Local News

Tanya Hasbargen
Lakewood Care Center

Karen Usiski, a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) with LakeWood Care Center in Baudette, Minnesota, has been named the Minnesota Health & Housing Alliance’s District A “Caregiver of the Year.”

Ken Johnston

If you noticed the trains are going faster through Rainy River you are not imagining things.

Ken Johnston

The Town of Rainy River will continue to be governed by six councillors, at least for now.

Wilma Sletmoen
Contributor

The Smith’s are a typical Canadian family; average income, modest home in a quiet neighbourhood. Several months ago, Mrs. Smith’s mother, Mrs. Jones, came to live with them. Mrs. Jones is dying. After many tests, treatments and hospital stays, her doctors have told the family that cure of her disease is no longer a reasonable goal. Instead, Mrs. Jones and her family have decided they will concentrate on keeping her as physically and emotionally comfortable as possible for her remaining time.

Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

The winter months curtail any outdoor gardening activity but it is a great time to dream and plan the garden for next year. Over the winter months, many of these gardening columns will provide you with planning advice for a variety of gardens and plant ideas, for the upcoming gardening season.

Crime Stoppers

Crime Stoppers has an urgent message for everyone. There is another extremely harmful and addictive drug making a presence within our communities, and one which veteran drug enforcement personnel are describing as “evil.”

Ken Boshcoff, MP
Thunder Bay-Rainy River

A number of people have asked me how my mid-winter break was. I imagine they were expecting me to tell tales of six weeks of tropical destinations and sunshine, but the truth is I spent most of my House break in my favourite destination spot - Northwestern Ontario.

Al Lowe
Contributor

Did you ever go to a poultry show? I mean a really big one, like the Royal Winter Fair or the CNE. If you ever get a chance, visit one of these displays of chickens. You will be amazed at the different kinds of ‘hens’ there are.

Ken Johnston

Many of us take having a comfy quilt on our beds for granted. That is not the case for some children in Cuba so a local quilters group decided to change that.

Ken Johnston

The Town of Rainy River will be in court March 3, 2005 facing charges laid by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment last fall.