After a last-minute entry yesterday afternoon, “Quest for the Best” will see a full line-up of 20 acts hit the stage July 25 under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina as part of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. Charles Fisher has joined the 14 other soloists and […]
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The first-annual “Relay for Life” in Fort Frances is set for Friday night at Pither’s Point, with more than 350 participants as well as a number of entertainers and volunteers ready to go. The 35 teams of 10 have raised about $1,000 each in sponsorship for their 12-hour walk around […]
With summer just around the corner, Fort Frances Museum curator Pam Hawley is gearing up for another busy tourist season with the opening of the three Pither’s Point historical sites this Friday. “On average, we have about 2,000 visitors each year,” she noted. “It is a very nice location, and […]
Andrew Fournier has walked almost halfway across the country on a “pilgrimage for life.” This past weekend, he made a stop in Fort Frances to share his message with young people at a youth retreat at St. Mary’s Church. Beginning his walk in North Sydney, Cape Breton on March 1 […]
Five local runners took part in the 25th-annual Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth and posted some strong results. Bob Tkachuk, Pierre Mikhail, Cameron Moorhouse, Connee Badiuk, and Kerri Tolen made the trip for Saturday’s marathon, where the 26.2-mile route from Two Harbours to the harbourfront of the city was attended by […]
Jim Klick loaded my eight-year-old daughter, Tashina, and me into his bass boat and headed to a wind-blown shore on Prospect Bay of Rainy Lake for three hours of fishing. It was an afternoon to remember in July of 1997. Tashina, with Jim’s help, caught several smallmouth bass in the […]
Following their native tradition of respecting the environment and hoping to help an endangered species, the Rainy River First Nation hatchery released about 800,000 sturgeon into the river after a brief traditional ceremony Friday.
The population of walleye in Heron Lake, introduced there by three groups in 1995, is growing according to a survey done there last week. In a follow-up to the introduction of the fish to the coolwater lake in late May of that year, a team of Ministry of Natural Resources […]
With just 10 days to go, the Fun in the Sun committee needs some last-minute help from the community to make for a true Canada Day celebration here. “We’re looking for entries for the parade–we really don’t have too many,” parade organizer Dawn Booth admitted yesterday. She stressed any floats […]
Four years ago, former Muskie football standout Shane Beckett had no idea the blind sport of goalball even existed. Today, he’s head coach for the Canadian national team seeking a berth in the 2004 Para-Olympic Games in Athens, Greece–and looking to heighten awareness of the sport in this country in […]
Despite earlier concerns of a serious shortfall, Confederation College has received enough funding to pass an balanced budget for the 2001-02 school year with minimal cuts. After receiving annual government funding late this spring, the college was able to make ends meet while only cutting two programs–a gerontology program and […]
A 20-minute documentary has prompted the trip of a lifetime for two Canadian women. Bridget Farr, 27, of Ottawa and Marcilyn Cianfarani, 24, of Toronto met through a newspaper advertisement before embarking on a bike trip from Vancouver to Newfoundland. Now, having just passed through Rainy River District, the duo […]
