Subscribe to our RssFollow us on Twitter!Follow us on Facebook!

Archive for 'Author Archive'

Two vehicle collision results in death on Hwy 17

On Monday, August 16, 2010 at approximately 10:12 am, a motor vehicle collision occurred on Highway 17 west in Eton Township, District of Kenora approximately 300 meters east of the Highway 605 (Eton-Rugby Road) and Highway [...]

Wabigoon demands report on Two Feathers project

Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation held a peaceful protest outside of the Two Feathers head office on the reserve Friday, Aug. 13 to demand some answers. Since the forestry project has moved forward, Wabigoon claims they have [...]

BizKids host Market Day

Very rarely does one find an entrepreneur that has yet to reach Grade Six but on Saturday, Aug. 14, King Street was full of them as the BizKids set up shop beside Wilson’s Business Solutions to [...]

Eat Local Day: party of 28

If there’s anyone in the community that says eating local isn’t easy clearly hasn’t tried that hard. When the Eat Local Day challenge was made, local resident Calista Livingston took it to a whole other level, [...]

Pinette joins Mudhens for gold

Local athlete, Megan Pinette joined the Murillo Mudhens ladies’ fastball in their gold medal win at the Western Canadian Championships in Winnipeg Aug. 5-8. The team went 4-2 in the round robin with wins against Saskatchewan’s [...]

Slow fishing for Ice Dogs “Hookin’ $50 grand” fish derby

While first place winner, Louise Gauthier managed to bring in a 6.65lbs walleye during the Ice Dogs fishing derby, it was the only big fish of the tournament. Second place weight , captured by Ken Gauthier, [...]

Soap Box Derby 2010

After being rained out on July 3, the Aug. 14 Soap Box Derby brought out a large crowd and 13 cars for the second annual event. After moving the races to Colonization Ave. hill, the cars [...]

Bearskin expanding to U.S. flights

When Delta Air Lines announced earlier this summer that they were canceling their twice-daily Thunder Bay – Minneapolis – St. Paul flights, Bearskin jumped at the chance to expand into the United States. Bearskin President Harvey [...]

Fourth field to be added in north Dryden

Groundwork has started once again at the new soccer complex in north Dryden as a fourth soccer field will be added to the park. The fourth field is just one more step in the process of [...]

Young talent hitting the football field this fall

The 2010 Winnipeg High School Football League schedule has been posted and the Dryden Eagles football team will see some new faces on the field this fall season. The team has been bumped up to the [...]