The lights symbolizing the stars came on first, then the more powerful lights lit up the new Rainy Lake Square last Thursday night. The grey and black sidewalks and entrances were welcoming. It was a preview to concert-goers attending the final concert “Rainy Lake 150” series on the 200 block […]
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Submitted by Tyler Moffitt Autumn is here and the Fort Frances Fire & Rescue Service team members would like to share some important fire and life safety information you can embrace and practice. Smoke alarms •Working smoke alarms are required on every level of your home and outside all sleeping […]
I always am immensely impressed by the youth in Thunder Bay-Rainy River, particularly when it comes to being engaged in our community. I’ve had the opportunity to hear from young people in our riding through a variety of events, such as “Pizza and Politics” at the college, our “Canada 150 […]
Aside from a few weeks in May and June when they show up in shallow water to spawn, crappies typically disappear in most waters across Sunset Country over the course of the summer. That’s a shame because they are fun to catch and great to eat. Fortunately for anglers, they […]
I sit at my desk waiting for hope to resurface from the morning deluge of tragedy in the news, and it is difficult–so very difficult–to find the belief that our humanity hasn’t all but been annihilated. We blame Trump, or most of us do, with his narcissist madness. His politics […]
The minister of Canadian Heritage has told me that my business model is broken. She indicated I should be partnering with both Facebook and Google to deliver the news of our community. I guess that after more than 120 years of publishing the stories about the lives and businesses of […]
There are ravens in Dawson City–large, fluffy, cleverly-curious ravens, whose neck looks shrouded with a fur coat rather than with feathers. These birds are big and bold and comical. I lived in Pickle Lake several lifetimes ago, where ravens were as plentiful as snowstorms (or so it seemed). The ravens […]
The 2017 bass tournament season came to an end for me this past weekend at the annual Whitefish Bay Fall Classic, which took place on Lake of the Woods. Some 31 teams signed up to fish for the $5,000 first-place prize. Over the years, this event has seen some high-end […]
We hauled all our cows home on Saturday, and preg-checked and weighed all our calves. I knew I had two open cows but we ended up with five. I was a bit disappointed in that but not much you can do about it, either. The hardest part for me is […]
Helen Audrey Stewart was born on Jan. 31, 1922 in Fort Frances, Ont. and left us Sept. 14, 2017 in Alaska with two of three sons by her side. She was an outdoors woman, as comfortable hunting and fishing with her sons and husband as she was serving tea. She […]
While the weather was not awesome for fishing this past weekend, many anglers hit the water anyway to compete in a couple of area tournaments. The way we look at it, it’s a long winter so we’re trying to enjoy every bit of fishing we can before the end of […]
It had been several years since I last fished at Crow Lake. So when my girlfriend and I made plans to fish in the annual Crow Lake Classic bass tournament this past weekend, we didn’t have really high expectations. It also would be Shelby’s first bass tournament so the first […]
