Passing Canada’s legacy to the younger generation is the appropriate approach to Remembrance Day. Students at district schools like Donald Young, Our Lady of the Way, and Sturgeon Creek marked Remembrance Day last Thursday with full honours,including observing a two-minute silence to remember those who fell in World War I, […]
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Five points was all that separated the local 4-H team of Courtney Calder, Joe Sletmoen, Simone LeBlanc, and Jen Sletmoen from advancing to the semi-finals at the “Go for the Gold” provincial showdown Saturday in Toronto. Six teams competed in the event, held in conjunction with the Royal Agricultural Winter […]
It’s been a busy summer for Stacey Bruyere and her staff at the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Interpretative Centre but things aren’t going to slow down too much over the winter as work continues on the exhibits. Bruyere said they’ve been running non-stop since the centre officially opened to the public in May. […]
The local 4-H “Go for the Gold” team heads down to the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto on Friday, where it will square off against the other regional winners in the provincial showdown. Courtney Calder, Joe Sletmoen, Simone LeBlanc, and Jen Sletmoen won the right to represent Northern Ontario at […]
With the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market having wrapped up for the season Saturday, the consensus among vendors indicates they had a good year there. Ray and Evelyn Bragg of “Bragging Tackle” were busy selling homemade wood carvings and other trinkets from their table Saturday. But even though it was the […]
Mine Centre School tried to blend the surrounding communities into its curriculum during Native Culture Week, which kicked off there last Monday. Students from kindergarten to grade eight went on field trips to Seine River and Nicickousemenecaning First Nations, taking part in fish filleting demonstrations, games of lacrosse, and workshops […]
It was the first of its kind held in the district in a decade but those at Saturday’s “Top of the Line” cattle sale in Stratton seemed to be quite pleased with its return. Only five out of 30 lots were passed out of the ring, with several consigners finding […]
Some of the best beef animals in the district will be gathered at the Stratton sales yard this Saturday for a “top of the line” cattle sale. Pure bred and cross-bred cattle will be put on the auction block at 1 p.m., with Telford Advent calling the sale. Stalls will […]
Karry Hyatt spent her Saturday morning like any typical 12-year-old girl would–digging in the riverbank looking for bugs. Hyatt was one of the 12 youngsters who participated in the Rainy River District 4-H Association’s junior youth conference in Emo last Friday and Saturday. Organized by Carol Angus, Kim Jo Calder, […]
If you ate today, thank a farmer. That’s the message the Agri-Food Education Committee is trying to get across during the inaugural “Canadian Agriculture and Food Celebration” this week. Although the week didn’t officially kick-off nationwide until Monday, the local committee–headed up by Kristine Carpenter, Shirley Morrish, and Pat Clysdale-Cornell–got […]
An enclosed “agriplex” could be just the thing to open up numerous revenue-generating opportunities for the district–and that’s exactly what the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society’s fair board wants to build. Gary Beck, who sits an the agriplex sub-committee with fair board president Ken McKinnon, Keith Caul, and Allan Teeple, […]
If confidence is the key to success, then Kelly Moulik is going to go far. The 18-year-old Fort High student from Nestor Falls is working on two demo packages, including one with her uncle Jim Peterik, who co-wrote and performed the ’80s hit “Eye of the Tiger” as part of […]
