Marc Stuempfle The Renegades are off to the finals in the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League after they defeated the Couchiching Lady Raiders last night in the bottom of the seventh inning 8-7. The women ran out for a celebratory hug as the winning run crossed home plate. Next […]
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New mini-royalty Brecken Mann was crowned by former king Niels Reynolds, and given his cape by contest organizer Sis McCormick, on Thursday evening following his victory in the 2019 mini-king and queen competition. The new mini-queen is Anneliese DeGagne. Well over 100 people packed the upstairs in the Emo Arena […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario will move ahead with its controversial municipal funding cuts for public health and child care next year. Premier Doug Ford is expected to make the announcement later today at a gathering of municipal leaders in Ottawa. His office says Ford will announce that the funding changes […]
The Canadian Press LANGLEY, B.C.–The turtle in my hand dangles its churning feet as I set it down. It touches its first dirt and immediately, unerringly, points toward shore and races as fast as a turtle can to the water. This turtle–a western painted turtle–has never been here before. It’s […]
Ken Kellar The Fu Fu Chi Chi Choir, Ragged Road and SiouxPerBoat all took part in the “Kitchen Party” that kicked off the afternoon of entertainment at the Moose N’ Fiddle festival’s Saturday session. Members of all three bands jammed together on songs some of them had only learned a […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Canadian archeologists are on their way to a remote area in the Arctic Circle for another chance to dig up the secrets held by the Franklin expedition wrecks, Parks Canada announced Friday. The task of exploring and excavating the two shipwrecks is the “largest, most complex underwater […]
The Associated Press BEAUFORT, S.C.–A South Carolina elementary is reopening for the first day of school despite a smouldering, toxic fire in a 50-foot trash pile at a nearby recycling centre. News outlets report Beaufort County School District decided to open Okatie Elementary as scheduled today. It says a sensor […]
Tonight will be partly cloudy with a strong thunderstorm late and a low of 13 C (55 F). Tomorrow will see periods of sun and a shower. Expect a high of 24 (75) and a low of eight (46). Wednesday will see times of clouds and sun, a high of […]
The Associated Press BERLIN–A court in Germany has rejected a nine-year-old girl’s bid to join a centuries-old Berlin boys choir. In its ruling Friday, the Berlin administrative court said the choir’s right to choose its singers outweighed the principle of gender equality. The girl’s lawyer, who is also her mother, […]
Staff The Couchiching Lady Raiders plunder their way into the semi-final with a win over the Northwest Bay Beavers. The Raiders came out charging hard last Tuesday night with some aggressive base running and swiped multiple stolen bases during the game. It could have been a costly strategy for the Raiders […]
The Canadian Press A national not-for-profit land trust says it has expanded a conservation area on a Lake Huron island that has large forests and a long stretch of undeveloped shoreline. The Nature Conservancy of Canada says the portion of land it now protects on Cockburn Island, west of Manitoulin […]
From the MNRF
There was one new forest fire confirmed by Saturday afternoon. Red Lake fire #73 is not under control at 0.1 hectares and is located near Corallen Lake, approximately 14 kilometres northwest of Red Lake. There are currently 30 active fires in the region. One fire is not under control, two […]
