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
21 May 2009
The Eagles boys’ soccer team faired well in Kenora yesterday, coming home with two ties. The boys tied the top place team, the Beaver Brae Broncos, 3-3, with Caleb Ecshbach, Blair Dingwall and Daimon Wesley each adding a single goal. They tied the Fort Frances Muskies in the second game 1-1 with Fort scoring an own goal [...]
21 May 2009
_Dryden’s annual Relay for Life is always an emotional event. A major fundraiser for cancer research, the event touches the lives of everyone in hopes of one day finding a cure for cancer. That is the case with Jessica Morton who will be shaivng her head bald in memory of her father, Ed, who lost his battle [...]
20 May 2009
Quilt fundraiser to aid treasured rural community hub By Chris Marchand Some Oxdrift volunteers are hoping that their rural neighbours and perhaps a few Dryden folk will chip in to help the Oxdrift Hall. As there can be no better metaphor for ‘community’ than a quilt, Friends of the Oxdrift Hall are selling personalized squares on a large [...]
15 May 2009
The rumour mill had overstated the event a little bit, but at least some powerful people got to make the announcement and visit Kenora at the same time. 10 KM of highway between Kenora and Manitoba are being twinned and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the trek to Kenora to make [...]
14 May 2009
The Premier of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be in Kenora tomorrow (Friday May 15) to make what is described as a joint announcement. The event will take place at the Kenora Operation’s Centre on 14th st. N at 2:30 p.m. There is no word on what the announcement will entail. The event is [...]
