Staff After rolling to a league-best 14-1 record in the regular season, the Northwest Bay Beavers kept that momentum going in its first Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League playoff action of the year. Darcy Smith pitched brilliantly to pace the Beavers to a 22-2 rout of the ninth-ranked Manitou […]
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Sam Odrowski Kim Jo Bliss of the Emo Agricultural Research Station showed open house attendees all the different varieties of crops growing there yesterday evening. Demonstration plots of soybeans, canola, wheat, hops, and other crops were shown to those who attended the open house.
“Labyrinth” will be screened tonight (July 26) for “Rainy Lake Movie Night” at the Rainy Lake Square. Movie starts at 9 p.m. Free event. Bring a lawn chair. There will be a concession stand selling popcorn, pop and candy. All proceeds from these movie snacks will support the “I Am […]
The Associated PressIlan Ben Zion JERUSALEM–A Jerusalem-based magazine has laid off a cartoonist for rendering an image of Israel’s prime minister and Likud lawmakers as pig characters from George Orwell’s “Animal Farm,” Israel’s journalists union said today. The cartoon was meant to criticize the Israeli government’s passage of a controversial […]
The Canadian Press NAPANEE, Ont.–The Nature Conservancy of Canada says it’s expanding a conservation area in eastern Ontario to help protect an endangered songbird rarer than the panda. The non-profit conservation group has purchased 31 hectares of key eastern loggerhead shrike habitat north of Napanee, Ont. In 2017, biologists saw […]
The Canadian Press VANCOUVER–Perry Bellegarde has reclaimed his seat as national chief for the Assembly of First Nations, in an election that also saw his challengers accuse the federal government of interference. Bellegarde won 328 of the 522 votes in a second ballot, giving him just over the 60 percent […]
Press Release The International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Board invites you to attend a meeting of its Water Levels Committee in International Falls, Mn. and a meeting of the entire board in Kenora. The Water Levels Committee meeting on the new Rainy and Namakan lakes rule curves will be […]
Submitted This 1929 Model A-Rartrod rolled into Rainy River to take part in the first-ever car show held in conjunction with “Railroad Daze.” It was among many vintage and classic cars that lined Fourth Street on Sunday.
Sam Odrowski Brielmann Agriculture Ltd. is home to over 6,000 acres of canola and other crops that create a sea of yellow between Pinewood and Rainy River. Once all the crops are successfully harvested, it is estimated that it will generate $2.5 million for the district.
Stephanie Hagenaars A friendly goat reached out to greet Parker Godin, who was excited to pet the farm animals at the Spry Farm petting zoo Saturday afternoon in conjunction with the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. The youngster, and many others who stopped by, were greeted by goats, miniature horses, […]
Dear editor: Will Doug Ford please tell us what his carbon plan for Ontario is? Stephen Harper never would admit that a levy–which he favoured–was the same as a carbon tax. Now one of his most fervent foot soldiers, Jason Kenney, is saying “yes” to a carbon tax or levy–to […]
Press Release A Toronto-based gold mining company has been fined for an offence under the Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act. New Gold Inc. pleaded guilty and was fined $100,000 for failing to comply with the conditions of an approval under the Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act. Court heard that in […]
