The Canadian Press LONDON, Ont. — A southern Ontario university and a Canadian musician have apologized for what they call unacceptable and inappropriate remarks made at a convocation ceremony. In its apology to those who attended Monday’s ceremony, Western University said comments made by composer and pianist Stephan Moccio were […]
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Jamie Mountain Montana Plasky hugged coach Marie Potvin-Begin after she was awarded the figure skating MVP and outstanding contribution award for the Border Skating Club. Hallee Nugent took home the same honour for the Northern Lights School of Skating.
Sam Odrowski Royal Canadian Legion Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario Command president Ronn Anderson spoke during the opening ceremonies of the Legion’s 49th Provincial Biennial Convention at La Place Rendez-Vous on Saturday. He welcomed all 128 delegates as well as the guests who were in attendance.
Submitted Jeff Gustafson and his friend Jason Johnson with a big largemouth from Lake Chickamauga earlier this week.
Sam Odrowski
Three quarters of a century ago, over a thousand Canadians lost their lives battling along the beaches of Normandy, in addition to hundreds of thousands of Allied troops. Earlier this month, exactly 75 years after the initial D-Day attack took place, five members of the 908 Rainy Lake Air Cadets […]
Summer reporter
Marc Stuempfle
Marc Stuempfle
The Alzheimer Society of Kenora/Rainy River Districts hosted the annual IG Wealth Management “Walk for Alzheimer’s” here on Saturday, raising awareness of the disease which affects more Canadians each year and funds to help those afflicted and their families. A sea of Alzheimer Society blue swept over the riverfront that […]
Staff
The forest fire hazard in the North West Fire Region ranges from moderate to high throughout most of the Northwest Region, with some areas north of Red Lake showing an extreme hazard. But unsettled weather conditions in the Fort Frances District, and the south end of the Kenora and Dryden […]
Staff There was no shortage of offence on Monday night at VanJura. The Fort Frances Her-icanes scored early and often as they rallied from an early deficit to nab a 20-11 win over the Red Gut Babes in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action. After the Babes took a […]
Staff
After a nearly 15-year hiatus, the “Rubber Ducky Race” returned to Rainy River this past weekend. Around noon on Saturday, close to 750 ducks were dumped into the river near the Sorting Gap Marina and floated along a 100-yard stretch, ending at a crescent shaped barrier that guided the rubber […]
Submitted Maxwell Van Drunen, left, Alex Coats, Daxxen Baduik, Rya Hawrylak, and Courtney Sinclair of the 908 Rainy Lake Air Cadet Squadron, along with chaperones Ken Hawrylak and Steve Sinclair, stood next to a statue from a Rembrandt painting while in Amsterdam during their 10-day long trip through Western Europe.
Jamie Mountain Kayla Windigo of the Red Gut Babes took a great tumble as she slid safely across home plate to score a run during her squad’s 20-11 loss to the Fort Frances Her-icanes in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action on Monday night at VanJura. The Babes are […]
Sam Odrowski
The Royal Canadian Legion Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario Command’s 49th Biennial Provincial Convention was held in Fort Frances for the first time ever over the weekend. The Legion Ladies Auxiliary to the Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29 held their convention in conjunction with the Legion from June 14-17 while the […]
