Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Looking at gender in sports has always been a pretty thorny issue. If someone uses the term “lady” or “girls,” it might be taken the wrong way. I think the one dominant observation I’ve heard firsthand from people after watching girls play hockey has been, “It’s not bad, but it’s […]
It would be just another visit with son, LeRoy, and family in Minneapolis, looking after the household while he and his wife were gone to Florida to visit her folks at their winter retreat. At least, so thought my wife, Adelia. She should have got her first clue something was […]
Now that the sleigh-dog racing events are underway in the Yukon and Alaska, I kind of miss our own pooches sprinting down Scott Street every winter as us kids with dogs of all sizes would give our all. This gives you a small idea of my own background in wintertime […]
It’s pretty difficult to get down on televised sports these days. From various all-star games to the recently-completed football playoffs to that little event called the Winter Olympics going on as you read this, one can’t complain about anything. Well, almost anything. Recent pre- and inter-game entertainment at these events […]
Sometime before my favourite country singer, the late Johnny Horton, made his fortune doing tunes like “North to Alaska” and “The Battle of New Orleans,” a local group decided to make its mark, too. They would take a ride down the mighty Mississippi and see its southern terminus to try […]
A pioneer of our community, Hilda Alberts, passed away Sunday, Jan. 27 at the Emo Hospital. A celebration of her life was held last Thursday (Jan. 31) at St. George’s Anglican Church in Emo. A reception followed at the Golden Age Manor, where she had resided. On Friday morning at […]
I’m sure no fans were in an uproar over what took so long for the Superior International Junior Hockey League to announce its playoff format. But the behind-the-scenes story about the league’s push to have one of its teams compete for the Royal Bank Cup is just another example of […]
The Muskies are ranked #2 in Manitoba heading into their second season in the Winnipeg High School Football League this fall after a 4-3 regular-season record and quarter-final exit during their inaugural campaign in the ‘AA’ division in 2001. Now the bad news. It costs considerably more to play in […]
Cathe Hoszowski of Atikokan, representing 807 Northwest Network, discussed broadband technology in this area code during an Emo council meeting earlier this month. Broadband service can come into communities via three different ways—satellite, fibre optics, and microwave. Some of the high-speed communication services being provided by broadband are tele-medicine and […]
In case you missed it, Health and Long-Term Care minister Tony Clement on Monday released a “comprehensive opinion survey” that detailed Ontarians’ priorities for the future direction of health care. And the results of this so-called “Dialogue on Health” initiative were, well, earth-shattering: Thousands of Ontarians want the government to […]
Yet another murder trial has come up and again the air is full of questions about the most famous one of all here—the so-called “hot stove murder case.” This has hung over our heads like a black cloud although the terrible offence actually was committed some 60 miles east of […]
“I have to do some soul-searching right now. I’m a very frustrated man.” So said Shannon Sharpe, tight end for the Baltimore Ravens, after his team dropped a 27-10 decision to the Pittsburgh Steelers in an AFC divisional final Sunday. That was pretty much my reaction after going 2-2 in […]
