Joey Payeur If losing is the best teacher, Bryan Gustafson must have received the equivalent of a Masters degree last month. The last two weeks, he’s been taking the competition to school while working on his PHD—Plentiful Heaps of Dough. Describing himself as “fishing angry” since finishing second by less […]
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Joey Payeur Dwayne Olson lives in Winnipeg and helps organize triathlons in Sioux Narrows. On Sunday, he owned Point Park. Olson took the lead early and left the pack behind to win the male division and finish first place overall with a time of 36:12 at the second-annual “Splash and […]
Haley Anderson An environmental-mining catastrophe in B.C. sparked discussion here during the Rainy Lake Conservancy’s (RLC) annual general meeting on Sunday at La Place Rendez-Vous. There was a breach in a tailings pond dam at a copper and gold mine owned by Imperial Metals Corp. near Likely, B.C. last week, […]
Haley Anderson A local family continued its winning tradition at this year’s 4-H “Market Steer Auction Sale” held in conjunction with the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society’s fall fair on Saturday. The livestock auction, typically considered one of the fair’s most popular attractions, boasted an auctioneer who sought bids from […]
Heather Latter Kassidy LeDrew said she needed a pick-me-up this summer and she certainly got it when she won the 2014 Emo Fair Queen crown on Thursday evening, held in conjunction with the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society’s fair in Emo this weekend. “I’m so overwhelmed,” she enthused just minutes […]
Duane HicksHeather Latter The vacant Rainy Lake Hotel will be demolished and redeveloped into the Rainy Lake Market Square in the future thanks to nearly $1 million from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. (NOHFC) and downtown business owners couldn’t be happier. “I think it’s a great idea and I’m […]
Heather Latter Every year, organizers of the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society’s fall fair pray for sunshine for the three-day event held in Emo—and this year they got it. In fact, the temperature might have been a little too warm on Friday. “The attendance was down on Friday,” noted Emily […]
Joey Payeur Ask Jess Caul three months ago what she figured her biggest contribution to Taggs/Source for Sports would be this season and the last answer she probably would have given would have been her goalkeeping. But the noted sniper, who was second in the league in goals last season […]
Heather Latter Kassidy LeDrew, centre, was crowned the 2014 Emo Fair queen Thursday evening upstairs at the Emo Arena, in conjunction with the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Fair which ran this weekend. Elizabeth Allan, left, captured the title of First Princess while Joleigh Hayes was named Second Princess.
Heather Latter Teagan Thoms, left, Jaana Fournier, and Quinn Miller waved goodbye as they set out on a bus ride yesterday morning as part of the “First Rider” program here. Organized by the Rainy River District Transportation Services Consortium, the program is designed to familiarize young children and their parents […]
Haley Anderson Morgan Haw led her grand champion market steer around the ring during the annual 4-H steer auction held Saturday afternoon. With last year’s grand champion market steer cashing in at $3.80/pound, she was thrilled when her 1,220-pound steer fetched a $4.65/pound bid at the annual steer auction.
