Courtney Jourdain was crowned the 2005 “Quest for the Best” winner Monday night while judges named Katelyn Shortreed as the first-ever “Kiddie Quest” champion. Jourdain, who originally hails from Lac La Croix but now lives in Thunder Bay, wowed the sold-out crowd of 2,000 and judges alike with her soulful […]
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Fort Frances OPP investigated some liquor offences last night at the Sorting Gap Marina—site of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship festivities this week. An 18-year-old Fort Frances female was charged with consuming liquor as a minor, contrary to the Liquor Licence Act. She was removed from the site and […]
If you are from a time when rings were worn on the fingers, when grass was something you had to cut with a push mower on Saturday mornings, or where the web referred to a spider’s home, then you can’t miss the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship’s “sock hop” this […]
Here are the rosters for the Rainy River District Fastball League’s annual all-star game, which is being played tonight (Tuesday) at 7 p.m. in Stratton: < *c>First team Manager—George Oltsher (Barwick) Pitchers—Murray Armstrong (Rainy River), Harvey Flamand (Sight & Sound), and Curtis Berg (Stratton) Catcher—Clayton Windigo (Red Gut Bay) First […]
Emo OPP investigated a report of a motor vehicle accident Friday night on Off Lake Road, about four km north of Highway 11. At 11:25 p.m. a southbound pick-up truck was travelling at a high rate of speed when it lost control and entered the west ditch, striking several fence […]
While Tiger Woods was en route to winning the British Open at the famed Old Course at St. Andrews, Kevin Webb was winning the annual Memorial tournament at Kitchen Creek. “It feels pretty good,” Webb said Saturday afternoon. “It’s nice to get one under the belt.” The win was Webb’s […]
No new fires were reported in the West Fire Region over the past 24 hours, but that doesn’t mean local Ministry of Natural Resources fire crews aren’t busy. More FireRanger crews from the West Fire Region, including seven from Fort Frances District, have been dispatched to northeastern Ontario, along with […]
With the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship’s annual parade of boats taking place Tuesday at 6 p.m., the Fort Frances Fire Brigade once again will be holding its “boot drive” for Muscular Dystrophy. “We’re asking for people to fill the boots again,” firefighter Wayne Riches said Monday morning. He added […]
They didn’t think they would win. They didn’t expect to win. So when Jason Goldamer’s name was called by emcee Paul Morrison as the winner of the annual Kid-Pro fishing tournament here Sunday afternoon, it only added to a day that already was spilling over with satisfaction. “We just went […]
A pair of local products now making noise on the national music scene will be back on home turf Tuesday night—and are excited about seeing some old friends, as well as some new faces, at their concert. Lead singer Joe Egan of Fort Frances and drummer Steve Vargas of Emo […]
From left, Sarah Hallikas, Danielle Strachan, Angela Huntley, Derek Thompson, and Scott Wachter were among the first to pick up copies of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” by J.K. Rowling at the midnight launch at Betty’s early Saturday morning. More than 150 people turned up for the highly anticipated […]
Jennifer Beach, left, and Danielle Lavallie of the Ministry of Natural Resources handed out information sheets to incoming tourists this morning regarding the high forest fire hazard in the area. Campers are asked to keep fires small, to never leave them unattended, and to make sure they are completely out […]
