Thirteen was definitely unlucky for Team Langlais. Sight & Sound pitcher Warren Voth battled back from first-inning difficulties to deliver a baker’s dozen of strikeouts and lead Team Oltsher to a 5-3 win in the annual Rainy River District Fastball League all-star game before a packed house at VanJura Stadium […]
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In the century since Stratton began as a small community composed of hardy homesteaders and pioneers, much has changed. Gone are the old church, schools, and most of the original farms. But in spite of all the changes over the last 100 years, there still are vestiges of its original […]
“The boards are not God and can’t make it rain!” said Gord Roberts, Canadian commissioner of the International Joint Commission (IJC). That was really the only concern addressed at the second-annual joint meeting of the International Rainy Lake Board of Control and International Rainy River Water Pollution Board, which was […]
Whether it’s female intuition or instinct, Carlee Bosma has found the right ingredient to formulate a recipe for success lately. The young Emo driver has pocketed feature race victories in each of the last two weeks as she makes a push to win the overall title in the Beginner division […]
Earl Klyne’s team got the point—several of them, in fact. Klyne and his team of Gus MacDonell, Steve Pruys, and Penny McComb were on their game last Thursday as they piled up 92 points to take the third-annual Kitchen Creek Golf Club anniversary tournament. The event works on a points […]
Geoff McClain, the local Liberal candidate for the upcoming provincial election, told town council here Monday night that rebuilding communication between levels of government is key to the future of Northern Ontario—and integral to his campaign platform. “We need to return to a time where there was mutual respect between […]
Organic farming has been around in Ontario for several decades and continues to grow. Retail sales in Canada are more than $1 billion and the U.S. market currently is estimated at $12 billion per year. The growth of the organic industry is estimated at more than 20 percent per year […]
Since I arrived in Fort Frances last September, I’ve repeatedly been informed about the highlight of the calendar year in these parts. With apologies to our Saviour, Christmas for many people here comes in July in the form of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. Never did I expect that […]
A kind and gentle man, J.E. Merlin Asplund, passed away at La Verendrye General Hospital on Wednesday, July 23, 2003. Born in Fort Frances, Ont. on Oct. 22, 1925, he attended Robert Moore School and after graduation from Fort Frances High School, he enlisted in the Canadian Navy and served […]
On Tuesday, July 29, 2003, with her family at her side, Eileen passed away with courage and dignity. Mom was born in 1920 in Chinook, Alta. She lived most of her youth in Winnipeg, Man., and retained a special place in her heart for the city all of her life. […]
On Tuesday, July 29, 2003, with her family at her side, Eileen passed away with courage and dignity. Mom was born in 1920 in Chinook, Alta. She lived most of her youth in Winnipeg, Man., and retained a special place in her heart for the city all of her life. […]
Geoff McClain, the local Liberal candidate for the upcoming provincial election, told town council here last night that rebuilding communication between levels of government is key to the future of Northern Ontario—and integral to his campaign platform. “We need to return to a time where there was mutual respect between […]
