Staff It’s tough when any hockey team loses its leading scorer. Fortunately for the Fort Frances Lakers, that won’t be the case next season. Lakers’ head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan last week announced that forward Nick Lucas will be returning to the squad for another campaign. In his […]
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Jamie Mountain Whether you are a young or old angler, a good time is expected once again at the 18th-annual “Castin For Cash” bass tournament slated for this Friday and Saturday (July 6-7) on the Lake Despair chain. Lake Despair Lodge, located at the end of Highway 613 North, once […]
Staff John Desaulniers shone brightly during the Rainy River District Fastball League’s annual all-star game held Thursday night in Pinewood. Desaulniers was solid on the rubber and also belted a grand slam to left field to pace the East All-Stars to a 11-1 rout of the West All-Stars. Don Smith […]
Staff The accolades keep on coming for Molly Carlson. The Fort Frances native was among 15 Florida State Seminoles’ swimmers and divers named to the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-America teams last Wednesday. The CSCAA recognized a record-breaking 1,069 student-athletes across all NCAA divisions, […]
Staff The Borderland Racing Association didn’t host races at the Emo Speedway over the Canada Day weekend, allowing drivers to compete south of the border. Wyatt Boyum of International Falls placed third in the Midwest Modifieds feature at Greenbush on Saturday. Cody Ossachuk of Fort Frances came fifth while Dayton […]
Jamie Mountain Hailey Beaudry of the Fort Frances Angels looked back to receive a throw from the outfield while a Couchiching player safely chugged into second base as the Lady Raiders erased a 4-0 first-inning deficit to improve to 7-5 on the season.
Jamie Mountain An unfortunate mishap forced organizers to cut short the seventh-annual International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday afternoon. Several people were injured on this side of the border during the Backus Community Center’s “community pull” tug-of-war between Fort Frances and International Falls, which ran in conjunction with […]
Local residents pulled with all their might in the “community pull” during the international tug-of-war staged by the Backus Community Center in International Falls on Saturday in conjunction with the seventh-annual International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival. But the event, making its return after a five-year absence, was marred when […]
Jamie Mountain The New Gold Nuggets blasted their way across the 300-metre course en route to top spot at the seventh-annual International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday at the Sorting Gap Marina. The squad’s combined heat time of 3:27 was one second better than that of the Canada […]
Staff Getting down early proved not to be too much of a challenge for the Couchiching Lady Raiders in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action Monday night. The Lady Raiders (7-5) rallied from a four-run first-inning deficit to nab an 11-7 win over the Fort Frances Angels (2-9). Jennifer […]
Jamie Mountain Cancer survivors and caregivers participated in the flower ceremony that once again was part of the annual International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival held Saturday at the Sorting Gap Marina. A moment of silence was held to remember all the loved ones who have passed from the disease […]
From the MNRF The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry laid 53 charges and also issued 41 warnings during a two-day road check station at the junction of Highway 502 and Highway 11, east of Fort Frances. On June 22 and 23, conservation officers from the Northwest Region checked 2,069 […]
