The most influential minds in Canadian hockey, meeting in Toronto last week to discuss the state of our national pastime, came away with a long list of recommendations, including having more practices than games. “I think the biggest issue is the practice-to-games ratio and the availability of ice time,” noted […]
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After passing their first test of this young football season with last week’s 22-14 exhibition win over the Sturgeon Creek Schooners (Winnipeg), the Muskies’ second test will be a whole lot tougher. They head across the river Friday night to take on the International Falls Broncos–and they’d better be prepared. […]
You could have called it the Rainy River District “Longball” League championship. The Emo Bulldogs slugged five home runs last night, including a grand slam, to clobber the Barwick Blue Knights 14-2 to claim their third-straight RRDFL title. The teams had met last Thursday but the game was called in […]
The fifth-annual Kiwanis “Nite Lite” golf tourney Friday night at Kitchen Creek was another success, raising $705 for the club’s “Young Children Priority One” projects. The nine-hole, best-ball event, which got underway with a shotgun start at 9 p.m., attracted 51 golfers divided into 14 teams. Although some teams struggled […]
Dear sir: My name is Joey Lee and I am 12 years-old. For the past several months, my step-brother, David, and I have been looking forward to entering the “Bassin for Bucks” bass tournament in Sioux Narrows, along with my uncle, Rob McNay, and my step-dad, Rod Halliday. We spent […]
Dear editor: It was with great interest and pleasure that our family recently was given the “grand tour” of the almost completed Fort Frances Centre for the Performing Arts (oops . . . the Town’s End Theatre) by one widely-grinning John Dutton. Congratulations! Even unfinished, the centre looks fantastic! I […]
Dear sir: On Sunday, I went out to the Kiwanis Sunny Cove Camp where the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club was putting on a fish fry for the seniors of Fort Frances, International Falls, and area. First of all, you could hardly find room to park a car. Then on arriving […]
To the Editor: I was just out to talk to my Aunt Midge about the so-called “Y2K” predicament we’re in. They have no woodstove nor do most people. Could we survive for a week in January with no heat? How would you store food? Think of what you see with […]
Dear sir: I have written the following open letter to Tourism minister Cam Jackson. Mr. Jackson, I am writing to urge you, as minister of tourism, to get involved now in the border waters fishing issue in Northwestern Ontario. So far the job of publicly defending the conservation of Ontario’s […]
Chris and Barb Stainke liked the Bonnie Blue’s long johns and sticky buns so much–they bought the bakery. But the young couple wants to assure their customers that while ownership has changed, the long johns and sticky buns will not. “Everyone likes the long johns, we’ve got to keep those,” […]
Three teams have signed up so far for the “Gold for the Gold” knowledge bowl, meaning a local showdown will be needed Sept. 11 before the Northern Ontario regional finals are held Sept. 24-25 at Donald Young School in Emo. Kim Jo Calder, a club leader with the Rainy River […]
When Eva Costello of Fort Frances went to the bank Friday, what she saw brought tears to her eyes. Costello, who retired in 1987 after 40 years as an employee of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, had been invited to the local branch that day to share in the […]
