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
23 February 2010
“The walleye can wait.” That’s Cpt. Dan Rossi’s advice for anyone thinking about going fishing this May Long Weekend instead of attending the largest airshow Dryden will likely ever see. Two pilots from the Canadian Forces Snowbirds Demonstration Team touched down in a Tudor jet last week to put some faces to names in an ongoing effort [...]
18 February 2010
Hwy 17 was re-opened approximately four hours after the initial closure due to a fatal motor vehicle accident near Willard Lake Esso.
17 February 2010
West bound traffic from Dryden heading to Kenora is being re-routed down Hwy 502 due to an accident near Dixie Lake involving a transport and a passenger vehicle. Police will advise when the highway is expected to be reopened.
17 February 2010
Five goals in the third period sent the Eagles soaring past the Muskies in their final home game on Feb. 16. The girls were down 1-0 in the first period but with just seconds left on the clock, Morgan Church buried her first the night to tie the game. Not much action in the second period. The [...]
16 February 2010
The Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nations proudly opened their new small business centre to house offices for many businesses in the community. The building was built last fall and the offices are now open for the Two Feathers main office, the Seven Generations alternative education classrooms and offices and other small businesses. The Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, the [...]
10 February 2010
It was four wins on the court for the Eagles boys and girls basketball and volleyball today against the Beaver Brae Broncos. The Senior girls’ volleyball team started the winning streak with a straight set win against the Broncos, with scores of 25-12, 25-1, 25-19. The Senior boys’ basketball team won their first of the season with [...]
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