Whether I’m guiding or out on the tournament trail, I have to catch fish to get paid and avoid having to get a real Monday to Friday gig. Don’t get me wrong, I work hard to stay busy throughout the year but my main sources of income are fishing tournaments […]
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It must be a long time ago, but the number of people at sports events used to be important. In every Canadian Press story the attendance was required reporting, as much as the score was. Always. Maybe the size of the crowd was not always exact, but it was always […]
June Patricia Keddie, age 93, of Fort Frances, passed away peacefully on May 20, 2022 in Laverendre Hospital. June was born in England to Ernie and Irene Bartram on February 18, 1929. She married James Robert Keddie in September of 1949. She was involved in many charity organizations. Having survived […]
The Emo Walleye Classic is this weekend, May 26, 27 and 28. Check out the full scheduile of events at emowalleye.com The Rainy River Valley Field Naturalists will be hosting a Spring Birding for Beginners field trip, Saturday, May 28 beginning at 8 a.m. Meet at the marina in Fort […]
It is with profound sadness that the family of Don DeBenedet announces his passing on Sunday, May 22, 2022 at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Science Centre with his wife and daughter by his side. Donnie was born on March 18, 1951 in Fort Frances, ON to Claude and Helen […]
We all must realize that Mother Nature is always in charge. We might try to mitigate the effects of winter snows and spring snowstorms and rainstorms. But this year is proving across the Rainy Lake water basin, Mother Nature is in charge. We could not anticipate the huge snowfalls that […]
Have you heard of the World Central Kitchen (WCK) organization? Neither had I until I listened to Matt Galloway on CBC Radio’s The Current and he told me all about it. The not-profit WCK organization was founded by Jose Andres, a well-known chef with restaurants in Spain and in the […]
Our cross-country drive to Emo called for an overnight in Fargo, apparently a magnet for Canadian shoppers. A little homework proved valuable: The Roger Maris Museum was in Fargo…in a shopping mall! Two birds, one stone, right? As distant-replay aficionados know, Roger Maris was once the biggest name in baseball. […]
