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Pumpkin festival this Saturday in RR

Ken Johnston
Editor

Next week it will be big fish, this weekend it will be giant pumpkins as the 9th Annual Rainy River Valley Giant Pumpkin Festival is held under the big tent in Rainy River.

18 RR and Barwick school kids qualify for chess provincials

Ken Johnston
Editor

Marty Johnston, 15, of Rainy River High School, checkmated his way to a perfect score, qualifying for the provincial chess championships last Wednesday in Rainy River.

Hampton makes campaign stop in Rainy River

Ken Johnston
Editor

Incumbent Member of Provincial Parliament Howard Hampton was in Rainy River campaigning over the weekend with a television crew in tow.

RR rail terminal derailed again

Ken Johnston
Editor

Canadian National Railway employees in Rainy River must feel like they are on a long yo-yo string.

Kendall Olsen named Vice-principal at RRHS

Ken Johnston
Editor

There is a new face at Rainy River High School.

Patti Tetu joins Riverview staff

Ken Johnston
Editor

For Patti Tetu, new teacher at Riverview Elementary School, it is like coming home.
The former Riverview student graduated from Lakehead University in April from the concurrent education program.

Aid for farmers announced

Gary Sliworksky
Ag. Rep.

The following is a recent news release from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.

Prices good at Stratton sale

Ken Johnston
Editor

Things were moooving along as if the Mad Cow scare never happened at the first Stratton Cattle Sale of the season last Saturday.

Where will the farms go?

Gary Sliworsky
Ag. Rep.

Demographics suggest as much as 70 per cent of all farmland in North ‘America will be transferred in the next decade.

History paddles into Rainy River

Ken Johnston
Editor

About half way through their 13 day journey, the modern day voyageurs stopped in Rainy River last Thursday evening to spend a night and then entertain and educate townspeople the next morning.

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