Bryce Forbes Sam Hayes and Mike Badiuk were one of the last teams to take to the water this morning for the start of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. The three-day tournament got underway with 106 teams competing for the top prize of $25,000. Weigh-ins for Day 1 and […]
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Dan Falloon Bass fishing may have been the sport of the day, but many anglers were talking about another creature—butterflies—on the docks at the Sorting Gap Marina this morning before heading out for Day 1 of the 16th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. Granted, some of the teams had reason […]
the MNR One new fire was reported in Fort Frances District late Tuesday evening. Fort Frances Fire #39 was a lightning-caused blaze located on Highway 622, north of Atikokan. The fire was 0.1 ha in size and originally actioned by the public. It is now listed as “out.” Aside from […]
Staff Highway 17A, between the east junction with Highway 17 and Highway 658 (Redditt Road), was closed this morning due to a fatal accident. Shortly after 8 a.m., Kenora OPP officers responded to the scene of a single motor vehicle collision in the area of the Jones Road. A vehicle […]
VNP Why does it get so cold in winter? Why are the high temperatures in summer anywhere from the 50s to the 90s F? Join Mark Seeley, a University of Minnesota climatologist and author of Minnesota Weather Almanac, and local photographer Don Breneman as they explore the climate and weather […]
Staff The playoff fate of the Big Grassy Lightning was in their hands—and they made the most of it. The Lightning (13-5) clinched second place—and a first-round bye—after dumping the reeling Sabaskong Cubs (10-8) by an 8-2 score last night in the final game of the RRDFL’s regular season. Ryan […]
Staff Continuing with Phase II of the so-called biomass roads project, Bay City Contracting began work at the intersection of First Street East and Portage Avenue at noon today. As a result, First Street East will be closed to through traffic from Victoria Avenue to Mowat Avenue while Portage Avenue […]
the OPP The Fort Frances OPP Crime Unit, with the support of the Northwest Region Crime Unit and the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch, have charged a male with several sexual offences against three men who were in their early teen years at the time. Garry Donald Mathewson, 43, was charged […]
I’ll admit there have been a few times where I’ve worried about getting enough content to put together a legitimate sports section. When I came in cold to the job back in December, I wasn’t totally sure what kinds of things I would be covering. I had found out about […]
Summer camp is done and now we can look forward to gearing up for the main one in August. We had a good showing, with two teams taking part in four scrimmage sessions all last weekend at Bronco Arena over in International Falls. We invited back 18 players to our […]
Summer is a wonderful time of the year when it comes to the abundance of fresh fruit that is available—and cherries are one of my utmost favourite. I believe we all have some fond memory from our childhood of eating cherries in the hot summer sun; either raw and fresh […]
It was a day that began as regular as rain: coffee so strong and thick I could part it with a knife, my favourite morning show, and my surf of the Internet for the news of the moment. And then my muscles contracted as the first sentence of the online […]
