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 […]
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EVENTS CALENDAR An old-tyme dance will be held at the Fort Frances Senior Centre Friday, May 29 7-9 p.m. featuring old-time country and rock music favourites like Elvis, Conway Twitty, Patsy Cline and many more. Contact Gene for more info. 218-240-5423. There will be a Community Garage Sale at the […]
In my humble opinion, everyone should purchase a diary. Write in it as often as you can and even when you feel snitty about putting another entry in it, do it anyway. In a few years, you will thank yourself for making the effort. I thank myself for keeping track […]
Book Review
By Robert Animikii Horton
By Robert Animikii Horton
As the twisting kaleidoscope that moves us all in turn, this week’s book review sits at the intersection of a meaningful conversation, a music column and an anniversary. It feels wonderfully timely and appropriate to allow them to orbit one another in these pages. A recent conversation with a friend […]
Beauty is ubiquitous. It is everywhere. The impermanence of a staggering sunset. The authenticity of artistic release and expression. The mastery of the soul by musicians and visionaries. The indescribability of intricate cathedrals, words that fall onto being like poetry, a meaningful moment that shapes a life, a sea of […]
Is the tail wagging the dog in Alberta? Separatists, led by Mitch Sylvestre, who believes that King Charles III has set out to assassinate him, have rallied 300,000 Albertans to sign a petition to secede from Canada over their grievances. (There are, of course, more than 700,000 Albertans who do […]
I think Sunday’s weather was the type we’ve all been waiting for—it felt incredible. It will take a few of those days to dry things up again, and maybe we will be complaining then about the dry conditions. We haven’t had a lot of rain, but I did cut the […]
As we all know, there is nothing like the first scent of the lilac to tell us spring is officially here. What we refer to as the common lilac in North America is actually native to mountainsides in southeastern Europe, but was brought across the Atlantic to North America in […]
Did you know? As hotter and drier conditions continue to escalate the threat of wildland fires across Canada, the devastating reality has hit close to home. My thoughts are with the residents of the Rainy River District, where recent fires forced evacuations, disrupted critical travel routes, and unfortunately claimed homes […]
I’m still trying to convince myself that I am a watercolour artist, with tongue in cheek. The qualification in my case is laughable, but what a lot of fun I am having. Something that interests and confuses me is the colour names of watercolour paint. I found one source that […]
Longtime Rainy River District resident Neal Grant passed away May 22, 2026. Neal was born in 1927 on a farm near the village of Clonmany, County Donegal, Ireland. He was the sixth child in a family of 10. Neal’s formal education ended when he was 14, and he worked as […]
Tracy Lee Marie Hobbins (nee Flamand) of Winnipeg, Man., passed away May 18, 2026, peacefully, surrounded by family. Tract was a devoted mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, aunt and friend. She was predeceased by her husband Mike Hobbins; her father Richard Flamand; and her grandparents Max and Melina Flamand and Arnold and Myrtle […]
