Dan Falloon The number of boats seen in local motel parking lots continues to climb as visiting anglers flood into town in compete in the 16th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship next week. The three-day tournament runs next Thursday to Saturday (July 22-24), but out-of-town anglers already have been trying […]
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Dan Falloon Jack Allan drilled screws into a holder for a video board near the home bench in the Ice For Kids Arena this morning. The video board will show the leaderboard and other pertinent information during the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. Site set-up continues until 9 p.m. tonight, […]
Staff The Sight & Sound Wolves now just need a little bit of help to complete the unthinkable. Just a few short weeks ago, the Wolves were mired in the middle of the Rainy River District Fastball League pack. But after reeling off nine-straight wins, the Fort Frances-based squad finds […]
Staff Traffic flow on Third Street East between Mowat and Portage Avenue returned to normal today as emergency repairs to the sanitary sewer line there wrapped up. The section was put back into service around 10 p.m. last night, reported the town, with the crew cleaning along the sidewalk and […]
Staff A Mississauga woman was killed in a two-vehicle accident yesterday afternoon on Highway 17 in Hodgson Township. The OPP said a westbound passenger vehicle and an eastbound pickup truck collided around 12:50 p.m. about two km west of the junction of Highway 622 and ended up striking a rock […]
Staff Pharmasave had just the right prescription for a victory in men’s Borderland Soccer Association action last night, blanking the under-18 La Place Rendez-Vous Voyageurs 3-0. Jeff Campbell led the way with a pair of goals while Craig McTavish notched the other one. Timeo Brielmann earned the shutout for Pharmasave. […]
Staff Bacteriological sampling of the beaches in Emo and Rainy River has indicated E. coli levels have returned to acceptable levels, the Northwestern Health Unit reported this morning. The swimming advisory posted at both beaches has been rescinded based on two consecutive samples with average E. coli counts of less […]
Staff The Sight & Sound Wolves continued their late-season surge last night, sweeping both ends of a doubleheader against visiting Rainy River in make-up action. The Wolves (12-5) eked out a 2-1 win in the opener, with Bob Andy taking the pitcher’s duel over Murray Armstrong. In the nightcap, John […]
Laurie (Laurence) LaRoche (nee Vien) passed away Monday, July 12, 2010 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. She was born June 13, 1920 in Wakaw, Sask., and moved to the Labroquerie farm in 1934 with all 13 of her siblings. She was married to Alphonse LaRoche on June […]
Bryce Forbes The team of Josh Supinski and Lyndsi Wilson spun the wheel during “The Price is Right” game as part of the “Tween Scene” yesterday at the new Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. The program runs every Wednesday at 2 p.m. with a different theme, with the fee […]
Press Release Mosquitoes and bobcats and bears, oh my! Nine years after Aaron Burnett’s first kids’ CD, “Call of the Wild,” earned a Juno nomination for its howling good time, the library’s favourite is back with “Canadian Critters,” another musical walk through Canada’s wilds. With a bluegrass beat and a […]
Bryce Forbes Dayna DeBenedet, left, and Jamie Petrin, from the local Service Canada Centre for Youth, showed off their display entitled “Humble Beginnings Wall of Fame.” The pair were at the Sorting Gap Marina today from noon-4 p.m. talking about the first summer jobs for some high-profile people in Fort […]
