Local News

Ken Johnston
Editor

Fifteen citizens met for the third time last Thursday evening at the Rainy River Activity depot to discuss ways to “beautify” Rainy River.
“We really want to bring the community back up to how it was during the centennial (2004),” explained town councillor and committee chair Debbie Ewald.

Pat Stoyka
Contributor

Bergland School is a buzz of activity on Monday evenings as we meet for our Biggest Loser contest.
April 10th was our first big weigh in. There were 48 registered participants and the total weight lost was 132.4 lbs. But some of us gained this week, a total of 24.4 lbs. but still giving us a net loss of 108 lbs.

Ken Johnston
Editor

Last Tuesday 24 students at Riverview Elementary School in Rainy River DAREd to be different as they graduated from the DARE program.
DARE stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education and is an anti-drug and anti-violence educational program taught by local Ontario Provincial Police Officers.

News Release
OPP

On April 22nd, at approximately 3:00 p.m. officers from the Emo Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police investigated the theft of a motor vehicle from a residence located in Watten Township. Shortly after 4:00 p.m. officers from the Dryden Detachment of the OPP located the vehicle at the junction of Highway 502 and Highway 594.

Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

Inorganic mulch products are used in a garden setting differently than many of the organic mulch products listed in a previous column. Not all gardeners have a use for the inorganic mulches available on the market today so take the time to read the summary of the inorganic mulch products listed and see if you even have a need for any products like this.

Barb Miller
RR Ministerial

It is hard to believe, but it is already the end of April, and as I look around me I experience the quiet joy that comes with spring and new life. Robins are here, tulips are growing, and in the chaos of my rock garden, there are pansies blooming. (Why the weeds and the grass haven’t choked them out is a mystery to me - I really must get in there!)

Jarrod Gunn-McQuillan,
Northwestern Health Unit

For all those avid readers out there getting ready for another great column from Gary, there is one little change this week. Gary has been kind enough to offer his column space to the Rainy River Valley Food Council. We are a group of local individuals interested in agriculture, food, health, community and the environment.

Al Lowe
Contributor

The American Robin is probably the most familiar bird in the country. It is found in every part of Canada where there are trees, including the Yukon and the Labrador. It adapted to civilization better than any other species, and can be found in the largest cities as well as in the wild woods.

Howard Hampton
M.P.P.

It is often said - you judge a society by how it treats its most vulnerable citizens.
In our society, many of those most vulnerable citizens are children. According to the latest Ontario figures, one child in six lives in poverty. That’s an astonishing 443,000 children. If you brought them all together, they would number more than three times the city of Thunder Bay.

Ken Johnston

RRHS Sr. Girls Doubles team Hillary Hansen and Chantel Heyens smashed their way to the All Ontario when they went 4-1 at NWOSSA’s last Wednesday in Thunder Bay.