Our final cattle sale of the season is behind us. We sold 1,065 head for $3,461,769.83. Again, we had some great Rainy River Raised cattle and we had quite a few animals from both Thunder Bay and Dryden Districts. It is great that they are seeing us as a wonderful […]
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There will be a Dance Community Hall supper this Sunday, November 16, from 4-6 p.m. The meal will be pulled pork, french fries, coleslaw, desserts, plus beverages. Tickets are $30 a couple, $20 a person, $10 for youth age 7-12 years and 6 and under eat free. This is a […]
EVENTS CALENDAR Honouring our Veterans Powwow hosted by the United Native Friendship Centre. Nov. 11, 2025 at the Couchiching Multi-use building. Doors open 4 p.m. light dinner 5 p.m. Grand Entry 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come out and share stories, dance and sing while remember and honouring indigenous […]
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Terrance “Butch” Moore on October 31, 2025, at Fort Frances, La Verendrye Hospital. Butch was born on January 28, 1950, in Kenora, Ontario, to Irene and Garfield. Butch started working at Boise Cascade Kenora Mill. He then worked at […]
EVENTS CALENDAR Hunter’s Dinner fundraiser for the West Rainy River District Lions Club. Featuring wild meat and fish. Nov. 8 doors at 4:30, dinner at 6 p.m. tickets $50, available online at westlions.ca or from Telford Advent, 807-271-2007, Kent Ogden at Cloverleaf Grocery Store or any West Rainy River District […]
Bradley was born May 11, 1953, Pine Falls, Man., to parents Alvin and Beatrice (Cyr) Marusyk and grew up in Atikokan, Ontario. He married Cheryl Olson on November 24, 1973. Died October 23, 2025 at 72 years of age. Brad and Cheryl lived in a few towns and cities in […]
It is with great sorrow that the family announce the passing of Marilyn Anne McKinnon, 85, on October 31, 2025. A celebration of life will take place on Monday, November 10, 2025, at Guthrie United Church in Devlin, Ont., at 11 a.m. Full obituary to follow. Arrangements entrusted to Northridge Funeral […]
With profound sadness, our family announces the peaceful passing of Georgia Rae Vinkle, on October 28, 2025. Born in Kirkland Lake on December 6, 1944, she was the first daughter and third of six children born to Ernie and Winnie Vinkle. The Vinkle family relocated to Atikokan in the early […]
July 18, 1949 – November 2, 2025 It is with great love and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Jack Wielinga, who left us peacefully on November 2, 2025, at the age of 76. Jack lived a full and meaningful life marked by faith, kindness, hard work, and […]
As another horse racing season wound down this month with the Breeders Cup, and as the sport of kings inches closer to extinction, here’s the question: Can this sport be sustained by people who say “there’s just something about horse racing.” This is a sport — of royalty or not […]
By Robert Animikii Horton
Northern Reflections
Northern Reflections
We are born into a world of words. Like countless others, words define my life — first as an avid reader of stacks of Archie comic books, later as an educator, later as an author. It’s easy to think of words as tools, mere instruments of communication, or sonic stepping-stones […]
Remembrance Day and Veterans Week arrive next week. It was first celebrated on November 3, 1919, and was then known as Armistice Day. For over a decade it was celebrated on the first Monday preceding November 11. The date was set to mark the end of the first world war. […]
