Local News from Across the Rainy River District
This week, it’s appropriate to recall our tragic but beloved Forsberg family before another great district music festival has departed. Bert Forsberg, his wife, Elvi and daughter, Florence, were all centre stage here in so many ways–and music was much of their life. Singer Florence was known as the sweetheart […]
While our high school Muskies’ latest all-Ontario conquest is being celebrated again this spring, there are many old-time hockey fans still harking back to Fort Frances’ national supremacy in senior hockey 49 springs ago. Many will acclaim our puck chasers could take over all Canada again, given the right circumstances, […]
The Snowshoe Hare is found right across Canada, from coast to coast. It is a true hare, and not a rabbit, even though we often call it the Snowshoe Rabbit (it used to be called the Varying Hare). This hare is one of the most important links in the whole […]
Spring is the season for fun and laughter. The season when you walk among the crocuses and daffodils, and remember the fun of picking flowers in the woodlands of your childhood. Adder’s-tongues and Dutchman’s-breeches and nosegays of violets. And beautiful white trillium blossoms–before you knew that picking its flower would […]
Each year in Canada, people are injured and others are killed by accidents that could have been prevented. In fact, 90 percent of all accidents are predictable and, with proper education, largely preventable. Falling into an open manhole or sewer, being crushed by some heavy item, or injured because you […]
If you see Crossbills close at hand, you can see the feature which gives them their name. The upper part of the beak is longer than most, and is strongly hooked. The lower mandible is bent upward, and both are skewed to the side so they can cross. The crossed […]
Curling is just like riding a bicycle-you don’t forget how. Unfortunately, I learned Saturday that I stink at the sport as badly now as when I last stepped onto a sheet a good 10 years ago with the vaunted Greg Plumridge foursome when the old club was still standing here […]
How would you like to get to age 108–and be in good physical and mental health almost to the end? It’s possible: Gin Kanie of Japan did that before she passed away last month. Her twin sister, Kin Narita, lived to 107. Both “fascinated the viewing public with their sharp […]
Going to Wooster, Ohio is always a highlight. First of all, to visit my aunt and uncle. And secondly, to enjoy the beautiful countryside. Next door to Wooster is Wayne County–a place where Amish families live on lush, prosperous farms snuggled amidst rolling hills. The county is known for its […]
Duff, flats, galley, racks, hatches, bulkheads, killicks, GTs, PDEs, degaussing ranges, RHIBs, bridge wings, the dogs, the serpent or tail, wardroom, the XO, HODS, EO, FMF. The above terms, and more acronyms than I care to remember, were part of the four days I recently spent aboard the Canadian patrol […]
A 20-month-old child from Quebec choked to death a week after an un-popped popcorn kernel got stuck in her throat. The kernel absorbed saliva and expanded to nine mm within seven days, growing large enough to completely block the trachea. Each year, young children in Canada are at some risk […]
You cannot spend much time in the north woods without becoming familiar with the Whisky-Jack.He will drift out of the trees in the coldest weather to share your lunch–stealing the beans from your plate and your sandwich while you reach for the coffee. This bird is one of the jay […]
