Zoey Duncan Do you remember standing on concrete for ages, dripping wet and wrapped in a towel, while you waited to buy French fries at Pither’s Point? How about grabbing a slice at the Village Pizzeria or skipping class in favour of drinking coffee and smoking, or dances at the […]
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Peggy Revell Surprise, shock, and great sadness. That was the reaction of Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty upon hearing that federal NDP leader Jack Layton passed away early Monday morning at the age of 61 after a second battle with cancer. “I fought three elections with Jack as a […]
Heather Latter Having been given a message from God to write a book, that’s just what Melissa Friesen did. The 21-year-old local resident recently self-published a personal coming of age account of a year in her life and how glorifying God became her ultimate purpose. “It’s a calendar year of […]
Duane Hicks Naicatchewenin Development Corp. (NDC) has teamed up with Saulteaux Consulting & Engineering, opening an office at 242 Scott St. here in the past month. Saulteaux Consulting & Engineering’s principals, Dean Bethune and Todd Bruyere of Couchiching First Nation, bring to the table more than 35 years’ combined experience […]
Peggy Revell Students and staff at Mine Centre won’t be moving into their new school just yet. Completion of the new school now is anticipated by mid-September, with students and staff to begin the year in the old school in the meantime. “They’re very close [to completion],” said Raymond Roy, […]
Peggy Revell With the exception of three days and one centimetre, water levels on Rainy Lake have remained within the mandated rule curve so far this year. “We did very, very well basically because Mother Nature was kind to us this year,” Col. Michael Price, co-chair of the International Rainy […]
Lucas Punkari In what ended up being three days of racing at the Emo Speedway, the top performance during the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society’s annual fall fair belonged to Street Stock driver Scott Messner. Messner, who hails from Bemidji, Mn., captured the feature races on both Friday night and […]
Lucas Punkari By all accounts, a second career MMA victory for Emo’s Terry Carmody was well in the making earlier this month in Walker, Mn. However, the 22-year-old now finds himself with an amateur record of 1-1 after being forced to submit just 1:02 into the first round of a […]
Lucas Punkari They’ve been, far and away, the most consistent pairing in the previous six editions of the International Falls Bass Championship. And heading into their seventh appearance at the event, which gets underway this Friday morning, two-time champs Jeff Gustafson and Scott Dingwall of Kenora are looking to bag […]
Lucas Punkari For 15-year-old Braden Webb, there is no other sport he would rather play than football. The soon-to-be Grade 10 student is getting ready to begin his second campaign for the Muskies, who officially kicked off their season with a practice Monday evening in preparation of their WHSFL home-opener […]
Heather Latter 2011 Emo Fair Queen Kaylee Heyens, flanked by First Princess Sarah Glover, left, and Second Princess Chelsea Mosley, were all smiles after being crowned last Thursday night at the Emo Arena in conjunction with the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society’s annual fall fair. For more fair coverage, turn […]
Heather Latter Four-year-old Carol Tolley climbed aboard for her first school bus ride outside the Rainy River District School Board office last Thursday morning as part of the annual “First Rider” program. Aimed at children beginning school this fall, the youngsters watched a short video on bus safety before taking […]
