Jamie Mountain Anthony Leek couldn’t take the Emo Speedway with him so he decided to create one of his own. The former president of the Borderland Racing Association, who was born in Fort Frances and grew up in Emo, ventured out and created his own dirt track–the Lake of the […]
Local Sports
Jamie Mountain If you know someone who always has wanted to learn how to curl, or you have a new curler on your team, this is what they have been waiting for. The Fort Frances Curling Club is launching an “Adult Learn To Curl” program that will take place Sunday […]
Press Release Forty-five participants of the First Nations Natural Resources Youth Employment Program (FNNRYEP) and Outland Youth Employment Program (OYEP) graduated last Thursday at the program’s closing ceremonies held at Confederation College. Participants received certificates and two high school co-op credits earned during six weeks of work and training. The […]
Staff Another Superior Dirt Riders season has come and gone. Local riders put in a solid showing at the sixth-and-final stop of the season in Atikokan on Saturday. Dylan Tessier of Devlin had the top finish out of the local contingent, placing second in the 85cc 12-16 age category. He […]
From the MNRF An Indiana man has been fined $2,500 for hunting offences. Casey Seitzinger of Trafalgar pleaded guilty and was fined $1,500 for affixing his wolf seal to a wolf he did not shoot. He was fined an additional $1,000 for unlawfully transporting the wolf out of Ontario and […]
Jamie Mountain The goal is simply this: win another SIJHL championship. That’s the mindset of the Fort Frances Lakers ahead of their annual three-day training camp that opens tomorrow at the Ice For Kids Arena. After winning three-straight Bill Salonen Cup titles, the Lakers finished in fifth place the last […]
From the MNRF A Minnesota man has been fined for an offence under the Ontario Fishery Regulations. Shane Thompson of Warroad pleaded guilty and was fined $2,500 for fishing in a provincial fish sanctuary during the closed season. His fishing rods also were forfeited to the Crown. Court heard that […]
Jamie Mountain The Dawson Tigers knew early on that Travis Tom was on his game. Tom was a wizard on the rubber and with the bat–tossing a no-hitter and clubbing a pair of homers–to help pace his squad to an 11-0 rout of the Dawson Tigers in the deciding game […]
Staff Mother Nature decided to put the finishing touches on the Borderland Racing Association season a little earlier than most racers would have liked. A thunderstorm late Saturday afternoon forced the cancellation of the annual “Fan Appreciation Night” races in what would have been the final chance for racers to […]
Staff Gabe Mastromatteo was busy adding another gold medal to his extensive collection last week. The 16-year-old Kenora native struck gold in the men’s 100m breaststroke on Day 2 of the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championship in Fiji in a tightly contested race on Friday. Mastromatteo touched the wall […]
Staff The good times kept on rolling for Jeff “Gussy” Gustafson and Scott Dingwall over the weekend. Gustafson of Keewatin and Dingwall of Kenora claimed their fifth International Falls Bass Championship title on Saturday afternoon under a packed tent at Smokey Bear Park. “We only had two fish at noon,” […]
Jamie Mountain Get your rackets out and head on down to the Multi-Use Tennis Courts here this weekend (Sept. 1-2). The Fort Frances Multi-Use Tennis Courts committee will be hosting a tennis tournament on Saturday and Sunday for anyone interested. Men’s doubles will run on Saturday with singles going the […]
