The 26th-annual Kenora Bass International tournament took place over the weekend on Lake of the Woods with 130 teams participating in this year’s event. Though my first tournament was way back in 1993, fishing my Dad, since 2000 I have been partnered up with my good friend, Chris Savage. We […]
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Joey Payeur That sound emanating from Kitchen Creek Golf Club this past weekend was Alex McDonald stomping all over his opposition. The former Fort Frances resident, who now resides in Winnipeg, carded back-to-back rounds of 72 to finish with a two-day total of even-par 144 and an easy seven-stroke victory […]
Staff The summer racing season had kept Matt DePiero out in the cold when it came to the winners’ circle—until last weekend. The Fort Frances resident surged to victory in the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds feature race last Saturday at Emo Speedway to earn his first win of the Borderland Racing […]
Joey Payeur Wendy Tilbury is a woman of few words, at least when it comes to interviews. She let her triathlon skills speak volumes for her this past Saturday. The Fort Frances resident was victorious in the female 40-44 sprint distance category at the inaugural Sioux Narrows Paradise Triathlon, making […]
Joey Payeur The Borderland Soccer League is taking its final kicks of the can for the 2013 season and the drama is building to what should be a thundering crescendo. The men’s division final is set, as the top two clubs on the circuit all season will clash to decide […]
Joey Payeur The underdog Sabaskong Cougars took an early lead in Monday night’s first-round playoff game in the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League. Little did they know the Fort Frances Herricanes were packing sledgehammers in their bat bags. The Herricanes responded to the deficit with demolition-type force, bludgeoning the […]
Joey Payeur High schoolers with gridiron ambitions should start stretching their muscles now. The Fort Frances High School Muskies will hold their preseason training camp starting this upcoming Monday, with sessions running from 6:30-8:30 p.m. all week and again on Aug. 26. The practice schedule changes to after-school practices beginning […]
Joey Payeur Call them The Magnificent Seven. A group of riders saddled up for a good cause this past weekend as part of the Borderland Quarter Horse Association’s (BQHA) annual horse show at the Emo fairgrounds. Devlin residents Riley Caul and Rey Chartier were joined by Emo’s Paige McNally and […]
Staff It was the race Steve Arpin wanted to be in. It wasn’t the result he wanted to have. The Fort Frances product, representing the OMSE2 team, made it into the feature of the Global Rallycross Championship tour stop at the Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday. But Arpin never made […]
Staff The Rainy River Future Development Corporation are able to get a start on their Regional Economic Diversification Project after receiving $270,750 in funding from the province’s Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC). The announcement was made Thursday afternoon at the Lake of the Woods Discovery Centre in Kenora by […]
Sarah Pruys The Northwest Business Centre will once again be holding “BizKids Camp” here in town from Aug. 19-23. Diane Schwartz-Williams, who organizes the program, noted that there are approximately 10 spots available and so parents are encouraged to sign their children up soon. Thursday at noon is the cutoff […]
