
