Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The annual Naicatchewenin (North West Bay) Bass and Walleye Classics take place this weekend, Sept. 11-12. Weigh-ins start at 4 p.m. on both days. A horseshoe tournament takes place on Saturday starting at 10 a.m. Come out and try your skills at winning this event or at least having a […]
It is known as the Rumsfeld matrix, and it originates from a 2002 Pentagon briefing by former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who used four categories to explain intelligence gaps during the lead‑up to the Iraq War. “As we know, there are known knowns. There are things we know […]
I can’t believe that it seems like September has just arrived and now we are nearing the middle of the month. Time surely flies. It has been a very busy time, and the list is long. I had a successful weekend, but of course I have some high expectations going […]
This morning, I found myself in Wilson’s Office Supply. With a near-identical delivery to Brian in The Fast and the Furious explaining to Harry, “I need NOS. I need NOS. One. No, no, two! And I need them by tonight,” I expressed the need for Expo dry-erase markers with the […]
Did you know? The growing popularity of electric bikes (e-bikes) in Canada has led to an alarming trend: a significant increase in severe injuries. Hospitals throughout Canada are treating a higher number of e-bike riders with more serious injuries, many of which are preventable. As e-bikes become a common mode […]
Indigenous women are taking their rightful place in Canadian politics in ever-growing numbers. In 1980, only two Indigenous women held office as First Nations chiefs across the country, one of whom was Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier. Marie-Anne was chief for thirty-nine consecutive years (1981-2020) of Okanese First Nation, Treaty 4 Territory. […]
If you read my piece on teaching Shakespeare in high school, you know I have some bones to pick with it. However, I will play my own devil’s advocate here by discussing my favourite play, Hamlet, and confessing that I now wish I had been forced to read it in […]
We all learned a new word from Mark Carney last week when he spoke of Donald Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario. It was the word hydronyms, which is the naming of bodies of water. “We know that America is changing,” Carney said. “Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national […]
Wow, the beginning of September has arrived. Really, our weather has been pretty incredible. The rain that we have had won’t matter much for our conditions this year, but it should help us out long term. I have managed to keep my cows happy with the little bit of grass […]
The always-enjoyed Seniors Coffee will begin on Sept. 8 and then return Sept. 22. The coffee gathering is from 1-3 p.m. at the Devlin Hall. Come out and enjoy an afternoon of socializing and catching up with other seniors. There will be coffee, tea and home baking served. Legion beer […]
“She must know Rick ‘The Model’ Martel… probably Greg ‘The Hammer’ Valentine, too.” At least that’s what I figured. After all, when my sister would put me in the Boston Crab or the Figure Four Leglock when we were younger, she would apply it with excellence of execution. She had […]
Did you know? According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information, hospitalizations in Canada from injuries caused by electric kick-style scooters (e-scooters) jumped by 32 per cent in the last two years. In addition, recent hospitalization data from 2022-23 and 2023-24 have been a central focus of extensive media coverage […]
