Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The World Juniors became another casualty of Canada’s ongoing battle with COVID-19’s Omicron variant. The 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship, which started from Edmonton and Red Deer, has been cancelled due to the ongoing spread of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant. In a statement, the IIHF Council said they made […]
There will now be at least a three-year gap between editions of the largest Indigenous youth hockey tournament in Ontario. That’s because for the third consecutive year, citing COVID-19 safety concerns, officials with the Little Native Hockey League tournament cancelled the 2022 event this past Friday, Jan. 14. This year’s […]
When I was a kid there was almost nothing I wanted to get my hands on more than fishing magazines. My Grandpa had saved a bunch of old magazines from the 70’s and 80’s and I used to pour over those issues, reading many of them multiple times. I also […]
With a possible work stoppage on the horizon, there was even less baseball news than usual this winter. Then this week, Dave Van Horne retired. It’s 21 years since he was the Montreal Expos’ play-by-play broadcaster, a position that made him (and probably still does) the voice of Canadian baseball. […]
Although there are many different species of irises, the bearded iris is one of the most popular perennial flowers. Not only a popular garden plant, but also often seen in artwork and logos. There are hundreds of varieties of bearded irises available on the market today, including a range of […]
Almost everyone loves good Chinese take-out food, so in my most recent cookbook, Cooking Around the World with Chef Dez, I included a whole chapter on this. In that chapter you will learn how to make all your favourites at home, including this most popular recipe for Chicken Chow Mein. […]
The hole shown above was made by a sharp tailed grouse which spent the night under the snow to keep warm. Birds keep warm in many ways. They must forage all day to find enough food to keep their body temperature a few degrees warmer than the air temperature. The […]
Hearing delayed by one month, due to spiking COVID-19 cases Marathon, Ont. — The independent environmental panel reviewing a proposed palladium and copper mine near Marathon should tighten up the timeline allotted to complete its report, once a 30-day hearing into the project has been completed, says the town’s mayor. […]
A snowstorm that closed schools in parts of southern Ontario and Quebec on Monday will keep many of them dark for another day, while some parts of the Prairies that were already hit with freezing rain are now contending with plunging temperatures and snow. Several boards in the Toronto area, […]
TORONTO – Ontario is reporting a record 4,183 people in hospital with COVID-19, including 580 people in intensive care. That’s up from 3,887 in hospitals on Monday, though not all hospitals report data from the weekends. There are 37 new COVID-19 deaths being reported today. Ontario is reporting 7,086 new […]
These two young deer were taking a stroll down Sunset Drive recently. Despite the cold and snowy weather, the town’s wildlife has been as active as ever. If you spot some wildlife in your neck of the woods, take a photo and send it in! Send photos to tips@fortfrances.com. – […]
Since late last month, the Bearskin Lake First Nation has been in a state of emergency as COVID runs rampant throughout the 400 member nation, in which 201 people are infected with the virus. Since the beginning of the outbreak, the Chief of the Bearskin Nation — along with other […]
