Press Release Next Thursday (Aug. 10), area residents are encouraged to visit their local Dairy Queen store to celebrate the 15th-annual “Miracle Treat Day.” Proceeds from every “Blizzard Treat” sold at the Dairy Queen here will be donated to the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba, one of 14 Children’s Miracle […]
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From the MNRF The fire hazard is now “high” in most of the Northwest Region. Fire activity is expected to increase as forest fuels begin to dry out after the rain events over the last few days. There were 55 active fires in the Northwest Region as of late yesterday, […]
From the OPP Drinking and boating accounts for roughly 40 percent of boating-related fatalities on Canadian waterways. To raise awareness and reduce alcohol-related deaths, the OPP has partnered with the Canadian Safe Boating Council (CSBC) to launch Year 5 of an initiative called “Operation Dry Water.” Its goal is to […]
Submitted The Fort Frances rink skipped by Peter McLeod sent shockwaves through curling’s epicentre by winning the 1958 Manitoba Schoolboys Curling Championships in Winnipeg.
Joey Payeur There’s no rest for the weary, they say, but Amy Wilson-Hands is too pumped with excitement to be fatigued. Fresh off of coaching Ontario’s 16U girls’ volleyball team at the North American Indigenous Games from July 16-23 in Toronto, the Fort Frances resident now is headed to Winnipeg […]
Staff Sarah Glover wasn’t going to stop running until someone told her to. It turned out nobody did. Glover scored the game-winning run on the most unexpected of throwing errors to cap a six-run comeback and give the Fort Frances Mud Dogs a 13-12 win over the Sabaskong Tebinaak in […]
Thunder Bay’s Spencer Reid (6) tried his best to hold off Emo’s Jesse Thompson during the second heat of the Street Stocks division Saturday evening at the Emo Speedway.
Nicholas Donaldson Pinewood’s Cody Ossachuk (14C), the current points leader in the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds division, had Thunder Bay’s Dayton Brady on the run during the first of two preliminary heats Saturday evening.
Submitted Marie-Mai Langevin of Fort Frances had a stellar conclusion to a very successful five-year racing career at the 80th FirstEnergy All-American Soap Box Derby world championships last month in Akron, Ohio.
Staff Game on. The post-season began in earnest last night in the Rainy River District Fastball League with three games each in both the East and West Divisions. With the Fort Frances Braves getting the top seed and a bye in the East after finishing with a league-best 18-1 record, […]
After a day or two of relaxing early last week following a week of fishing hard on Rainy Lake during the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, it seemed like it would be just another stretch of normal summer days. I was enjoying the quiet time around home when I got […]
Staff Brody Strachan was feeling a little claustrophobic so he put some breathing room between himself and Jeff Davis. Strachan nabbed his second WISSOTA Modifieds feature win of the season Saturday night as the Emo driver extended his lead over Davis in the standings in Borderland Racing Association action at […]
