After nearly nine months, Sunset Country bass anglers finally get to compete in a tournament this coming weekend, following the opening of the catch and retain season for bass on July 1. While we can fish for bass from ice out, through June, they must be immediately released in most […]
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What an amazing weekend to celebrate Canada! We couldn’t have asked for better weather. I was able to bale some hay and still take a day off and head to Mine Centre for a day. This is ideal weather for making dry hay–hot but still with a good breeze. It […]
Remember those perpetual motion gizmos, the little balls that swing back and forth, striking each other to keep the movement constant? Newton’s Cradle it was called, created in 1967 by an English actor and named in honour of Sir Isaac Newton, long-considered the most influential scientist of all time. Physics […]
James Robert Fleming Keddie passed away at La Verendrye Hospital on Saturday, June 29, 2019. \He was born in Peebles, Scotland on March 24, 1927. Jim was in the Scots Guard 1st Battalion Pipe Band for 13 years, serving in Italy, Cyprus and Egypt. He was married to June Bartram […]
A free Fort High graduation photo booth will be at Rainy Lake Square today (June 27) starting at 4:30 p.m. Come with your graduating friend or family member to get some free and fun professional photos taken by Mike Anderson. The next drug strategy meeting will be held today (June […]
I am trying to find order in my chaos having just moved. I think “order” fell off the truck somewhere between here and there. As I tried to find a spot for the “essential” things, I did more moving them from one side of the room to the other than […]
The Town of Fort Frances divvied up over $93,000 to 17 local organizations here Monday evening, money which will help them put on events, provide free programming to the public, and buy new equipment. This is all thanks to the Moffat Family Fund. And while many of these groups now […]
By Robin McCormick
Devlin correspondent
Devlin correspondent
Barwick will host a fun-filled Canada Day weekend. The always popular parade takes place Saturday at noon. The line up for the “Kid’s Parade ” is Cedar Yard Road. There will be fast-paced baseball games all Saturday and Sunday. There will be beer gardens, food canteens and much more. Contact […]
While I wish I was fishing instead of driving home from Alabama on the weekend, it was nice to wake up in Kenora on Monday morning this week to our pleasant summer weather. The sixth stop of the Bassmaster Elite Series took place this past weekend at Lake Guntersville, under […]
Summer has officially arrived! It really is my favourite season; long days and hot sun–what more could a farmer ask for? I had a long list for the weekend after missing a weekend at home with my visit to Barrie, Ont. I am so thankful that the weather co-operated. It […]
On the evening of June 2, 2019, Brenda Gaetz (nee Johnson) passed peacefully at the St. Boniface Palliative Care Unit after losing her fight with brain cancer at the age of 64. Brenda was born in Rainy River on April 15, 1955 to Dulcie and Wesley Johnson. Brenda married Charlie […]
