No one stayed the night but the hubbub at the Both farm during the annual Chapple Day celebration Saturday was reminiscent of the early 1900s. The homestead, located four km north of Barwick and which includes a barn and blacksmith shop, was once a regular visit for farmers in Chapple. […]
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Nellie Shybyski doesn’t remember winning the flower trophy 25 years ago but she certainly remembers doing it again just last week. “There were tears in my eyes. I couldn’t believe it,” she said. “Tears in my eyes–it really is something.” Shybyski, 84, was one of 22 exhibitors in the annual […]
A cheerful crowd, canoe race, old homestead, music, and pig roast marked Chapple Day–the second-annual festival which was held Saturday in Barwick. The festival, which began last year as part of the township’s centennial celebration, was such a hit that the Chapple heritage committee decided to do it again. “People […]
The boil-water advisory has been lifted in Atikokan after consecutive follow-up tests of the municipality’s water found no harmful bacteria. “As of Aug. 10 at 3:10 p.m., it was lifted,” Atikokan Mayor Dennis Brown said. The boil-water advisory was declared by the Northwestern Health Unit after water samples were found […]
Emo, Rainy River, and Dryden have been included on the latest list of communities ordered yesterday to step up operations at their water treatment plants after failing to meet stringent standards for drinking water. And that’s news to the plant managers in both Emo and Rainy River. “They never told […]
With much of the field trials already harvested at the Emo research station in Northwestern Ontario, manager Kim Jo Bliss isn’t expecting bumper yields. Cold, wet conditions throughout most of the summer made it a poor year for crops, Bliss said, noting the area is some 200 heating degree days […]
Last year, Aaron Loken won the Kitchen Creek Classic almost by default after the second and final round was washed out by thunderstorms. This time around, the International Falls golfer, 22, wanted to make sure no one thought last year’s victory was just a fluke. And he did just that, […]
It will take more than hard work on the football field to crack the lineup on the Muskie football teams this season. “It’s important what you do out here,” said Bob Swing, head coach for the ‘A/B’ teams, as he pointed to the field during the opening night of training […]
It wasn’t a big fish as sturgeon go but it was large enough for Brian Bakken to win capture the annual North American Sturgeon Championship last Saturday in Birchdale, Mn. Bakken, a resident of Roseau, Mn., reeled in a 50.25-inch sturgeon from Rainy River with only 20 minutes left in […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team hasn’t been officially selected yet, and assistant coach Ken Christiansen noted nobody’s spot on the roster is secure. “Tryouts aren’t over. We just hold tryouts now so we can cut the team down to workable numbers,” he explained. “We do it in the summer because […]
The “underdogs” hung tough most of the way but they eventually fell 10-4 to Team #1 in the annual Rainy River District Fastball League’s all-star game last Thursday in Barwick. “They were tied for most of the game,” noted organizer George Oltsher, who also managed Team #1. “In the bottom […]
Allison Hyatt recently discovered the Ontario Summer Games aren’t about winning the gold, they’re about what you learn along the way. Hyatt, 15, of Mine Centre was a member of the regional girls’ volleyball team that competed at the Games held Aug. 11-13 in Durham Region, where they finished fifth […]
