The Boreal West Round Table information centre will be in Fort Frances tomorrow in an attempt to develop recommendations on land use and natural resource allocation in Northwestern Ontario. The public will have a chance to examine the group’s planning recommendations and to ask questions to its members. The centre […]
Local Sports
The local minor hockey association is bracing for the possibility of having all its current volunteers put through a police check as part of the Canadian Hockey Association’s revised harassment and abuse policy. “The whole idea is to protect the kids,” said Lynn Kellar, president of the Fort Frances Minor […]
After holding a special meeting Monday night on the new rink here, town council decided it would be in its best interest to have “technical” people look at the bids and provide input back. A total of 15 bids were received by last week’s Tuesday deadline for architectural proposals for […]
Calling it “a window of opportunity,” Fort High has elected to allow high-school aged swimmers the chance to compete at the all-Ontario championships next season. For many, the decision was a long time coming. “What we wanted to do was, in some way, get high school swimmers the chance to […]
tagg’s improved its league-leading record to 6-0-1 for 13 points in the men’s Borderland soccer play with a 4-2 victory over ‘AAA’ on Monday at Westfort. ‘AAA’ currently sits in second place with a 3-3-1 record, followed by the Falls (2-3-3), ITS (2-3-2), and Nova (1-5-1). The score from last […]
Many anglers consider walleye fishing to be a game of trolling. When the concept of back-trolling was perfected, expert and novice fishermen alike felt this method was the ideal technique for presenting a bait to walleyes. As effective as back-trolling is, though, there are still times when casting a bait […]
The Fort Frances Archers shone as brightly as the sun during last weekend’s second-annual Border Challenge with the Moonlight Archers Club of International Falls. With 41 archers registered, this year’s “challenge” drew twice as many competitors over last year’s inaugural one. The bulk of the archers were with the Fort […]
In order to cut interest payments on the $300,000 borrowed to finance the new fairway irrigation system being installed at Kitchen Creek Golf Course, the club is offering 150 “Gold Card” memberships. The memberships, which will be made available to current members only on a first-come, first-serve basis for the […]
Although the town’s recreation department was approached by the Sight & Sound fastball team a month ago about burned out lights at Vanjura Stadium, none of them have been replaced yet. Team manager Derek McKinnon said he had approached Community Services manager George Bell about replacing the burned out bulbs, […]
Muskie forward Aaron Grynol, the team’s leading scorer last season, is expected to sign with the Thunder Bay Flyers next week. New head coach Gary Wenzel confirmed late yesterday afternoon that Grynol will be in a Flyer uniform next season. “I decided I needed a year [in Thunder Bay] before […]
The Barwick Blue Knights pulled to within a half a game of the front-running Emo Bulldogs with a pair of wins in Rainy River District Fastball League action last week. Barwick routed Big Island 19-11 in a wild one a week ago Tuesday, with Kent Ogden (two), Greg Wilson, Tom […]
On many lakes, emerging weed growth will attract a good percentage of the active walleyes. But not all weed growth is alike so there are other variables to consider when selecting the best emerging weedbeds. For example, I’ve had my best luck on shallow points and flats gradually tapering to […]
