The family of Marvin (Melvin) Mainville sadly announces his death from natural causes on July 11, 2015 in Regina, SK. He was born on Sept. 17, 1942 in Fort Frances. He was raised by his grandparents Joseph and Josephine Mainville on Couchiching First Nation. He spent many years working as […]
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It’s vacation time and Rainy River is full of family members that haven’t been back for years. They clutter the tables at the Bakery and some even have the nerve to crowd their way into the debating table. No decorum whatsoever. But honestly it’s great to see so many coming […]
It is either the 115th or the 116th annual Rainy River Valley Agriculture Society fair. It is unclear if the fair began in 1900 or 1901. The fair continues to be a tradition in the Rainy River District. Back then, Emo boomed at fair time as it does today. When […]
We finally finished haying last week! Well, I don’t know if you can call it finished since we had to leave more in the field because of the wet spots and there was actually a small chunk that I couldn’t even access. I tested the path with the four-wheeler and […]
It is with great sadness and sorrow that the Stewart family announces the passing of Neal Lars Stewart, of Mine Centre, Ont., on Monday, Aug. 3, 2015 at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Thunder Bay, Ont. at the age of 44 due to complications of cancer. Neal […]
From the Stewardship Youth Rangers
We, the Stewardship Youth Ranger (SYR) teams in Fort Frances, had a rewarding third week in our Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry summer employment program! We started the week off at the Oak Grove near the mouth of Rainy River—the most northerly oak ecosystem in North America! We helped […]
Life is full of embarrassing experiences and if we didn’t have any such eye-rolling or wincing-worthy moments, I think we might be playing it far too safe. I’ve had my share of such but last week’s incident may have been the funniest, or what certainly ranks in the top 10 […]
An 11-week election campaign? A bad dream, right? Alas, no. Sure, by making the campaign official, rules (enforceable ones) are now in place that govern everything from party spending to third-party advertising. But just what has Prime Minister Stephen Harper really set in motion by unleashing the longest election campaign […]
The federal election campaign for the Oct. 19 vote officially is underway. Polls show the three major parties are in a neck-and-neck race, with 60 percent of eligible voter undecided and wavering between all three. The electorate is volatile. Historic “safe” seats for the political parties may be up for […]
