Duane Hicks Rainy River District will see a new OPP detachment commander later this month when S/Sgt. John Kendrick takes over the job left vacant by Insp. Dave Lucas, who relocated to Kenora back in January. S/Sgt. Kendrick, who presently is the OPP’s regional traffic manager in Thunder Bay but […]
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the OPP Fort Frances OPP officers are conducting an investigation into the trafficking of controlled substances. On April 20, members of the Fort Frances OPP, the Northwest Region Emergency Response Team, the Canine Unit, the Northwest Region Crime Unit, and the Tri-Force Drug Unit conducted a traffic stop at the […]
Robin McCormick An important meeting to usher in the 2009 slo-pitch season in Devlin is planned for tomorrow (April 30) at 7:30 p.m. upstairs in the municipal office. All players are urged to attend. • • • With Mother’s Day coming up, the St. Patrick’s C.W.L. in Emo is planning […]
Dave Ogilvie “Free Servant,” Steinbach Bible College’s student-led worship team, and “New Creation,” the college’s drama troupe, visited the district earlier this week. On Monday, they visited the Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program in Stratton in the morning, then performed at the Fort Frances Evangelical Fellowship Church that evening. The groups […]
Press Release On April 16, the Ministry of Education announced the recipients of the Premier’s Awards for Teaching Excellence—one of which was awarded to Rainy River High School education assistant Lorie Kuzyk in the category of Excellent Support Staff. The awards celebrate the outstanding individuals who work in Ontario schools […]
Jack Elliott The Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association held another successful sale at its sales barn in Stratton on Saturday. A half-dozen order buyers were arrayed against the sales ring while local sellers, buyers, and spectators filled the galleries. Just over 1,300 head were on offer, mostly yearlings and fall calves, […]
Dave Ogilvie Former Emo resident Alexa Winik has achieved the kind of success that’s only dreamed about by most young athletes. The 18-year-old freshman track star, the daughter of Joe and Tricia Winik, recently set several individual records while helping her Cedarville University track team win another National Christian College […]
Staff Families from across the district are invited to attend the second-annual Barwick Gun & Hobby show, which is set to run this Saturday (May 2) from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Barwick Community Centre. “We have over 30 tables now, close to 40 tables, booked with the firearms and […]
Peggy Revell It only may be a few months old, but Rainy River First Nations’ anti-drug task force committee already is finding success in mobilizing the community against drug abuse. “I’m really excited about what’s happening,” Chief Jim Leonard said about its progress since forming earlier this year. “I think […]
Press Release The start of the school year in Sept. 2009 will bring new principals and vice-principals to some schools in the Rainy River District School Board. Several of the changes are designed to promote better educational outcomes by encouraging greater coordination among elementary and secondary grade levels. The moves […]
Press Release NDP forestry critic John Rafferty (Thunder Bay-Rainy River) was joined by deputy leader Thomas Mulcair (Outrremont) yesterday in calling on the federal government to immediately outline and implement a forestry strategy to assist all sectors of the industry, to provide further assistance to hard-hit forestry communities, and to […]
Dave Ogilvie It may have been cold but morale was high as 28 people from Fort Frances to Rainy River took off from the Rejuvenate Fitness Club in Emo on Saturday at 9 a.m. for the third-annual 5K walk/run in conjunction with Spring Fever Days. The oldest participant was in […]
