Ken Kellar Rainy River District Trapper Council president Brian Love worked on his otter skin during the trapper workshop put on by the council at the Métis Hall on Saturday. Visitors to the workshop were able to learn more about trapping as a trade, watch experienced trappers at work, or […]
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Above, community partners and supporters kicked off the Coldest Day of the Year awareness walk put on by the Fort Frances Homeless Committee and Northwest Community Legal Clinic on Thursday afternoon. Below, Fort Frances mayor June Caul did the work for two people as she pulled along her grandson in […]
Participants in the Coldest Day of the Year awareness walk were invited to watch a screening of “US & Them,” a Canadian documentary on homelessness, after lunch was finished at the Out of the Cold Warming Centre on Thursday. The documentary follows filmmaker Krista Loughton as she develops friendships with, […]
St. Patrick School principal Jessica Veenbaas, left, Rainy River District EMS paramedic Kirt Pfeifer and North Star Community school vice-principal Carly Skrenski showed off some of the warm toques that have been donated to the schools in Atikokan as part of an initiative undertaken by Safe Communities Rainy River District. […]
Ken Kellar Aidan Smith, left, and his dad Joe of International Falls watched as local trapper Trevor Mills did some delicate work around a weasel scent gland during the trappers workshop put on by the Rainy River District Trappers Council at the Metis Hall on Saturday. Visitors to the event […]
Ken Kellar Jim Rognerud, 78, of International Falls demonstrated his skill, honed by years of experience, as he took a beaver from whole animal, left photo, to nearly finished skin during the workshop put on by the Rainy River District Trapper Council on Saturday. Rognerud has been trapping for 60 […]
Jack Elliott Members of the Rainy River Fix It Club (l to r) Len Ricci, Rebecca Wood, and Len Moen, stand behind the Club’s latest project. It is all disassembled, and awaiting restoration. Do you know what it is? Come to rainy this summer at see it at RailRoad Daze.
Submitted It was a job well done for Muskie curlers as both the boys’ and girls’ squads nabbed gold and the mixed team took silver at the NorWOSSA championships held in Kenora on Sunday and Monday. Pictured are members of all three teams. Back row, from left to right, are […]
Jamie Mountain Kyle Uzelman of the Fort Frances Lakers skated his way towards the Thief River Falls Norskies’ net with the puck during the first period of the Lakers’ 2-1 win in SIJHL action on Saturday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. Uzelman notched a goal in the second […]
of Mike McKinnon/Atikokan Progress Tori Toriseva was among four members of the Muskie Nordic skiing team that were able to qualify for OFSAA at the NWOSSAA championships held in Atikokan on Thursday. Toriseva finished third overall in the senior girls’ division to book her ticket to the all-Ontarios later this […]
Jamie Mountain Jace Jackson, above, looked to check Jaxon Germain of the International Falls Broncos off of the puck during the second period of the Muskie boys’ hockey team’s 4-3 win in the finale of their annual two-game “Border Battle” exhibition series last Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids […]
Jamie Mountain Above, Piper Miller of the Fort Frances Bladed Rebels unloaded a shot on the Lake of the Woods Envy’s net during the first period of her squad’s 4-1 loss in the Midget division’s Gold-Medal Game Sunday afternoon of the Fort Frances Girls/Women’s Hockey Association’s PeeWee and Midget tournament […]
