Dan Falloon With the nucleus of the three-time defending champion Domino’s team still intact, the newly-minted Manitou Forest Products crew (11-1-4 during the regular season) was looking for a “four-peat” in Borderland men’s soccer action Thursday evening at the St. Francis Sports Fields. But Pharmasave (10-3-3 in the regular season), […]
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Dan Falloon It was fitting that in a season where there hadn’t been too much separation between the teams that the championship game ended up the same way. When the La Place Rendez-Vous Voyageurs (11-4-1 during the regular season) and Al’s Racquet Stringing (10-4-2) met up in the Borderland Soccer […]
Dan Falloon Tanner Williamson (foreground) roared through some muddy conditions at the Emo Speedway’s go-kart track with Raice Westover hot on his heels. Go-kart racing often is held Fridays at 7 p.m. in Emo, but will run this Saturday (Aug. 21) from 10 a.m.-noon as part of the Emo Fair.
Peggy Revell Nora Klyne perused the many flowers on display Saturday during the Fort Frances Horticultural Society’s annual Flower and Vegetable Show at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market. The annual show featured a variety of plants, including arranged flowers, cut flowers, annuals, perennials, and more than 35 categories of vegetables […]
Peggy Revell Anton Mureyko showed off some breakdancing moves early Saturday evening at the Couchiching multi-use facility, alongside his crew members from the University of Manitoba’s “Dancers Club” and their young “students” from Manitou Rapids. Club members have been visiting the region, including Onigaming First Nation and Manitou Rapids, to […]
Dan Falloon Manitou Forest Products keeper Chad Faragher did all he could to keep a long shot from Pharmasave’s Jeff Campbell out of his net during the first half of the Borderland Soccer Association’s men’s final Thursday evening at the St. Francis Sports Field. Unfortunately for Faragher, the long blast […]
The Fort Frances Folk Festival is set to go this Sunday at the Little Beaver Cultural Centre but there has been a decided lack of “buzz” in the days and weeks leading up to it. True, the folk festival is only in its second year and organizers are still learning […]
Skunk smell on dog. Ice cream doesn’t fix that. In fact, nothing really fixes that indescribable stench, including the hydrogen peroxide, dish soap, and baking soda concoction I found on Google. Of course, in my wisdom, I added vinegar. I’d heard what a dishful of the liquid could do to […]
Pat Bruch Dear editor: Did you know there is a proposal for a new dump site on Peterson Road in Nestor Falls? And it will affect Kakagi (Crow) Lake, Lake of the Woods, and South Narrow Lake through natural and man-made water run-off. Permission was given by the Ministry of […]
Caron Cridland Dear editor: Why is it that the first thing people think of is tearing down or abandoning our historical buildings? I know that they are expensive to upgrade and restore, but aren’t they worth it? Fort Frances purports to be the oldest settlement west of Thunder Bay. You […]
As nature lovers, we constantly are challenged with wildlife problems and environmental dilemmas. Beavers and barn swallows are a good example of the complexity of these issues. Last week, a pair of young swallows about to take flight from a beam in our boathouse looked cute, but the mess of […]
The new combine arrived at the agricultural research station in Emo last Thursday! We drove it out to the station and were in hopes of using it Friday. Unfortunately, the straw has to be bone dry so we were not able to try things out until after lunch. It is […]
