“Rough Cut Pine” will perform at the Rainy Lake Square this evening (Aug. 1) from 6-8 p.m. Free concert. Bring a chair. The Halkirk fire protection team will hold its 28th-annual fish fry on Saturday, Aug. 3 from noon-6 p.m. at the Bear Pass fire hall (Bear Pass Road). A […]
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VELDHUISEN-Born to Dan and Kayle, nee Koval, of Devlin, Ontario, a boy, Reid Daniel, weighing 6 lbs 3 oz on July 16, 2019 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
Sadly, the family announces the sudden passing of Alan James (Jim) Crackel, 85, on July 24, 2019 at Rainy River Hospital. Complete obituary to follow. Arrangements entrusted to Northridge Funeral Home.
The starting lineup for the Thunder Bay Rainy River Riding is now complete. On Monday evening, Dr. Marcus Powlowski was named the Liberal candidate for the coming election. He joins Conservative Linda Rydholm and New Democrat candidate Yuk-Sem Won on the ballot. The election date is set for Oct. 21. […]
It is with great sadness that the family of June Ruth Hamalainen (nee Vollans, nee Mack) announce her sudden passing at 78 years, on Wednesday July 24, 2019 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. June was born on June 17, 1941 in Port Arthur, Ont., first child of […]
It is with profound sadness the family of Leon Gregory Swire announce his sudden passing on July 26, 2019–just 17 days after the passing of his love of 30 years, Olga Dawkins. Leon was born April 18, 1948 in Fort Frances, Ont. Leon grew up on a farm north of […]
Dear friends, Jon had a way of talking about things, and an attitude towards life, that is difficult to convey. We believe he would approve of the following “farewell note,” which we have paraphrased from many conversations and fun times over the years. This is who he was. We hope […]
Edward Omer St. Pierre, 76, of Emo, Ont., formerly of Wyoming, Ont., passed away on July 24, 2019 at 12:30 a.m. at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances. He was the son of the late Edward Issac and Lauda Rose St. Pierre; father to late son, Marc; father to Nicole […]
Last Wednesday as my wife and I travelled to Rainy River dropping off papers at stores and restaurants along the way, we were tuned into the radio listening the testimony of Robert Muelller who was asked to investigate claims that there was Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. Near […]
After a few weeks of staying busy with bass tournaments and a wedding I have been back to some fun fishing and guiding over the past week around home on Lake of the Woods. I don’t do a lot of guiding anymore but I do a few days here and […]
Well, we are in cleanup mode after a busy couple of days with guests that were in for our soil and crop tour and open house. The weather co-operated in one way that we were just finishing at our last stop at Philip Krahn’s before we had a display of […]
