“Go Beaner!” That was the loudest cry from the audience at the second-annual Northwestern Ontario armwrestling championships Saturday in Rainy River–and it was for local favourite Allan Hartnell. It must have worked. Hartnell, who finished third at the world championships two years ago, earned top honours in both the right […]
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Despite finishing in last place at the Northern Ontario regional cheerleading championships in Thunder Bay last weekend, Muskie head coach Joyce Scott said the squad deserved a big cheer for their season. “They performed very well in Thunder Bay,” Scott said yesterday morning. “Thunder Bay was really strong this year. […]
The B•Macs Bantam “AA” hockey team blanked Grand Forks 5-0 in the championship game Sunday of an eight-team tournament in Park Rapids, Mn. Ian Lockman, assisted by A.J. Tucker, opened the scoring with 3:24 left in the first period. Then they stretched that lead to 3-0 after two periods on […]
Under sunny skies and with temperatures soaring into the teens Celsius, the first-ever Canadian Kitty Cat championships here Saturday almost fell victim to spring. In fact, the modified races, where machines often top 35 mph, had to be held at 10:30 a.m.–much earlier than organizers wanted to–in order to avoid […]
Jared Baker scored all three goals as the Emo Wings earned a 3-3 tie with the Emo Rockets in recent Novice minor hockey action. The Rockets had led 3-1 after two periods on goals by Charlie DeBungee, Luke Judson, and Ryan Witherspoon but they couldn’t hold off the Wings in […]
The Fort Frances Sharks doubled the Dryden Panthers 4-2 in the ‘A’-final Sunday to capture top honours at the annual PeeWee tournament in Emo last weekend. Garrett Calder led the Sharks with a hat trick while Shaun Kelly netted their other goals. Derek Lauridsen and Ryan Murray replied for Dryden. […]
Dear editor: I just want to get something off my chest regarding the current gas and diesel oil prices. And while I’m at it–a bit about “outshopping.” I would like to make a point regarding the purchase of gas in the United States. If one is going that way for […]
To the editor: I was wondering why the wayside washrooms have to be open so late in the spring and closed too early in the fall. We travel to Thunder Bay three times a week because I’m on hemo-dialysis. Those washrooms sure would come in handy. So why can’t they […]
Indian Affairs and Northern Development minister Robert Nault said he thinks an announcement on the new Canada Customs facility at Fort Frances is “very close.” But when pressed, the Kenora-Rainy River MP wouldn’t guess just when that might be. “We have been spending a lot of time on making this […]
Due to low enrolment, the “Concours d’art oratoire 2000” French speech contest has been pushed back a month, with the new date being April 11 at 7 p.m. in the Emo Inn. It initially had been slated for March 7. Although only a handful of students have signed up so […]
Dear editor: They say small towns are filled with rumours and small talk, and stories spread like wildfire, especially in Fort Frances. Well, I’ve never appreciated this more than on Friday, March 3 when my eight-year-old son, Kevin, failed to return home after school. By 5 p.m., I had called […]
