Staff Good thing Al Christiansen doesn’t smoke so that he won’t miss all the cigars he didn’t receive for coming close twice. The Fort Frances resident pulled down a pair of second-place finishes at a tennis tournament this past weekend held as part of Sioux Lookout’s Blueberry Festival. In the […]

Staff Pharmasave held the shoreline for as long as it could. But the Centra Pipelines waves eventually washed over them. Jeff Hyatt scored twice as Centra lived up to its regular-season championship hype with a 4-0 shutout of fourth-place Pharmasave in the first match of the two-leg semifinals in the […]

Nicholas Donaldson Just over a week ago Mira Donaldson returned from her month-long stay in Ottawa for the SHAD program-an experience she described as “incredible.” SHAD is an annual summer program run at universities across Canada that allows high school students to live in residence for a month and participate […]

Joey Payeur Hanna LeDrew of Fort Frances proved she’s not a one-trick pony, as the Muskie girls hockey team veteran exhibited some equestrian excellence during the annual Borderland Quarter Horse Association show at the Emo fairgrounds this past Sunday.

Staff The final report of the Far North Electoral Boundaries Commission released yesterday recommends that two new northern ridings be created–an announcement met with approval from local lawyer Douglas Judson, who now will be seeking the PC party nomination for Kenora-Rainy River. The government plans to introduce legislation this fall […]

Joey Payeur Claire Hyatt wants to make her own nest within the Carleton Ravens women’s soccer team roster this coming season.

Youth Rangers Sydney Beck, left, Gareth Dunn, Liam Quast, and Andrew Loney helped maintain the Fort Frances Community Garden.

Andrea Smith helped little Hayden Smith fill a water gun at the water station during Emo Open Streets. Youth were able to fill their guns in the pool and spray the street or each other to get active and moving during the event.

Staff The first half was about as good as La Place Rendez-Vous/Taggs could have hoped for. It was the second they could have done without, for it almost wiped away all their previous good work. An 8-2 first-half lead nearly evaporated completely in the face of a post-halftime charge by […]

Submitted The Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Club celebrated its successful defence of its Civic Cup championship this past Saturday at the Lake Bemidji Dragon Boat Festival.

Submitted Stewardship Youth Rangers Liam Quast, left, Ashtyn Dokuchie, Caleb Henderson, and Andrew Loney paddled the Log River near Caliper Lake, practising their canoe strokes from their ORCKA Basic Level II training.

Submitted Jeff and Jim Gustafson with their fish at the 1994 Kenora Bass International. They are teaming up again this year.