Staff They keep falling and can’t seem to get up. These are difficult times for the top team in the Borderland Soccer League’s men’s division as Centra Pipelines has followed its 5-0 start with a third-straight loss. This time it was a 3-1 setback to CJ Contracting on Monday evening. […]
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Press Release The Northern Policy Institute is pleased to announce this year’s “State of the North” conference will take place Sept. 27-28 in Timmins. “State of the North” is an annual conference that brings together members of the general public, decision-makers, community leaders, experts, and innovators to explore the state […]
Staff Stacy Patey has been warning her team all season not to take anyone for granted. Her teammates had the point illustrated in technicolour Monday night. The Fort Frances Her-icanes got all they could handle–and nearly more–from the upstart Fort Frances Angels, who fell just short of a stunning upset […]
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Scott Clendenning’s immeasurable contributions to local minor hockey and the high school girls’ team made him an easy choice for induction this year into the Fort Frances Sports Hall of Fame.
Joey Payeur The thought of being three-time second-place finishers did not appeal in the slightest to the New Gold Nuggets. Instead, it was the Nuggets who were pure gold in defeating the defending champion Kemira Paper Dragons in the championship final of the sixth-annual International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival […]
Joey Payeur Third baseman Travis Tom of the Fort Frances Braves had to charge and fire in a hurry on this grounder to get the force-out at second against the Northwest Bay Chieftains during his team’s 15-11 win at VanJura last Thursday evening.
Joey Payeur “Guoji,” the Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Club mascot, got a bird’s-eye view of the festival site while being carried along by members of the club during the parade of participants to open the festival.
Staff It was a pitching experiment that almost blew up in the faces of the Fort Frances Braves. A last-inning rally by the Northwest Bay Chieftains turned a laugher into a nail-biter as the Braves hung on for a 15-11 victory in Rainy River District Fastball League action last Thursday […]
Staff Donovan Cousineau and Dave Chambers may have missed their calling as investment bankers. Anyone that can turn $22 into $5,000 has a firm handle on how to make a profit. The Fort Frances team topped the 52-team field at the annual “Castin’ for Cash” tournament, hosted by Lake Despair […]
Robin McCormickDevlin correspondent The Devlin slo-pitch league will hold its annual Gus Lindberg/Kingsley Downs Memorial Tournament tomorrow through Sunday (July 13-16) at the Devlin Ball Diamond. There will be plenty of auction on the diamond, as well as a full canteen and beer gardens. Come out and enjoy the action! […]
Staff Two out of three ain’t bad, but three out of four is even better. The Fort Frances Voyageurs U11 boys’ soccer team posted a 3-1 record at an exhibition showcase in Thunder Bay over the weekend, winning their last three games. The locals opened with a 5-3 loss to […]
Joey Payeur Three days is how long the tournament lasts. But the amount of time for the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship organizing committee to get everything in order on an annual basis is much larger than that. That being said, Greg Gustafson, the FFCBC’s director of angler registration and […]
