Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Rainy River Valley Field Naturalists (RRVFN) reluctantly cancelled planned activities in 2020 – 2021 because of COVID-19, but all commitments had to be met. There was the Christmas Bird Count, the Nocturnal Owl Survey, repairs and upkeep of the Cranberry Peatmoss Interpretive trail (the Bog Walk), removal of interpretive signs […]
The Bassmaster Elite Series season started this past weekend at the St. John’s River in Florida but it was not the best start to the season for me. It was the fourth year in a row that the season opened at this venue and I kind of rode the struggle […]
Tuesday March 1st this year is the Fat Tuesday celebration of Mardi Gras. It is the last day of the carnival season in New Orleans and always falls on the day before Ash Wednesday every year. The term Fat Tuesday represents the last day of eating richer fattier foods before […]
This month, Martin St. Louis was named coach of the Montreal Canadiens. As a Hall of Fame player and an unproven coach, his selection immediately raised the question about whether great players make great coaches, the conventional theory being that they don’t, because their players are often incapable of meeting […]
Where will the party head next? For most of my life I have voted for a Progressive Conservative candidate both federally and provincially. I will admit that from time to time I have also supported both Liberal and New Democrat local candidates who I believed would best represent the issues […]
Do you sometimes try to look back at a run of bad days and try to identify what helped send those days packing, what rescued you from the doldrums? I like to think if I could retrace my steps, I might be able to call on that memory to rescue […]
With the snow up to my ying yang and above zero temperature only a dim memory, cabin fever is pandemic… forget about Covid. I spent a week in front of the Tube O.D.ing on curling but then I turned on the news and the Convoy protestors sent be directly into […]
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I seem to have the “winter blues!” Maybe I’m just worrying about too many things and it’s starting to get to me, or maybe I am just looking forward to sunshine! The sunrise was absolutely stunning this am, but it has […]
The much enjoyed Beer and Burger for $5.00 is back starting this Friday night February 11. This takes place in the Legion Clubroom starting at 5 p.m. Come out for an evening of socializing, good food and drink! Congratulations to Robbie and Chelsey Rea on the birth of their first […]
Similar to how perch were sometimes disrespected by anglers when I was growing up, the same could be said about burbot. I can remember fishing as a kid and there were times when somebody caught a burbot and it was left on the ice, “for the fox”, I can remember […]
Super Bowl Sunday is just around the corner, and although I am not a big sports fan, one cannot help but being inundated by the media that this annual game day is fast approaching. Almost everyone loves dip with snacking chips, so I am giving you a couple of our […]
When you’re a member of the sports media, you’re not supposed to have a personal bias about the athletes you cover. Sometimes, it happens. For me, it happened with Ken Read. He was an international skiing star, leader of the famous Crazy Canucks, who were winning World Cup races with […]
