Duane Hicks Ken Desjardins was among the participants in “Life Chain 2017” here Sunday afternoon. A small group of men and women lined the north side of the 300 and 400 blocks of Scott Street for an hour of silent prayer and witness on behalf of voiceless fellow citizens such […]
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Duane Hicks Local logging contractors may be shipping some wood to the mill in International Falls in the future. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has granted an export permit for a small volume of pulpwood through Crossroute Sustainable Forest Licence (SFL) contractors. This wood, which can’t be used […]
Nicholas Donaldson Fort Frances High School teacher Bill Fisher, the unlucky winner of a student vote, had to kiss “Tyrion” the goat in front of the whole school during the annual Homecoming pep rally last Thursday in the Townshend Theatre. The vote also served as a fundraiser, with students donating […]
Nicholas Donaldson Last Thursday, Mikinaak School at Onigaming First Nation received two very special visitors. Sherrill Tucker and her friend, Heather Whitmell, both from Toronto, arrived with a donation of school supplies for the roughly 100 students at the K-12 school. “Sherrill is friends with one of the teachers here, […]
Duane Hicks True to form for the “King of Rock ‘n Roll,” Elvis Presley tribute artist Daylin James turned on the charm with the crowd during a concert on the 200 block of Scott Street on Thursday evening. The third concert in the “Rainy Lake 150” series, James and his […]
of Andrea Press The “Owandem” was relocated from the Public Works yard here to Mark Faragher’s BodyWorks shop in Devlin on Sept. 20 so he can begin refurbishing the vintage vessel. A crane from George Armstrong Co. Ltd. lifted the boat onto a trailer provided by CJ Contracting. Claude Joidin […]
Robin McCormickDevlin correspondent In my last 20 years of writing the Devlin news, it is fair to say some weeks are more difficult than others to write about what’s happening. This week certainly is one of them–starting here in our own district. And I say district because the sudden passing […]
Nicholas Donaldson Adrian Trenchard once again took the prize for the heaviest pumpkin at the annual Rainy River Valley Giant Pumpkin Festival on Saturday, with this year’s entry weighing in at 329 pounds. It was the third-straight “golden hoe” for the 13-year-old grower from Sleeman. Trenchard told the Times he […]
Gary Smith of Centra Pipelines congratulated 13-year-old Adrian Trenchard from Sleeman for having the heaviest pumpkin at the Rainy River Valley Giant Pumpkin Festival–winning the “golden hoe” and a prize of $500. This is the third-straight win for Trenchard, whose entry tipped the scales at 329 pounds during the afternoon’s […]
William Richards was looking like a proud father as he carried in his entry for the “best decorated” pumpkin contest, which earned him a third-place prize in the adult category after the afternoon’s judging.
Submitted Heather Whitmell (left) and Sherrill Tucker, both from Toronto, spoke with Onigaming First Nation Chief Kathy Kishiqueb after making their donation of supplies to the Mikinaak School there on Thursday. The donation was collected in southern Ontario and personally delivered by the two women to raise awareness around the […]
Dear editor: On the morning of Thursday, Sept. 21, my son was struck by a vehicle as he was crossing the street on his way to school. The woman left the scene and never reported it, so I am asking for the public’s assistance in bringing this person to justice […]
