Did you know? Drowning deaths in Canada are on the rise. The latest Canadian Drowning Report shows that the annual average climbed to 485 deaths (2017–2021), up from 444 in the preceding five years. Who is drowning? Males accounted for 78 per cent of drowning deaths, while females accounted for […]
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Summer is coming, though it seems doubtful, judging by the temperatures here in Nova Scotia. My heat has been on all but one or two days for the entire month of May, and with those chilly temperatures, rain has tagged along. I will not complain about the rain since most […]
To the Editor, The recent characterization of Fort Frances’ agreement with North Star Air as an “airline bailout” misses a critical point: this is not a rescue of a private company, but a deliberate partnership designed to restore and sustain an essential community service. Fort Frances lost scheduled passenger May […]
The Rainy River District Women’s Museum board met June 1. A heartfelt thank you was given to Annie Van Rosen for her years of dedication to the museum. The members wished Annie and husband Jan all the best on their move from Emo. The Emo Museum opens July 2 and […]
EVENTS CALENDAR Join us at the Fort Frances Public Library as we unveil the new mural in the Children’s Department, by local artist Lindsay Hamilton. Lindsay will talk about her process and the meaning and importance of the mural. Wednesday, June 10, 6 p.m. Light refreshments provided. Featuring live music […]
EVENTS CALENDAR 807 Selects Volleyball 16U Girls team will be holding a fish fry fundraiser on Sunday June 7 in aid of their trip to Portugal next spring. At the Couchiching Multi-Use Centre 4-8 p.m. Tickets $25 or $20 in advance. To order email selectsportugal2027@gmail.com The Rainy River District Stewardship […]
By Grace Petsnick
Seventy years after its publication, Ray Bradbury’s 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451 can still be found holding on with white knuckles to the required reading list of some grade 10, mid-level English classes. The copies that are handed out would fail to spark a flame of interest under students, even if […]
Book Review
By Robert Animikii Horton
By Robert Animikii Horton
Creativity does not cease to be at the end of an artist’s brush, nor is it reserved solely for artists. If you are a human being, you are creative in impressive and at times overlooked ways. The problem is not the absence of creative impulse or talent, but an often-narrow […]
Lately in the news, topics related to land ownership and title and who gets to leave and who gets to stay (among other things) have been consistent (and at times equally divisive). However, those debates are not where I’d like to play catch today (as I have my own personal […]
Did we just miss spring? I wonder as our timing of seasons continues to change. We still had snow and ice through the last weekend of April. For three weekends in May, the thermometer struggled to get into double digits. And last week we welcomed summer temperatures. They did not […]
Whoa…. June 1. The date makes me a bit nervous. Since we just got spring and summer simultaneously last week, there are many jobs to tick off. This last week of weather has been incredible, and I don’t mind it one bit. We did have to finally turn on the […]
Did you know? Natural Resources Canada developed the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System (CWFIS) in 1994, which delivers the following: Hotter and drier conditions escalate As I mentioned in last week’s column, hotter and drier conditions continue to escalate the threat of wildland fires throughout Canada. Last month, that devastating […]
