Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The 2020 Senior Of The Year is Arlene Rea. Every year our municipality asks for residents to put in their choice of a senior they feel contributes to rural area. Before Covid, Arlene served lunches at the Emo Hospital Cafeteria for people that live in the Golden Age Manor apartments, […]
Last week they opened the Covid Shot booking to 50 + and I am booked! Though I had a bit of a wait to get through the person on the other end of the line was extremely friendly and helpful. I made it a point to tell them him how […]
Dear editor, The following is an open letter to Premier Doug Ford. Ontario’s Future, both Socially and economically demands a path of least resistance, a path towards growth and development. Most assuredly Ontario needs to get onto a path of wealth creation for our public and private sectors. Our Public […]
It is great sadness that the family of Bernice Boivin announces her passing on Thursday, May 6 2021 at the age of 91 years old surrounded by family. Bernice was born on March 1, 1930 in Clearwater, Manitoba, she was the oldest of four, born to Alice and Earl Vandusen. […]
It is with great sadness in our hearts that we announce the peaceful passing of our husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend Marlin Allan Baker on May 6, 2021. Marlin was born in Emo, Ontario on August 22, 1940, the only child of Leo and Della Baker. Marlin grew up […]
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend Anita Valderaise Borlase at the Pine Falls Hospital on May 4, 2021 at age 83. Anita will be lovingly missed by her husband Bill of 60 years; her sons Guy (Bonnie), Craig […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Garfield Faragher announce his sudden passing at home on Monday, May 10, 2021. Due to COVID-19 Restrictions, the service will be postponed until friends can gather. A complete obituary will follow.
It is with great sadness that the family of Cheryl Anne Alexiuk announces her passing on May 1, 2021 at General Atikokan Hospital with her family by her side. Cheryl was born on October 19, 1944 in Fort Frances, Ontario to Clifford & Maxine McRitchie. Cheryl moved to Atikokan in […]
The clematis vine is an all around winner for the garden. It is a climbing vine with many varieties that are hardy in this zone and is a prolific grower each season in this area. It is an attractive plant when it is just a vine of leaves but the […]
The Bassmaster Elite Series season was back on this past weekend in Alabama at Neely Henry Lake, an impoundment on the Coosa River. This body of water was a new adventure for me and one that I had never seen before last week. Strong storms with heavy rainfall last week […]
The Golden Age of Cerebral Coaching in Montreal lasted 947 days and, like many golden ages, it became a snapshot easily forgotten. It was unrecognized then and perhaps preserved only in the memory of a sports writer who knew all three. Gene Mauch. Scotty Bowman. Marv Levy. From January 25, […]
We pass by it all the time in the produce section, but when not being used as a garnish or a minor ingredient, what else can we do with parsley?Parsley is botanically called petroselinum crispum. This is derived from the Greek word petros, meaning stone, as it was often found […]
