Features
I was lying in my hammock under the hemlocks and pines in my yard, trying to stretch the time between eruptions of coughing that disturbs my peace. I don’t often lie in my hammock despite it being a pleasant pass-time. I struggle with stillness, though I am getting better at […]
Dear editor, The demolition of the mill has destroyed the Town’s industrial tax base, and the well-being of this community. Resolute confirmed “… the Crossroute SFL was extended by the Minister on February 27, 2018,” This extension cleared the path for Resolute to sell the Fort Frances mill and keep […]
The annual Rainy River Valley District Fall Fair is set to go this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, August 18, 19 and 20. There will be something for everyone. Stock car races Friday and Saturday, cattle shows and auction, midway, queen and mini king and queen pageant, the Loggers Competition, the […]
I think my age is catching up to me. I normally could work well into the night but now I power down. It doesn’t help that last week was our first full week of good weather all summer and we were all making hay. What a huge difference it makes […]
I am sitting in the sunroom of our cabin. As cabin owners on Rainy Lake realize, this has been a very unusual season; one that we will not soon forget. A mother mallard comes into our bay with five small ducklings. She is very protective, and those ducklings heed her […]
I don’t know of one person who isn’t mesmerized when they see a hummingbird and you can increase visits from the petite bird by planting a few of their favourite sources of nectar in your yard. Hummingbirds use flower nectar as their food source and like butterflies and bees, they […]
Ah, Pete Rose. Like Donald Trump and the pandemic, just when you think they’re gone, here they come again. Rose’s latest headlines are like so many others: accompanied by an aroma that’s unbecoming his surname. Yes, they smell. At a celebration of Philadelphia’s 1980 World Series, which Rose helped the […]
The past few weeks around home have been fun but we’re back on the road again this week for the eighth stop of the Bassmaster Elite Series season at Lake Oahe in Mobridge, South Dakota. I was able to do a lot of fishing over the past few weeks at […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Douglas Maclennan Cain announce his passing on August 8, 2022. Douglas was born on May 24, 1955, in Atikokan to Melvin and Bernice Cain. He was oldest of three boys. Douglas grew up in Atikokan and started his career working for […]
Peacefully on August 13, 2022, Pearl Ivall-Mason, 99, of Rainy River, Ontario, passed away at the La Verendrye Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario. A complete announcement to follow.
Sadly the family wishes to announce the passing of Ernest Jones,76, of Fort Frances, Ont., on August 12, 2022, at the LaVerendrye Hospital, Fort Frances. Complete obituary to follow.
