Local News from Across the Rainy River District
I have to say I’m having trouble getting into that spirit of the season. The Christmas season, you ask? Certainly not. If there’s one thing I’ve learned during my eight months here, it’s the community’s ability to celebrate any occasion. If it’s not “Fun in the Sun,” then it’s a […]
Off Lake Covenant Church is having its annual Christmas supper and program this Friday (Dec. 21). The supper begins at 6 p.m., with the program to follow at 7:30. The Christmas Eve service at Off Lake Covenant will be held at 7 p.m. next Monday (Dec. 24) with lessons and […]
If you can start your Christmas memories at a concert in a one-room school packed with parents, they are still a thrill! Especially if you can recall being introduced because you are the new kid in school. Good, old Robert Moore School is far away as you look around wildly […]
The year was 1954. The day was Nov. 27. We were married in a simple, but beautiful, ceremony in upstate New York. The brilliant colours of fall had given way to winter and we spent our honeymoon at nearby Lake Placid in the Adirondack Mountains. Then we moved to the […]
After the most memorable Christmas our town ever knew, they left us for six years to help win the war—first by slaying the forests of Scotland and then plunging into European combat. Later, they would introduce us to their bonny war brides, mostly from Edinburgh, and it’s been a different, […]
For all those district kids who headed off to college or university for the first time this fall, the old song, “I’ll be home for Christmas,” suddenly has new meaning. Why, it may even bring a tear to the ’ol eye—even though they’d never admit it. Yes, the excitement and […]
It recently was brought to my attention that the Canadian Mint will issue a gold coin worth $200 in honour of the Winnipeg Falcons—the team that won the first-ever Olympic ice hockey gold medal in 1920. The coin could be a real collectible for the sports lover in your family. […]
Barwick Community Church will host its annual Christmas banquet this Sunday (Dec. 16), followed by musical entertainment featuring the Longnecker family. Everyone is welcome, noted Pastor Leslie Abbott. A reminder a community Christmas Dinner will be held Christmas Day (Dec. 25) at 1 p.m. at Knox United Church in Emo. […]
Beginning about right now, we would open our annual sales campaign that resulted in sending a Fort Frances boy or girl away for a week on a Christmas trip to a U.S. city. And believe me, this got exciting here back in the ’50s! As agent then for the Winnipeg […]
I had never been more embarrassed to be from Thunder Bay than I was Friday night. Some background info on why I’d say such a thing would probably help. Upon meeting the coaching staff of this year’s local KC PeeWee ‘AA’ travelling team in September, assistant coach Bob Dobransky handed […]
Christmas is coming and so are the school/church concerts. The Emo Centennial Choir will kick the season off this Monday (Dec. 10) at 7:30 p.m. at the Christian Reformed Church in Emo. A silver collection will be taken up, with a portion of the proceeds for the food bank. Crossroads […]
It’s been years since we’ve sent Christmas cards, but still a few of our closest friends remember us every year. We hear from my college friend, Margaret, a writer in El Sobrante, Calif.; from Lee and Fran, my uncle and aunt from Wooster, Ohio; from Harvey and Darlene, who live […]
