The annual Shoal Lake Big Bass Classic was a special one for me this past weekend because I got to watch my dad, Jim Gustafson, and his partner, Dean Smith, whup everybody to win the tournament after fishing in it together for many years. In fact, it was my dad […]
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It’s becoming increasingly harder to believe, given the recent form of their teams, but there once was a time when my hometown of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., and its cross-border sister city of the same name in Michigan, were the powerhouses in major junior and collegiate hockey. During a three […]
MCGINNIS-PITCHENESE–Born to Jilana McGinnis and Aaron Pitchenese, of Rainy River First Nation, ON, a girl, Dallis Rain, weighing 8 lbs. on July 3, 2012 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
DERKSEN–Brielle, Sammy & Trent would like to announce the arrival of their sister, Rylie Alice Faith, on June 12, 2012, at Thunder Bay Regional Hospital, weighing 9 lbs. 1 oz., 20 inches long. Proud parents are Onalee & Tyler. Also to welcome Rylie are her grandparents, Will & Kathy Derksen […]
Staff Adult volunteers are still needed The Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship held a volunteer sign-up yesterday from 7-9 p.m. at Boston Pizza. To ensure things run smoothly during the tournament next week, volunteers were assigned a position and time when they signed up. Afterwards, they were invited to stay […]
the MNR New fires continued to show up in the Northwest Region, with about a dozen reported by early yesterday evening while the final tally for Sunday was 28. Progress is being made on fires in the region, with 10 declared “out” as of yesterday. Most of the new fires […]
Lucas Punkari Sara Roach of Taggs’ Source for Sports took control of the ball while Isabel Smith of the La Place Rendez-Vous Voyageurs applied pressure from behind during Borderland Soccer League women’s action at St. Francis Field yesterday evening. Roach scored a pair of goals as Taggs cruised to a […]
Peacefully, on Saturday, July 14, 2012, Cheryl Louise Null Freeman passed away at the Wake Medical Center in Raleigh, N.C. Cheryl was born Aug. 23, 1961 to Betty and the late Lee Null in Marion, Va. Cheryl is survived by her husband of 11 years, Michael of Fort Frances, Ont.; […]
the OPP On Thursday at 5:15 a.m., the Rainy River District OPP detachment received a report of three overdue boaters. Three males, all from Fort Frances, were said to have set out from the Sorting Gap Marina on July 11 around 5:30 p.m., but failed to return home as expected […]
the MNR FireRangers and air attack crews were very busy again yesterday as multiple new fires ignited. Fresh lightning that passed through Northwestern Ontario in the past 24-36 hours continues to spark new blazes. New forest fires also were reported across the West Fire Region on Saturday, rounding out the […]
