Kamm overall champ at trapping convention

By Chris Marchand Local trapper Chris Kamm was a big winner at the recent Northwestern Trappers Association Convention in Thunder Bay. A staple competitor in the fur handling competitions, the Dryden Trappers Council member who operates [...]

Relaxed border policy to ease tourism woes

By Ally Dunham Tourism outfitters and associations across the region are celebrating a federal decision that will give personnel at the Canadian/U.S. border more options in admitting visitors to Canada. Kenora MP Greg Rickford played a [...]

Hittin’ the trails at the Dryden Ski Club

  Jill Wilkinson and her daughter Ruby, tucked cosily into a ski-mounted sled, set off on the Dryden Ski Club’s Nordic trail system to enjoy the outdoors in temperatures that ranged above the freezing mark, Feb. [...]

Dryden Ski Club opens While conditions may be a bit ‘bony’ yet with the lack of snowfall thus far in the season, many young local skiers and snowboarders made a weekend trip nonetheless to the Dryden [...]

Ski Club adds snowcat, prepares to run all lifts

By Ally Dunham The Dryden Ski Club is preparing for the season, and getting the hill ready for opening. Volunteers having been working strenuously for many weekends, painting, mowing, cutting and upgrading the hill and grounds. [...]

GALLERY: 2011 Walleye Masters — Day 1 — in the air and on the water

Scenes from Day One of Walleye Masters action on Wabigoon Lake. For Day One results, click here. Photos by Chris Marchand By Ally Dunham There were 113 teams registered for this year’s Shaw Walleye Masters, and [...]

GALLERY: Slush Cup 2011 – Dryden Ski Club

Ski club members braved the rain to say farewell to the 2010-2011 ski season in style, Sunday. Decked out in unfortunate ski styles of the past and hurling themselves into a pit of water at high [...]

Rough Riders: UCMA Sno-Cross comes to town

After a hectic winter of travelling and competing all over Central Canada, local sno-cross racers put on a bit of a show for the hometown crowd, March 5 and 6 at the Dryden Agricultural Fairgrounds. For [...]

Here fishy fishy …

Truly a fearsome sight for any fish to see, Sheri Spanjers and Devin Neil of Eagle River peer down into the dark abyss of Wabigoon Lake in search of the elusive walleye. Well, okay, it was [...]

GALLERY: 2011 Eton Rugby Winterfest Dog Sled Races

Dog sled competitor Jarad Moore helps out his six-dog team as they traverse a snowy hillside during the Eton Rugby Winterfest Dog Sled Race, Feb.19. For spectators and the many photographers attending the event, the 26 [...]