The Rendezvous Yacht Club will be holding its annual Sandpoint Island race this Saturday, starting at the Thunderbird Lodge across the river. It will be the first big event of the sailing season, though the club’s regular spring series has been going on for about a month now. There is […]
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The La Verendrye Hospital Auxiliary doled out heaping servings of strawberries, ice cream, and shortcake yesterday during its “Strawberry Social.” Noreen Robertson, one of the volunteers who organized the annual event, said yesterday that they were hoping to raise about $2,000 to go towards the “Care Close to Home” campaign, […]
Fr. James has been called to St. Agnes Parish in Thunder Bay after spending more than seven years serving four district parishes (OLOW, Our Lady of Good Counsel in Rainy River, Our Lady of the Lake in Morson, and St. Patrick’s in Emo). When Fr. James was ushered into the […]
Sunday was a special service of ordination for Daniel J. Vos at the Christian Reformed Church in Emo, where the sanctuary was filled with special guest speakers, friends, and relatives, as well as visiting pastors from other Christian Reformed churches. The worship team led in the gathering song, “Here I […]
Crossroads School in Devlin hosted the annual “Rugrats” soccer tournament last Thursday, giving local Grade 3 students a chance to participate in a day of soccer fun. The tournament was organized to give the students a chance to meet kids from other elementary schools in the area—those they eventually will […]
“We have been not so patiently waiting for the weather to allow us to pour concrete for the new Chisholm translator and the tower is up,” said KBHW manager Bruce Christopherson. He said there’s still some equipment to be delivered and some antennas to mount, but “we should be near […]
OPP Cst. Greg Johnson acted as emcee as the Grade 5/6 students at Our Lady of the Way School held their D.A.R.E. graduation last week. Cst. Johnson had taught the Drug Abuse and Resistance Education program to the students for seveal weeks and then listened to the essays they had […]
Things are not healthy in Rainy River District and they’re not getting any better, Alberton council learned last Wednesday. Emo Reeve Russ Fortier, the district’s municipal rep on the Northwestern Health Unit’s board, briefed councillors on the health unit’s regular monthly meeting held May 19. He said the general state […]
The new rules for figure skating judges eventually may filter down to regional competitions, but probably won’t cause many changes to skater training in this area. The rules, laid out by the International Skating Union last week, stemmed from the judging scandal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake […]
Though the new World Hockey Association announced plans for only six cities at a media conference last Wednesday, Winnipeg is still on the league’s radar screen. The city that lured Bobby Hull from the NHL in the days of the original WHA is a possibility for a team in the […]
“Quest for the Best” will see a battle between newcomers and veterans of the stage when the annual singing competition takes place next month in conjunction with the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. Organizer Dawn Booth confirmed Monday that “The Best of Quest” will see 10 new contestants competing in […]
Another Cyclone swimmer met a national standard this season. Peter Jensen, 12, made the standard in the 50m freestyle in a long-course pool. He also is ranked 31st in the province in his age group for that event. This was Jensen’s second year of swimming competitively with the Cyclone. At […]
