Duane Hicks Greta Fedorak was among the group of six students in Jody Bonner-Vickers’ Grade 8 class who took turns explaining to town council a binational watershed stewardship initiative they will be undertaking next Tuesday along the riverfront here.
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Nicholas Donaldson The Muskie girls’ hockey team took advantage of the crowd at the RRFN fish fry to raise some money by selling cheesecake desserts to anyone with room left after eating their meal.
Duane Hicks This metal stencil, crafted by students in Robert Guertin’s high school shop class, will be used to paint an anti-pollution message at each storm drain along the waterfront here.
Duane Hicks David Sandoval, left, joined the sibling trio of Ian, Nathan, and Chantal Jodoin for an ice cream at the Sorting Gap Marina here Friday afternoon. The marina reported brisk ice cream sales starting as early as 9 a.m. The Sorting Gap Marina, as well as the “Hallett” and […]
Several tables were set end-to-end to hold the massive amounts of fish, bannock, salads, and wild rice casseroles at the Rainy River First Nations’ fish fry on Friday.
Duane Hicks Boise Paper and H2O Power LP have been continuing to refurbish the canal and dam sluice gates at the dam here. A very noticeable element of the project has been cranes–the taller one of which is used to hoist materials and equipment from mill property onto the barge, […]
Duane Hicks Wayne Kayne of Ed Kaun & Sons shared a few words about the construction of Tbaytel’s new regional office as John Barch, Tbaytel vice-president of operations and administration, looked on during a ground-breaking ceremony last Wednesday. The contractor should start working at the Sixth Street West site next […]
Nicholas Donaldson An estimated 1,200 people dropped by the Rainy River First Nations’ pow-wow grounds on Friday to enjoy the annual fish fry hosted by the band’s chief and council. At times the line reached almost back to Highway 71 as a steady stream of guests feasted on fried walleye […]
Joey Payeur Shelby Kellar of the Crossroads Tornadoes had a bead on this ball as she made the play against the Donald Young All-Stars in a Grade 6 division game as part of the junior softball showcase last Wednesday at Sturgeon Creek School. The Tornadoes and All-Stars were joined by […]
of Donna Sinninghe Jackson Arpin of the Rainy River Owls threw up a well-armed defence in trying to prevent Joshua Rhone of the Sioux Lookout Warriors from getting to the ball during the NorWOSSA ‘A’ boys’ soccer semi-final last Wednesday in Sioux Lookout. The Warriors won the game 1-0 and […]
Joey Payeur Angelina Morris, right, had both friend (Fort Frances Muskie teammate Emma Toriseva) and foe (St. Francis Sentinels’ Brooklin Hayes) alongside her as she charged up the field during the Rainy River District Athletic Association’s elementary soccer showcase held Friday at St. Francis School. Players from around the district […]
of Donna Sinninghe Maren Turner of the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints, left, and Alexa Veldhuisen of the Rainy River Owls were locked in fierce combat as was to be expected in the NorWOSSA ‘A’ girls’ soccer final last Wednesday in Sioux Lookout. The Saints emerged victorious by a 1-0 margin, […]
