Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The Emo Express hockey board has chosen to cancel the annual hockey banquet all together. This is due to the Covid-19 outbreak. The board realizes everyone will miss the banquet and look forward to the event next year.2019/2020 was a great season of hockey.The awards for the year go to […]
Jack Elliott photo With many thousands of acre to seed, it was all systems go as this massive piece of equipment was just one of the units Brielman Agriculture has in the fields. Tillage here, north of Rainy River was being carried out on April 30 prior to the arrival […]
Ken Kellar You’ve likely run into this situation already: You’re at home on quarantine or self-isolation orders. Try as you might, Netflix and Disney+ just aren’t cutting it today (or you’ve already exhausted everything there is to watch, we’re not here to judge), and you’ve done everything there is to […]
Golf courses across the province have been given the green light on Monday to prepare for the upcoming season, and Huron Landing Golf Club will be ready for the first tee-time. “We’ll definitely be ready,” said club manager Ashley Bruyere. “We’ve been working behind the scenes.” Using an existing skeleton […]
According to the Invasive Species Centre, Clean, Drain and Dry is an effective way to prevent invasive species from transporting from lake to lake. Follow their tips before moving your boat from one waterway to another: Clean Clean and inspect your watercraft, trailer and gear. Remove all mud, sand, and […]
On April 27, 2020 after 2 years of illness, our mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, auntie and friend began her journey to the other side. Dolly will join her “Sweetums” Delford Bob who predeceased her May, 2017. Dolly was born November 16, 1948 on Manitou Rapids to Janet and James Leonard […]
On Thursday, March 26, 2020, Gordon Ernest Haukaas, loving husband, father and grandfather, passed away at the age of 81 at his home on Clearwater Lake in The Pas, Manitoba, surrounded by his family. Gordon and his twin brother Robert were born on March 4, 1939 in Fort Frances, Ontario […]
Don Meyers passed away peacefully at home on May 2, 2020, after a short battle with cancer. Born October 7, 1946 in Emo, Ont., to Ethel and George Meyers, Don moved to Atikokan in 1953 with his mother, brother and sister. He learned to be a responsible, honest and independent […]
The Associated PressJimmy Golen BOSTON — New Red Sox outfielder Alex Verdugo said on Monday that he is fully healthy and he will be ready for the season — if there is one. Verdugo has used the delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic to rehab a stress fracture in his […]
The Associated PressBarry Wilner The NFL is moving its five games scheduled for London and Mexico City this season back to U.S. stadiums because of the coronavirus pandemic. All five regular-season games will be played at the stadiums of the host teams. Scheduled were two home games for the Jacksonville […]
Tonight will be mainly cloudy with a low of 0 C (32 F). Tomorrow will be sunny and clear with a high of 11 (52) and a low of minus-four (25). Thursday will be sunny with a chance of flurries developing overnight and a high of six (43) with a […]
