“Ontario… yours to discover.” The marketing slogan has been used for over a decade and this year an additional part of the message is to “get comfortable in Ontario.” Just last Friday, Northern Development and Mines Minister Rick Bartolucci announced a grant of $11,200 to help establish a Destination […]
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Dear Editor: The recent discovery of a government bear body dump in Timmins where “nuisance” bears, including cubs, were left to rot is shocking in its own right, but sadly, this reflects a much larger provincial crisis in wildlife management that all three political parties must address. The appalling reality […]
This steer, owned by Kerry Hyatt, was named the 2007 Grand Champion Market Steer. It was purchased by Landmark Feeds after a bid of $2.345/lb.
Chelsea Bragg, centre, was crowned the 2007 Fair Queen on Thursday during the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Fall Fair. Sairah Chabot, left, was named First Princess, while Raylene Smith took the title of Second Princess.
Saturday saw a total of 34 participants play in the annual ladies’ golf tournament at Kitchen Creek Golf Course. According to event organizer Barb Asplund, every one of them left that day with prizes, thanks to the many donations from local sponsors. With four flights starting the day at 9 […]
Coach Wayne Strachan’s first Sabres road trip was a little different than one might think. Strachan took a crowd of some of the best schoolboy hockey players as the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres 98s—so named because almost all the players were born in 1998—competed in the Easton Showcase Tournament outside […]
When Fort Frances Jr. Sabres begin playing in the SIJHL next month, their red, white and black jersey will become synonymous with the town. At least, that’s what Chris McKinnon, owner of Skates and Blades and the man responsible for putting the uniform together, is hoping. “People are going to […]
With the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres final camp fast approaching this weekend, the team has signed a 18-year-old free agent defenceman Kyle Traynor from Brampton. “Everything I hear about him is he’s a solid d-man,” said Sabres head coach Wayne Strachan. “He can play in any situation of the game. […]
There’s probably no one who went to the Emo Fall Fair who enjoyed themselves as much as Joey Galloway. The young Emo native came home from racing south of the border to eke out a narrow victory over Jamie Davis and Jason Anderson in the WISSOTA modifieds feature Saturday night […]
Sometime, somewhere, the Sight & Sound Wolves will figure out a way to beat the Barwick Blue Knights again. That time just wasn’t last Thursday. Barwick spent the regular season as the only spoiler for the Wolves and little changed in the playoffs as the visitors won 3-0 at Sight […]
The Borderland Soccer finals on Monday night had two things in common—both were decided by a goal, and both deciding goals were scored, interestingly enough, by Barkers. Tyler Barker scored the only goal of the men’s final for Domino’s early in the second half to lead his team over the […]
The “Biggest Little City in the Rainy River Valley”—located south of Devlin—will be hosting a showcase of local talent this Sunday at Mud Lake City’s ninth-annual Music Fest. Owners Wayne and Betty Salchert are encouraging everyone to come check out the continuous music on two stages played by local musicians. […]
