Lucas Punkari Kimbi Copenace of Beef’s Warriors tried to make a double-play for his team to get out of an inning during the RRDFL all-star game in Barwick on Thursday evening. Copenace’s side would capture the game by score of 7-0, in what was the final game for players before […]
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Staff Though it wasn’t the top ten showing that he was hoping to get, Steve Arpin had another solid result in his #32 Mike’s Hard Lemonade Chevrolet Silverado in Friday night’s Camping World Truck Series race at Lucas Oil Raceway in Clermont, Indiana. The Fort Frances native piloted his Turner […]
Staff Kenora-Rainy River’s longtime MPP Howard Hampton will not be seeking re-election. “I have thought about this for some time, and I have finally made my decision”, stated Hampton in a press release announcing his intentions not to run in this fall’s provincial election. “After 24 years as a member […]
Press Release The Walk for Good Life 2011, “Empowering Youth by Celebrating their Gifts,” is coming through Northwestern Ontario this week (Aug. 1-7), with the group stopping at Couchiching First Nation and Rainy River First Nations tomorrow (Aug. 3). About 15-20 core walkers will be participating in the 500-km journey […]
Press Release On Sunday, members of the Rainy River District OPP Detachment responded to a single vehicle collision on Highway 11, 20 kilometres west of Atikokan. Although the vehicle suffered extensive damage, the male driver of a tractor trailer unit was taken to Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center (TBRHSC) […]
Lucas Punkari Jake Froemke made his way through turn one during a novice class heat race at the Emo go-kart track on Friday evening. Froemke captured the first heat race of the night on Friday while AJ Kellar captured the other heat and feature wins. The advanced class saw Wyatt […]
Submitted This tractor trailer suffered extensive damage in a crash Sunday on Highway 11, about 20 km west of Atikokan.
Zoey Duncan Richard Boileau of McTaggarts, right, drew the winning ticket for the August “Trip of Month,” with help from Evan Wright as Kiwanian Robin Wright looked on at International Travel Services here. Allan Mott of Winnipeg won a trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico valued at $4,200. Next month’s is […]
Lucas Punkari Gavin Paull (#16) and Dwayne Pelepetz battled it out for position during the heat race for the WISSOTA Modified class at the Emo Speedway on Saturday night. Paull would capture the checkered flag in the heat race and would go on to capture his eighth straight feature victory, […]
Zoey Duncan The fountain at the Lions Millennium Park on Second Street East was overflowing with soap suds this morning thanks to unidentified vandals. The fountain will have to be shut down for the long weekend since the town does not have a crew available to dedicate to the full […]
Lucas Punkari Travis Tom of the Big Grassy Braves prepared to take a swing during the Rainy River District Fastball League’s annual all-star game yesterday evening in Barwick. Tom was the winning pitcher for Team 1, which cruised to a 7-0 shutout over Team 2 in a game that featured […]
Heather Latter Local author Fran Shelfantook signed a copy of her recently-published novel, “Sophia’s Journey,” for her great-granddaughter, Vanna Abbott, yesterday afternoon during the official launch of the book at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. The novel tells the tale of her own great-grandmother’s journey from Sweden to […]
