Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Times’ feature writer Rick Neilson recently attended the 50th birthday celebration held for Kim Jo Bliss. Part of Rick’s article appeared in the Focus on Farming piece published last week as space allowed. What follows is a series of additional comments made by and about Kim Jo by many of […]
Potential buyers took down their notes as local yearling and calf cattle were brought through the Stratton Sales barn during the sale on Saturday. The recent fire at the barn meant that room for cattle at the sale was tight, but Kim Jo Bliss noted that they still moved 1,268 […]
Ken Kellar Mike Tkachyk, left, Troy Parks, Richard Ottertail, Karen Erwin and Joe Galbraith stand with some of the projects that the group worked on over the summer at Front Street Manor. Galbraith oversaw the group and lent his experience to helping residents plan their projects, as well as doing […]
Ken Kellar Rainy River Giant Pumpkin Festival organizer Val Moor noted the weight of the final pumpkin to be weighed as a crowd gathered around it during the festival on Saturday. The pumpkin, grown by Jim Mills, weighed in at 714 pounds, making it the grand-prize winner for the festival […]
Local author Jack Hedman spoke to district students yesterday morning about “Dire Needs-Dire Straits,” the book he wrote on residential school survivors, following the Orange Shirt Day Awareness Walk. Students cycled through eight workshops where they learned about different aspects of residential school and indigenous culture. -Sam Odrowski photo
Jamie Mountain Quarterback Brady Meeks had the moves like Jagger as he jumped to evade the oncoming tackle from his Churchill Bulldogs’ opponent during the second half of the Muskie football team’s 66-19 romp in their Winnipeg High School Football League home-opener on Friday afternoon here. Meeks was outstanding in […]
Jamie Mountain Sean Huziak was Johnny-on-the-spot as he kicked home one of his six extra-points on the day during the Muskie football team’s 66-19 thrashing of the Churchill Bulldogs on Friday afternoon here. Huziak went six of nine on extra-point attempts while the versatile athlete also rushed for 261 yards […]
Jamie Mountain Fort Frances Lakers’ defenceman Michael Chapman skated the puck out from a crowd of bodies behind his own net during the third period of his team’s 4-3 loss to the Dryden GM Ice Dogs on Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. Chapman had a great game […]
Jamie Mountain Aaron Scheibler (99), Wyatt Richards (42), and Carson Noga (14) had their eyes set on the loose ball after their Churchill Bulldogs’ opponent fumbled during the first half of the Muskie football team’s 66-19 rout in their WHSFL home-opener on Friday afternoon here. The Muskie defence forced five […]
Staff Hockey is a sport for everyone and the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association is hosting an Esso Fun Days program this Saturday. Esso Fun Days will run from 9-11 a.m. at the ’52 Canadians Arena is a free program for girls interested in trying out the sport for the […]
Submitted Dan Tucker, left, and Jason Cain of Fort Frances claimed their second straight Rainy Lake Fall Bass Classic title together on Saturday at La Belle’s Birch Point Camp on Northwest Bay. Their three-fish total of 13.42 pounds topped the 46-team field this year.
Are you watching the four main political party leaders as they seek to outdo each other in promises to win the national election on Oct. 21? Who can outpromise the most? Who is being most honest with the electorate? Where do smoke and mirrors end and when will we hear […]
