Montreal’s doubleheader sweep was bittersweet. Tony Batista homered twice and Sun-Woo Kim pitched 4 1/3 perfect innings in relief of Toma Ohka, who suffered a painful broken arm, as the Expos earned a 7-2 victory yesterday in the nightcap of their doubleheader against the Kansas City Royals. In the opener, […]
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Tony Stewart shouldn’t be worried if 2004 begins to look a lot like last year, despite a problem off the racing surface that kept him from winning a week ago. In 2003, Stewart came to Pocono Raceway a week after pitting slightly out of his stall at Dover International Speedway. […]
Kitchen Creek Golf Club will host its first-annual pro-am golf tournament on Monday. Twenty pro golfers, from both regional courses as well as those in Winnipeg, will play on foursomes along with amateurs from their own clubs. Each pro is expected to bring in one or two members from their […]
For the seventh year in a row, the Rainy River District School Board is offering a “Summer Institute” over two days in August to provide professional development for teachers from across the region. This year’s institute, entitled “Weaving a Tapestry for Learning—Integrating Literacy and the Arts,” will feature local and […]
American League Cy Young winner Roy Halladay’s stint on the disabled list is going largely unnoticed, thanks to some stellar pitching performances by two other Toronto Blue Jay starters. Miguel Batista tossed a four-hit shutout as the Blue Jays downed the L.A. Dodgers 4-0 yesterday. It was the Blue Jays’ […]
Martin St. Louis of the Tampa Bay Lightning captured the Lester B. Pearson Award today, as voted on by his peers in the NHL Players’ Association. Florida Panthers goalie Roberto Luongo and Colorado Avalanche captain Joe Sakic were the other finalists for the players’ choice of league MVP. St. Louis, […]
If everything goes according to plan, the public will be witness to a musical clash of the titans under the big tent next month when “The Best of Quest” is held in conjunction with the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. “What we’re trying to do is get the 10 previous […]
The young members of the Fort Frances Aquanauts Swim Team sat in rapt attention Friday evening as their coach, Roman Ramirez, adressed them at their annual banquet. He spoke about people in their lives who had inspired them. People who had enriched their lives. People who had pushed them to […]
Nine-year-old Donovan Taylor of Fort Frances just finished a stellar swimming season, earning national rankings in several events. Taylor is ranked fourth in Canada in the boys’ nine and under 50m backstroke and seventh in the 100m backstroke in a long-course pool. It’s no wonder backstroke is his favourite, though […]
Our Lady of the Way School was as busy as a bee-hive last Wednesday. OPP Cst. Greg Johnson was listening to essays written by students in the Grade 5/6 class as part of the Drug Awareness and Resistance Education (D.AR.E.) program. Several students made presentations that Cst. Johnson thought were […]
Sixteen seniors on hand for the weekly Wheels to Meals program last Thursday at the Emo Legion enjoyed some heart-warming musical entertainment. The trio included Chapple Reeve Bill Clink (electric bass guitar), Glen Hart (banjo), and Ramona Smith (accordion). Good music is sweet music to the ear, keeping the mind, […]
Carole Mackintosh of Fort Frances was the lucky winner of $100 a week for a year in the draw held by the Friends of the Emo/La Vallee Community Centre. Sandie Drennan presented the money on Friday afternoon in the council chambers at the Emo municipal office. Proceeds from this fundraiser […]
