I watched a bumblebee on Saturday morning. Blueberry plants at the island are covered in creamy white miniature bell shaped flowers. The bumblebee was meticulously going from flower to flower, hovering just in from of each flower. If it had landed the branch from which the flowers hung would have bent. The bee was much larger than the flowers it was gathering nectar from.

For this week’s column I would like to share a letter that I sent to Indian and Northern Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl regarding the Couchiching toll-booth protest that was set to begin Friday at no

While I don't have room to write a thousand words in this space each week, the photo you see here definitely is worth it. We have been trying to book this one site at our favourite campgrounds for three years in May. It is early enough to see the sunset from the site without the underbrush having grown in and boy was it worth the wait!
This is my future step-daughter Veronica Brown posing in front of Cass Lake and the sunset on Friday evening!

–Until then,
Ken

It is with great sadness that the family of Barbara Dorothy Easton (nee Henderson) announces her passing on May 14th, 2010. Barb was born January 18th, 1920 to Andrew and Elizabeth Henderson of Rainy River. She and her husband Jack were married in 1943 in Rainy River, and 14 years later they relocated to Fort Frances with their young family.

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Innovation in nutritional research leads to healthy discoveries about a food favourite of several parts of Canada

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Melanie Murray

Rainy River is very Honoured to be Hosting their First Relay for Life Event, on Friday, June 11, 2010 at the Riverview School yard.

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