“Teaching the art of diving since 1978,” the Blue H20 Sports Inc. was back in Fort Frances last week to train a new batch of scuba diving enthusiasts. The Northern Ontario unit of the Port Coquitlam-based company was offering a scuba diving course here for the fifth year. The other […]
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The Thunder Bay Flyers yesterday announced local scout Shane Baker will be part of their full-time staff for the upcoming season. Baker, who will be responsible for players in the Northwestern Ontario region, joins Mark Pugliese (Thunder Bay), Rod McKenzie (Terrace Bay), Dwight Degiacomo (Minneapolis), Alan Young (Winnipeg), and Scott […]
The Emo Bulldogs used the long ball behind the two-hit pitching of Gus Copenace to dump the Thunder Bay Mariners 7-1 in the ‘A’-final Sunday at a fastball tournament in Kakabeka Falls. Dennis Mounk, Sean Taggart, and Sheldon Kelly all homered for the Bulldogs, who finished the tournament with a […]
He sits relaxed this afternoon. He has just finished up with a win on the Silverado, and earlier this month with a high finish at the Dennys tournament. Ted Capra is on a roll–although in his eyes, he isn’t doing as well as he had last year. Fishing tournaments throughout […]
The Sunset Merchants blew a three-run lead in the last inning of the championship game Sunday to fall 6-5 to the Gladstone Whips at the Intermediate ‘A’ Manitoba provincial fastball tournament in Winnipeg. Holding a comfortable 5-2 lead heading into the bottom of the seventh, the Merchants’ hopes of winning […]
If Joan Richardson keeps on dominating the annual Kitchen Creek Ladies Open, one has to wonder if the Grand Rapids whiz won’t be invited back some day. Although that would never happen, some local golfers probably would think that wasn’t such a bad idea. Richardson won her second Ladies’ Open […]
Dear Mr. Editor: The Northern Action Group would like to be placed on the next regular agenda of town council. We want the mayor and each councillors’ justification of the enormous tax increases recently announced to the residents of Fort Frances, including the shift of a significant portion of the […]
An bald eaglet is less endangered this week after surviving a harrowing fall from its nest late last month. A Jackfish Lake cottage owner awoke early June 25 to find the eaglet fell onto his porch. The nest, which also housed another eaglet, was in a white pine above the […]
Public school board staff who were slated to be cut due to amalgamation and the new funding model seem to have gotten a stay of execution at last night’s committee of the whole meeting here. Acting education director John McLeod presented trustees with his review of staffing for the board’s […]
Dear sir: Did you watch the Emo July 1 fireworks? With everyone anxiously waiting for dusk, I told my three-year-old great-grandson that people will say “Ahhh” and “Ohhh” when the fireworks start. After the last bang, I asked, “Did you like it?” His reply: “Wow!” Emo fireworks 1998–wow! Signed, Tina […]
Dear sir: This letter is in response to the article published in last Wednesday’s Times regarding the bylaw extension for walking dogs along the waterfront. As a responsible dog owner who does pick up the mess, it is a shame that certain individuals have destroyed a privilege that a lot […]
Dear sir: Recently in a couple of stores, I saw baby or small walleyes for sale. Being a commercial fisherman, I was interested in knowing where these small fish came from and who had caught them. I was told they were caught by native fishermen. These fish are too small […]
