To air is human, but to do this you have to be crazy. Snow-cross drivers put on a show for a few hundred spectators during the final rounds of the Ultimate Canadian Motorsports Association (UCMA) Snow-Cross event, Feb. 20-21 at the Dryden Agricultural Fairgrounds. Photos by Chris Marchand UCMA Snow-Cross event draws hundreds to fairgrounds for [...]
Go Sam! Emily Chasowy and her canine pal Sam try for a rookie ski-joring landspeed record during a ski-joring and kick-sledding workshop held by the Manitoba group Snow Motion, Feb. 20 at Bonny Bay Camp on Wabigoon Lake. [...]
Brian Duncan throws his rock during the combined mens’ and ladies’ curling bonspiels over the weekend at Eagles’ Landing. The Cam McMillan rink was the eventual winner on the mens’ side, beating out the Bryan Meadows rink by half a point in the round robin point system. The Pam Dunn rink took first place on the [...]
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
28 May 2009
The Dryden Regional Health Centre (DRHC) is hoping a little pause may reduce complications from surgery. The organization is rolling out a strategy to have all surgeries performed at the hospital perform a surgical checklist before, during and after operations. A study by the World Health Organization and Harvard University found that using the checklist reduced the [...]
28 May 2009
The Youth Action Alliance program, one that encourages youth to prevent their peers from smoking, will be no more. As of Aug. 31 the Provinc of Ontario has cancelled funding for the program, which has run since 2005, says a release issued by the Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU), who oversaw the program locally. “I am deeply discouraged [...]
27 May 2009
The Dryden Eagles girls’ soccer team have advanced to the NorWOSSA championship game after a 1-0 victory over the Beaver Brae Broncos this afternoon. Halle Lobreau scored for Dryden about 10 minutes into the second half of their semi-final game to seal the victory. The team will face the Fort Frances Muskies shortly after 3:30 this [...]
27 May 2009
By Chris Marchand Momentum is gathering behind a value-added forest products partnership between three regional First Nations and forest companies in Canada and Finland. Proponents of the Two Feathers Forest Products Limited Partnership hosted an open house at Eagle Lake May 25, briefing the community on the status of the long simmering business venture that could bring [...]
26 May 2009
All eyes will be on Fort Frances Wednesday, as the community hosts the NorWOSSA Soccer Championship tournament. Both Dryden High School squads will be competing in the morning’s semi-finals in hopes of earning a berth in the championship matches, which will be held in the afternoon. The Eagles Boys, who went 1-2-3 in the regular season, will [...]
21 May 2009
The Eagles girl’s soccer team finished 1-1 in Kenora yesterday for the final leg of the NorWOSSA season. The girls faced off against the Beaver Brae Broncos in their first game, earning a 2-1 win. An hour later, they laced up again against the Fort Frances Muskies who hadn’t yet played. The girls fell 3-0 at [...]
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