Staff One traditional adult recreational league just barely survived the chopping block, but another is facing its own possible demise. The women’s division of the Borderland Soccer League is in crisis mode due to a lack of players for the upcoming season. “This [women’s] season is in jeopardy if we […]
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From the OPP The Dryden OPP is seeking public assistance in a break, enter, and theft at the Sunset Drive-In on Johnston Road in Wainwright Township. Within the past couple of months, person(s) entered several buildings and items were stolen, including a clarinet and a couple of VCRs. Other smaller […]
From the OPP The Kenora OPP is investigating the death of an eight-year-old boy at Rushing River Provincial Park. Members of the OPP responded to a missing person incident at the park. Officers conducted a search of the park assisted by the Emergency Response Team, K-9 unit, Rushing River Provincial […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones A high-speed rail corridor between Toronto and Windsor, Ont. is in the works–an idea floated in Ontario for decades but the premier says this time it’s happening. A government-commissioned report looking at the feasibility of such a project pegs the cost around $20 billion and suggests […]
From the OPP On Saturday around 6:20 p.m., the Nipigon OPP responded to a report of a male who was fatally injured in an all-terrain vehicle collision that occurred on a bush road east of the Little Sturge Lake. The driver of the ATV was travelling on the bush road […]
Nicholas Donaldson A combination of nice weather, community spirit, and free food brought hundreds of people out for the Rainy River First Nations’ 47th-annual fish fry on Friday afternoon. Those on hand patiently waited in a lengthy line to load up their plates with delicious bannock, salads, and fried fish […]
Duane Hicks Summer student McKenna Begin served up an ice cream cone Friday afternoon at the Sorting Gap Marina, which now is open Monday to Thursday from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. and again from 8 a.m.-10 p.m. on Friday through Sunday.
Staff Town council will receive a pair of presentations at its regular meeting tonight–one about healthy water, the other about healthy citizens. Local teacher Jody Bonner-Vickers will speak about a binational initiative on May 30 to raise awareness of the Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed and promote stewardship of the […]
The Canadian PressJoan Bryden OTTAWA–A constitutional challenge to the Trudeau government’s restrictive law on assisted dying has been bolstered with the addition of a second plaintiff: a B.C. woman who suffers unbearable pain from a debilitating, incurable disease but can’t get medical help to end her life because her death […]
The Associated Press NASHVILLE–The Nashville Predators, the final team into the NHL playoffs, are headed to the first Stanley Cup final in franchise history. Coach Peter Laviolette insists they won’t just be happy to be there, either. “Our guys know the big picture,” Laviolette said. “They understand what it is […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians “are shocked by the news of the horrific attack in Manchester,” and that federal officials are “still in the process of determining whether any Canadians have been impacted by this event.” Trudeau issued a statement after police in the English city […]
Joey Payeur Paige McFayden (7) of the Fort Frances Muskies Grade 7 girls’ soccer team was headed in the right direction when it came to making an offensive foray into the St. Francis Sentinels’ end during the Rainy River District Athletic Association’s elementary soccer showcase Friday at St. Francis. Teams […]
