Where might a detour lead? It is a question often pondered when travelling by car and the bright orange signs announce detour ahead. Follow the signs. Sometimes it is only a narrow work-around that has been created for this one project. Sometimes the next sign indicates the road narrowing to […]
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The week of our annual soil and crop tour and open house has arrived. It is a bit of a bummer, though, because it is one of the signals that we are reaching the end of another growing season. Following this is a rush to be ready for the Emo […]
I love Jason Bateman. Well, I don’t love love him but I love the character he is in all his movies, and I like to think (and I do so with reasonable certainty) that he is cast as the dependable good guy because he is just that. So when the […]
Jamie Mountain If you would have told Bryan Gustafson and Brian McNanney at the beginning of last week that they would be the champions at the 24th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, they would have said you were dreaming. But sometimes dreams do come true–as the duo found out late […]
Jamie Mountain The difficult road to get back atop the SIJHL standings already has begun for the Fort Frances Lakers. But head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan is hopeful a slew of local players will help make that trip back up the mountain an easier one. Last week, Strachan […]
Bryan Gustafson and Brian McNanney held of some of their 18.49-pound Day 3 haul during the top 10 boat parade Sautrday afternoon under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina that helped them nab their first-ever Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship title. Their catch on the final day was […]
James Hill of Thunder Bay held up his biggest bass that was part of an 11.37-pound Day 3 haul. Hill and his partner, Chris Viel, placed 12th overall with a three-day weight of 46.33 pounds.
Jamie Mountain Kurt Johnson and Pat Jeffries blasted down the upper Rainy Lake as part of the Day 1 boat launch Thursday morning at the 24th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. The duo wound up finishing in sixth place overall with a three-day haul of 49.05 pounds.
Jamie Mountain Rylee Redford of the Fort Frances Angels fired a pitch during Team #1’s 15-3 romp over Team #2 in the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League’s annual all-star game last Wednesday evening at Manitou Rapids. Redford pitched four scoreless innings to earn the win.
Staff The tide is starting to turn for Manitou Forest Products in the Borderland Soccer League. After snapping a six-game losing streak last Wednesday with a 1-0 win over Centra Pipelines, they battled top-ranked CJ Contracting to a 1-1 tie in men’s division action Monday night. Jeremy Nussbaumer netted Manitou’s […]
Jason Cain of Fort Frances held up part of a 12.88-pound Day 3 haul during the top 10 boat parade on Saturday afternoon. Cain and his partner, Wayne Howard, left the docks that morning in first place but ended up finishing third with a three-day total of 50.33 pounds.
Jamie Mountain Dakota Andy of the top-ranked Fort Frances Braves narrowly beat the throw home to score a run during his squad’s 13-2 win over the fourth-seeded Windey’s Warriors in East Division playoff action of the Rainy River District Fastball League on Thursday night at VanJura. The Braves will look […]
