Duane Hicks As work on the Portage Avenue underpass nears completion, there’s a good chance the street will be re-opened to one lane of traffic sometime next week. In a report to the council at Monday night’s regular meeting, transportation superintendent Milt Strachan said all of the concrete slabs were […]
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Staff Hockey hall-of-famer, Liberal MP, and former party leadership candidate Ken Dryden will be dropping by Rainy River District during the first week of September. The public is invited to attend a “Meet Ken Dryden” barbecue dinner to be held next Thursday (Sept. 3) at 6 p.m. at the Little […]
Heather Latter Earlier this month, 10-year-old Nick Teeple of Stratton, with his Charolais-Simmental cross named “Buddy,” took home the grand champion market steer title from the annual 4-H market steer auction at the Emo Fair. But it wasn’t a real surprise that Teeple’s steer did well since competing in the […]
Mitch Calvert It’s been a trying golf season for Fort Frances native Christin Thomson, but she’s beginning to see things turn around for the better. Thomson shot a 17-over-par 233 to finish tied for 50th at the Michigan Women’s Open earlier this month—highlighted by a second-round two-over 74. Then she […]
Mitch Calvert Looking to get your fishing fix before fall hits? While the fifth-annual International Falls Bass Championship may be one of your last opportunities to do so—with plenty of anglers from this side of the border sure to be in the hunt for the $10,000 top prize at this […]
Mitch Calvert Laura Darby is slaying dragons these days, but they aren’t the mythical fire-breathing kind. Darby, 21, the daughter of Deb Cornell and Bill Darby, works as a canoe technician on the interior portage crew for Quetico Park during the summer months—paddling the waters to help enforcement staff make […]
Mitch Calvert The Sunset Country Squash Club got a jump-start on the upcoming season with a instructional camp this week at the Memorial Sports Centre. The local club brought in Richard Yendell, a pro from the Glenway Country Club in Newmarket, to offer tips on technique and strategy for 12 […]
Mitch Calvert Who says Rainy River District only knows hockey? The Emo boys’ under-12 soccer team sent its first-ever contingent to the East. St. Paul Summer Soccer Classic in Winnipeg over the weekend and returned with plenty of hardware after winning the ‘B’-side crown. “The boys all came home with […]
Mitch Calvert Fort Frances native Steve Arpin wheeled to his second-straight top-five finish on the ARCA RE/MAX Series on Sunday afternoon in the Allen Crowe 100 at the Springfield Mile on the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Since making the switch to Venturini Motorsports from Eddie Sharp Racing two races ago, Arpin […]
Elisabeth Heslop The usual mental picture that accompanies sport shooting is a bunch of men with guns, but at the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club skeet range, that mental picture has been shot full of holes. Over the last three years, 14-year-old Jillian Gustafson has become a regular shooter alongside her […]
Duane Hicks The “Hallett,” towed by the “Ward,” a tugboat now owned by George Armstrong Co. Ltd., made its final voyage yesterday evening from its former site at Seven Oaks to its new home as a tourist attraction along the La Verendrye Parkway just west of the Sorting Gap Marina. […]
Heather Latter Adrianna McCoy, left, and Kadynce Chabot got ready to ride the school bus last Thursday morning during the annual “First Rider” program held at Robert Moore. Two sessions were held, with more than 20 youngsters in each one, to teach school bus safety as well as prepare them […]
