Press Release The Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club will hold a fall trail walk this Sunday (Sept. 26) at 2 p.m. We are very excited to be able to display the new plant and tree interpretive signs during this year’s walk. Signs will be distributed along a summer hiking trail […]
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Staff “Tour de Fort” will be around for another year. “There will be a 19th season,” board president Ken Avis said this morning. The fate of the 2011-12 season hinged on passport and ticket sales for the current season. As of last week’s initial deadline, organizers still had not sold […]
Press Release The Rainy River District School Board is pleased that its 2009-10 Education Quality and Accountability Office scores show significant improvement in Grade 9 mathematics, as well as in Grade 6 reading, writing, and math. Grade 3 math remained stable while there was a slight decrease in Grade 3 […]
Press Release The Ontario government will offer the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil to about 84,000 girls in Ontario schools once again this fall. The school-based vaccination program is aimed at protecting young women against cervical cancer. HPV infection is very common. It is estimated 75 percent of sexually-active Canadians […]
Staff A number of local residents ended up running by the “giant” in Thunder Bay over the weekend. The group was headlined by Meghan Spooner and Shelley Sisco, who completed the full marathon. Spooner finished 26th overall in a time of 4:29:26 while Sisco was 38th (5:00:04). In the half-marathon, […]
Dave Ogilvie Last Tuesday (Sept. 14), a group of cyclists from the “Sears National Kids Cancer Ride” rode through the district as part of their 7,000-km trek from Vancouver to Halifax. “Team One,” consisting of 14 riders, biked from Kenora to Emo, stopping briefly at Norlund’s Oil for a rest […]
Robin McCormick Guthrie United Church here in Devlin is holding a harvest supper once again. This year’s supper, featuring turkey and ham and all the trimmings, will take place Sunday, Oct. 3 from 5-7 p.m. at the Devlin Hall. Admission is $13 for adults and $6 for children aged six-12, […]
Dave Ogilvie Everyone is invited to join the Emo women’s hockey team, the “Goal Diggers,” at the “Score for Cancer” and “Walk for a Cure.” The team is hosting a 5K walk, run, blade, or bike event to help find a cure for breast cancer. They will be starting at […]
Ralph Hill On Sept. 11, members of the Rainy River District Trappers’ Council gathered at the farm of Nick Veldhuisen to construct more than 200 pine marten nest boxes. Healthy pine marten habitat requires both abundant food and shelter. However, large cut-over areas and immature forests do not provide sufficient […]
Ken Johnston No one filed for the position of reeve in Morley Township last Wednesday. This was the second call for nominations for the position, which currently is held by Gary Gamsby. Four individuals—Moe Henry, George Heyens, Maury Nielson, and Bill Romyn—were acclaimed to council in Morley. Since there are […]
Staff Local riders made an impressive showing at the inaugural Black Fly Express, held just north of Dearlock on Sept. 11-12. The competition, which is part of the American Endurance Riding Conference’s schedule, saw 23 riders on the first day and 12 on the second. The event allowed riders to […]
Ken Johnston Can Jason and Oliver Gibbins make it a “three-peat”? Well, 178 other anglers will be doing all they can to make sure they don’t as the 12th-annual Rainy River Walleye Tournament gets underway this weekend. The Gibbins won their second-straight RRWT title last year, making them the first […]
