Staff Alex McDonald of Devlin tied for fifth place in the boys’ 17 and up division at the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour’s Manitoba Series held July 2-3 at the Selkirk Golf Club. McDonald, 17, who golfs out of the Heron Landing course at Couchiching, carded rounds of 83 and […]
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Staff Area residents came out to toss their luck around in the annual mixed horseshoe tournament held as part of Canada Day celebrations at Pither’s Point Park. With 18 players testing their skills, coming out on top was the team of Ray Smith (North West Bay) and Darwin Johnson (International […]
Anthony Leek After a one-week hiatus due to inclement weather, stock car racing action resumed Saturday night at the Emo Speedway for Amsoil Dirt Track Series action in three classes. The Township of Emo also had its Canada Day cake on hand during the program and a fireworks display followed […]
Peggy Revell With their sights set on kicking off construction of the new Robert Moore School here soon, Rainy River District School Board trustees passed a series of resolutions to solidify a site management plan during a special board meeting Monday morning. This is the first time the Town of […]
Staff Detainees are now back at the Ge-Da-Gi-Binez Youth Centre here, the Ministry of Children and Youth Services revealed yesterday. As previously reported, ministry staff had been working with Pwi-Di-Goo-Zing Ne-Yaa-Zhing Advisory Services to develop a plan to return youth to the facility, with operations resumed there last week. “As […]
Duane Hicks Much-anticipated work at the site of the future Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre started this week, with construction scheduled to continue for the next seven-eight months for an opening early next spring. Chief librarian Margaret Sedgwick, who was on site yesterday to take a few photos […]
Peggy Revell Following a long line of entrepreneurial students, local resident Laura Chabot has launched her own summer day camp this year with help from the province’s “Summer Company” program. “I know it’s hard to find reliable child care anywhere really, and I wanted my own kids to have the […]
Mitch Calvert A stand-out Muskie basketball player has been lured across the river to play for the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs this coming season. Travis Stromness, who spent last season as a fifth-year addition with the senior boys’ team at Fort High, was recruited by RRCC at the power […]
Elisabeth Heslop The 11th-annual RBC Charity Golf Classic is set to go this Saturday (July 11), but there’s still plenty of room for more teams. Local RBC branch manager Heather Johnson said they had 17 teams registered as of Friday. “I know there are quite a few out there [that […]
Peggy Revell After years of service within the local education system, the longtime president of the local chapter of the Elementary Teacher’s Federation of Ontario has stepped down into retirement. “It’s been a pleasure and a privilege to work with the teachers here, that is a definite,” said Sharon Preston. […]
Elisabeth Heslop For the past three years, Ralph Galusha and Pat Steele have come in second at the “Castin’ for Cash” bass fishing tournament on Lake Despair. This year, the Devlin-area duo is going to take another stab at a first-place catch in the ninth-annual event later this week. “There’s […]
Elisabeth Heslop The annual Canada Day fastball tournament in Barwick crowned a familiar champion again this year. The Sight & Sound Wolves (Fort Frances) thumped the Barwick Blue Knights’ “Young Guns” 11-2 in the ‘A’ final to capture the title for the third-straight year. Wolves’ manager Derek McKinnon said the […]
