Staff A pair of district teens hoped to get off to a smashing start at the OFSAA badminton championships in Pain Court. Muskie Aaron Bujold and Jackson Arpin of the Rainy River Owls began play in the senior boys’ singles division earlier today at the event, which wraps up Saturday. […]
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The Canadian PressDonna Spencer EDMONTON–Ducks’ captain Ryan Getzlaf was a one-man wrecking crew in Anaheim’s 4-3 overtime win over the Edmonton Oilers last night. Getzlaf scored twice and assisted on two goals, including Jakob Silfverberg’s OT winner just 45 seconds in, to even up their best-of-seven series at 2-2. “If […]
From the OPP Yesterday around 5 p.m., the Rainy River District OPP received a report of a traffic complaint on Off Lake Road near Emo. Officers located the vehicle and driver in the Village of Emo. During the investigation, the driver, a 34-year-old Emo man, was arrested and transported to […]
The Canadian PressSidhartha Banerjee MONTREAL–The parents of a Montreal pre-kindergarten student want a school board to act after their four-year-old daughter was forced to clean up her own urine following an accident on the playground last week. Sindy Moise said a daycare supervisor gave her daughter a brush and a […]
Staff The wide range of weather yesterday was a microcosm of the fortunes of the Muskie soccer teams on home turf. Like the sunny start to the day, the six-time defending NorWOSSA champion Muskie boys shone bright in their season-openers with a 3-1 win over the Dryden Eagles and then […]
The Associated PressRonald Blum NEW YORK–Surrounded at his locker after another eye-turning performance, Aaron Judge thought for a few seconds when asked if he had ever been this hot at the plate. “Maybe T-ball,” he replied, widening his smile. The 6’7″ rookie sensation hit another long drive for his major […]
Submitted It was a delicate operation–particularly in a canoe–to cut away fishing line that was wrapped around both of the merganser’s legs.
The Associated Press WASHINGTON–Jacob Turner never imagined his first win in Washington would come like this. Turner pitched four innings of scoreless relief to save a depleted bullpen, and Ryan Zimmerman doubled in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning, as the Nationals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1 last night. […]
I attended a meeting recently with a group of individuals who are going to create a community arts centre in Kentville, N.S., close to where I live. I use the words “going to” because they are determined and don’t want to use tentative language such as “planning to” or “hoping […]
I recently held a roundtable in Thunder Bay with veterans and Legion members to discuss some of the issues they are facing in our riding. It was an extremely productive meeting, and I was glad to see a strong presence of several generations of service men and women working together. […]
Ontario is at a tipping point. It’s getting more and more difficult to build a good life and get ahead here. Costs are up, wages are flat, and the services we count on, like health care and education, are being squeezed or cut. This is especially the case in the […]
Duane Hicks The appointment of a new resident Crown attorney to Rainy River District is welcome news to Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis. Crown attorney Colleen Hepburn started April 21, filling the vacancy left by former Crown attorney Robert “Buster” Young, who has appointed back in 2000 by Order-in-Council. “For […]
