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Local runners conquer Boston

By Jennifer Thurbide Four road warriors put their training to the test recently joining more than 23,000 challengers racing to finish the 2012 Boston Marathon. On April 16, 2012 athletes Candice Herbert, Roy Sidders, Matt Long [...]

Volunteers set sights on illegal dump cleanup

Volunteers set sights on illegal dump cleanup

Lisa Dumontier A group of community residents are mobilising to address ongoing illegal dumping activities after discovering further activity at a makeshift waste disposal site last week. Frustrated by the ongoing lack of respect for the [...]

Council resignation leaves one seat open

Lisa Dumontier The Municipality of Red Lake will spend the next sixty days working to fill a vacancy on Council after the March 30th, 2012 resignation of Councillor Jason Baker. On leave since January, Baker’s seat [...]

Local ratepayers to foot the bill for Centennial Park damage

Local ratepayers to foot the bill for Centennial Park damage

Lisa Dumontier Area taxpayers will be reaching a little deeper into their pockets to cover the costs associated with rectifying damaged property at Red Lake’s Centennial Park. Assumed to have happened during the evening of April [...]

Record turnout for Red Lake: An Exhibit

Record turnout for Red Lake: An Exhibit

Jennifer Thurbide The official opening of photographer Harriet Carlson’s newest project set attendance records last month as more than 400 people came out to the opening of Red Lake: An Exhibit. The collection of fashion photographs [...]

Reel Paddling Film Festival encourages local paddling adventures

Reel Paddling Film Festival encourages local paddling adventures

Jennifer Thurbide Those looking for a new summer hobby are being encouraged to check out the upcoming Reel Paddling Film Festival set to run from April 13-14, 2012 at the Red Lake District High School. Organizers [...]

Long-gun registry scrapped by long-awaited Senate vote

Lisa Dumontier Filling a campaign promise to abolish Canada’s long-gun registry, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced last week that the federal Bill C-19, Ending the Long-Gun Registry Act, had passed its third reading in Senate, by [...]

Rickford talks regional: Economic Action Plan 2012

By Lisa Dumontier Far from the hard-hitting federal budget anticipated in recent weeks, the 2012 Economic Action Plan has hit the table to mixed reviews. Calling the plan for prosperity an “investment in Canada’s future”, Kenora-Rainy [...]

Critics to province: Budget 2012 fails to make the grade

By Lisa Dumontier The 2012 Ontario Budget is getting mixed reviews across the province and while opposition parties may be readying their speeches for a mid-term provincial election, the document has not been given the heave-ho [...]

Relay planning underway with new awards

Relay planning underway with new awards

By Jennifer Thurbide The 2012 Red Lake Relay for Life is set to kick off at Centennial Park this upcoming June with some new hardware. The event, which is in its eighth year in the district, [...]