Morgan Murdick and friends took advantage of a dump of fresh snow to do some snowboarding at Dryden Ski Club, Feb. 3. It was the local hill’s first night opening of the season. Photo by Chris Marchand
Canada’s Country Gentleman Tommy Hunter entertained an auditorium full of faithful fans, Jan. 27, at The Centre. The beloved host of the longest running musical TV program (27 years) in history, The Tommy Hunter Show, proved there is plenty of appetite for old-time country music in Dryden. Photo by Chris Marchand
Late afternoon light dances through billowing clouds of steam at the Wabigoon River rapids in -30 degrees Celsius. Photo by Chris Marchand
Constructed by volunteers, using 600 blocks of ice generated by a community campaign, Olympic inukshuks at the Van Horne Landing site ultimately went unused on Relay Day. An upcoming winter festival to be hosted on the Family Day long weekend, Feb. 15, plans to use the site to stage a host of fun activities. For [...]
03 February 2010
You can’t get any close than that. With 0.1 seconds left on the clock, the Beaver Brae Broncos managed to squeeze the game winning goal past Eagle goaltender Kim Wildehaber and avoid an overtime scramble. The Eagles were down 2-0 near the middle of the first period but Ryan Lobreau would bring the team within one to [...]
02 February 2010
Navigate your way to the Dryden’s Community Matters Questionnaire by clicking here. EDITORIAL: Time to take ownership? At the risk of flogging the same dead horse week-in, week-out in this space, there is something very important that I’d like to ask of each of you. It is my hope that you made it out to Community Matters’ evening [...]
02 February 2010
Leaders from the Kenora District municipalities will converge in Ear Falls this week, working to identify common issues to pass up to higher levels of political process. Dryden city councillor Gary Case says he expects to hear a good deal of budget talk this week as he expects many neighbouring municipalities are finding themselves in a [...]
02 February 2010
Not long after billions of dollars in tax loopholes for U.S. forest producers lapsed in December of 2009, competing Canadian mills have yet another U.S. subsidy to contend with. Thunder Bay Rainy River MP and Forestry Critic John Rafferty is calling on the Canadian government to pressure the Obama administration to negotiate the end of the [...]
02 February 2010
Young Drivers has a new face on the web in the form of a new online learning program made for students taking the Young Drivers program. The provincial drivers education course is setting itself apart from other institutions by including an online program called the e-Experience to be implemented with the in class courses for the [...]
26 January 2010
The Schools Building Schools students are moving towards their goal of $15,000 raised to help build a school in Guatemala. The group of DHS students has been raising money in various fundraisers and is about to launch their third major fundraiser of the year. The group is hosting a bottle drive on Feb. 20 to help raise [...]
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