Fr. Roman Bozyk and his wife, Genia, travelled from Winnipeg to attend Sunday’s anniversary service and luncheon. He was one of the five priests who helped conduct the service at St. George’s that morning.
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Nicholas Donaldson Martin Drainage has come up from Arthur, Ont. to install tile drainage in a few fields in the district with their specialized, self-propelled drainage plow. Pictured is a crew member down in the starter hole getting the tile set up to start a new line. The large shank […]
of the RRDSB This rubble is all that’s left of the old classroom wing of Donald Young School in Emo after it was demolished last Thursday. The new section of the school, built directly in front of the now demolished building, will be ready for students to attend this fall. […]
Duane Hicks Local artist and classic car enthusiast Ed Halvorsen has put together a display of vintage auto parts at Fine Line Art Gallery to help promote the Canadian Coasters’ 50th anniversary tour in town this week. Numbering among the local businesses getting into the spirit of the tour, the […]
St. George’s choir members Dorothy Wepruk, Jackie Dobransky, Marcia Zeleny, Joan Hughes, Linda Rajala, Mark Kowalchuk, and Elma Wepruck sang a few traditional hymns in Ukrainian at the luncheon at La Place Rendez-Vouz following the service.
Submitted I had Nolan Mann of Fort Frances helping me pre-fish on Rainy Lake earlier in the week.
Kiera Kowalski Amanda Caron and Riley Pollard of A&R Serenity Co. held a pop-up shop during “Mall Day” in late June. The newly-launched business aims to provide natural beauty care products to people in Rainy River District.
Isabelle DeGagne offered the Metropolitan Yurij flowers, as well as bread and salt, when he arrived at the church on Sunday morning.
Press Release Debra Rose Wilson (nee Colvin) of Nashville, Tenn., formerly of Fort Frances, was honoured with the 2017 Holistic Nurse of the Year award at the 37th-annual American Holistic Nurses Association conference in Rancho Mirage, Calif. held June 5-10. The Holistic Nurse of the Year (HNY) award is intended […]
Press Release As part of a year-long line-up of events marking Ontario’s 150th anniversary and celebrating the province, the free “ONtour” concert series will provide the soundtrack for the Summer of ’17. It is stopping in more than 20 communities across the province, including in Kenora on Aug. 10, to […]
Staff The progressive pot of the Rainy River District Regional Abattoir’s weekly “Catch the Ace” draw is expected to hit nearly $4,800 as it reaches its 10th week. This week’s draw will take place on Saturday (July 22) at 4:30 p.m. at the Rainy River Legion, in conjunction with “Railroad […]
Kiera KowalskiSummer reporter Despite a dwindling congregation, St. George’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church here was packed Sunday morning for a special service marking its 70th anniversary. To celebrate, his eminence, the Metropolitan Yurij, led the service. Five other priests also were on hand, along with five students from St. Andrew’s College […]
