Staff The Race of Champions Mid-season Shootout was the perfect time for Gavin Paull to shine once again. The Fort Frances native claimed his third feature win of the year in the WISSOTA Modifieds division, and also took the lead in the points standings, in Borderland Racing Association action Saturday […]
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Mark Ravelling tossed a noodle into the crowd during the top 10 boat parade under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina on Saturday afternoon. He and his partner, Mike Luhman, finished in 15th place at this year’s tourney with a three-day total of 45.75 pounds.
Cass Teeple of the Dawson Tigers fouled off a tough pitch during Team #2’s 15-3 loss to Team #1 in the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League’s annual all-star game last Wednesday evening at Manitou Rapids. The league’s playoffs kicked off Monday night and continue tonight (weather permitting).
Staff No matter the opponent, the Fort Frances Braves only know one thing: winning. Brett Mann crushed a three-run homer in the third inning to pace the top-ranked Braves to a 13-2 drubbing of fourth-seeded Windey’s Warriors last Thursday evening at VanJura in the second round of the six-team, double-elimination […]
Staff Manitou Rapids was the place to be last Wednesday evening if you like offence. Team #1 blew things wide-open with a five-run fifth inning en route to a 15-3 rout of Team #2 in the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League’s annual all-star game. It didn’t take long for […]
The Canadian PressMelissa Couto TORONTO–With the Blue Jays lacking a starter for last night’s game, manager John Gibbons hoped to find an answer in his bullpen. The end result wasn’t quite was he was looking for but Gibbons did see a glimmer of hope in three scoreless innings from Jaime […]
The Canadian PressKelly Geraldine Malone CHURCHILL, Man.–Florence Hamilton’s ancestors once followed the caribou across the Arctic tundra. That was before the federal government forcefully relocated the Sayisi Dene to barren land outside Churchill, Man. in 1956. By 1973, 117 of the more than 250 people who were moved had died […]
Stephanie Hagenaars Carter Daniw, left, Teagan McKinnon, and Hayley Glueheisen played with dinosaurs in one of the sandboxes at the McIrvine Rotary Park on Colonization Road West this morning. The group, along with many other children and adults, gathered at the park for a “Drop-in Playtime” program offered through the […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–A controversial decision by the Ontario government to scrap the sex-education curriculum before a new one is in place has left school boards in limbo with just weeks to go before students return to classes. The newly-elected Progressive Conservative government has said students will continue to […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–The Liberal government has made it clear that simply entering Canada is not a “free ticket” for newcomers to stay in the country, Public Safety minister Ralph Goodale told MPs studying the ongoing influx of asylum-seekers from the United States. But no matter how a person arrives […]
The Canadian PressPeter Rakobowchuk MONTREAL–The move by Montreal to increase the minimum age for youngsters to be allowed into its public swimming pools without supervision is getting the thumbs-up from the province’s lifesaving society. Several drownings earlier this year prompted the city to raise the age to eight years old […]
From the MNRF Five new fires were reported in the Northwest Region by yesterday afternoon. Fort Frances Fire #22, located near Caliper Lake, was listed as “not under control” at 0.5 hectares in size at last report. Dryden Fire #24, located near Basket Lake, also was listed as “not under […]
