Although the forest fire rating was recently high to extreme, the current rainfall the area has received brought the rating down to low to moderate. Deb MacLean, of the Ministry of Natural Resources reports that the area saw almost 10,000 strikes of lightning on Sunday and Monday. Although this number appears high, it is not unusual [...]
The Dryden District Agricultural Society’s 103rd Fall Fair was blessed with fine weather and series of spectacular moonrises over three days in Dryden last week as the community swelled with fair goers from around the region. Here is a sampling of images captured over three exciting days of events at the Dryden Fairgrounds. Photos by [...]
For the second year in a row, patrons of the annual Trout Forest Music Festival in Ear Falls endured some very nasty weather, Aug. 13-15, that all but shut down the main stage and crammed the muddy hordes into the protective confines of the tent covering of Frank’s Tavern stage. Rain gear was a must [...]
Eagle Lake Coalition continues efforts to protect peninsula Eagle Lake residents opposed to forestry on the Farabout Peninsula haven’t let up on their goal of preserving the 1,000 hectare landmass as a conservation area. Lakeshore residents from the Townline Rd. area near Eagle River formed the coalition in 2008 after learning of a proposed plan to build [...]
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 were able to max their speed at 39km/h. The races featured three classes, an A class for kids 13 and under, [...]
18 August 2010
Sten Lif, Chief Administrative Officer has chosen to retire after twelve great years with the Kenora District Services Board (KDSB). Having been a part of KDSB since its beginning in 1998, Lif was hired as a consultant to develop the organization and prepare some options of how to run the company. Lif submitted his resignation for [...]
18 August 2010
With it being election time in the City of Dryden, names are coming forward to fill the positions available including mayor, six positions for council, English Public School Board Trustee, French Public School Board Trustee, two vacancies for English Separate School Board Trustee and French Separate School Board Trustee. At time of press, there was one [...]
11 August 2010
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 Friesen says though Delta cancelled the flights due to passenger shortage, they’re optimistic that they can turn that around and [...]
11 August 2010
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 creating a large soccer complex, complete with full size, smaller and practice fields and hopefully lights and a building in [...]
11 August 2010
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 AA division as more teams get added to the 32-team league. While they will face off against familiar teams such [...]
11 August 2010
With the sound of the bell by Town Crier, Daniel Richer, 150 runners took off from the Dryden Memorial Arena for the Centennial road race on Sunday, Aug. 8 at 8 a.m. Participants could run the 10 km, 10 miles, or 5 km courses, set at intervals starting down Sandy Beach Rd. The results are [...]
Friday, Sep 3
Light Rain
Currently: 10˚C
Feels Like: 7˚ C
Hi: N/A˚, Lo: 6˚
Tonight: 6˚
Sunset: 7:51 PM
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
Saturday, Sep 4
Hi: 14˚, Lo: 4˚
Sunday, Sep 5
Hi: 17˚, Lo: 6˚
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