The last two days of rainfall brought much-needed moisture to newly-seeded crops and pastures, causing district farmers to heave a collective sigh of relief. But given the dry weather of late, people are still asking, “Is it enough?” Kim Desserre, president of the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture, said that […]
District News
Organizers of the 28th-annual Manitou fish fry are expecting several hundred people to show up for it this Friday at 4 p.m. at the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre Round House (Manitou Mounds). Hosted by the Rainy River First Nation, more than 500 invitations were sent out to people on both sides […]
The Calvinette GEMS’ held their achievement evening Tuesday at the Emo Christian Reformed Church. With pianist Cora Van Smeerdyk at the keyboard, the procession commenced. The girls, carrying colourful balloons, marched to their seats, each dressed in white/blue apparel with blue kerchiefs containing achievement badges they have earned during their […]
Construction on the new Rainy River hospital could begin in a few weeks, with the Ministry of Health authorizing Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. here to sign a contract. Riverside chairman Pat Giles said they received the go-ahead notice from the ministry on Friday, just nine days after the tenders […]
Piles of red tape have been removed to allow Manitoba beef farmers “in-transit” access between Warroad and Baudette so they can re-export their cattle to the States through Rainy River’s designated port of entry while both ones in Manitoba are closed for repairs. What has local beef farmers so steamed […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board has announced the first round of casualties from the ministry’s new funding model, declaring 4.75 teaching positions as surplus. The decision was made at Saturday’s regular board meeting in Dryden, during which the 1998-99 preliminary budget, which predicted a $117,000 shortfall, was presented to […]
Kim Jo Calder, manager of the Emo Research Station, has taken every advantage of the early spring, with many of the cereal crops for her performance trials already in the ground there. Calder started seeding the middle of last week although she said the ground was worked up and ready […]
Rainy River First Nation (Manitou Rapids) is out to restore the river to its pristine beauty–and they’re trying to recruit other municipalities along it to help them.
Applications for federal wage subsidies are on the rise in the Rainy River District, with the Human Resources office here pulling in 76 applications from employers looking to hire students this summer under the Summer Career Placement Program. Fifty of those applications were from Fort Frances area (from Mine Centre […]
Bidding was strong and prices were high as close to 950 head of cattle moved through the Stratton sales yard Saturday at the second-annual spring sale held by the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association. Buyers’ row was close to full when the sale started, with the first head of cattle being […]
KBHW Radio in International Falls will hold a charity auction at the Bob Walls Memorial Union Hall there to raise support specifically for the physical needs of its building and radio maintenance. “The facility has served us extremely well in the 15 years of our existence,” noted station manager Bruce […]
For the first time its 18-year history here, the annual ethnic celebration known as “Culturama” has been cancelled–a consequence of depleted volunteer and funding pools, organizers revealed Monday. “It’s just such an awful lot of work and there’s not enough people to run it. The volunteers are just tired,” Sig […]
