Staff They already had their open tryout camp scheduled for this weekend but the Fort Frances Lakers weren’t sitting around counting the minutes to pass the time. Rather, a trio of team-related events occurred over the past two days. Yesterday, head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan traded last season’s […]
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Joey Payeur A two-man mission has become a solo quest but Pascal Bredin refuses to let his departed companion down. The 20-year-old from Gatineau, Que. stopped in Fort Frances for a few days this past week before continuing on a most epic adventure along the waterways of Canada. Bredin is […]
Staff The challenge has begun. Bill Michl, past district governor for Lions District 5M10, started his 1,985-km (1,300-mile) trek around Lake Superior on Saturday. The “Making Superior Lions Run” is scheduled to take 82 days to complete, meaning the Fort Frances Voyageur Lion should finish on Sept. 28. Michl is […]
Staff The Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League has announced the two teams for its annual all-star game set for next Wednesday (July 19) at Manitou. The teams were picked by Stacy Patey of the Fort Frances Her-icanes and Kayla Windigo of the Red Gut Babes, the two captains from […]
Staff For only his first year of motorcross racing, Trevor Croswell is finishing first on an above-average basis. The Emo resident captured top spot in the MX3 Beginner division during the fourth stop in this year’s Superior Dirt Riders Northern Ontario season Saturday in Kakabeka Falls. Croswell also nabbed sixth […]
Staff They keep falling and can’t seem to get up. These are difficult times for the top team in the Borderland Soccer League’s men’s division as Centra Pipelines has followed its 5-0 start with a third-straight loss. This time it was a 3-1 setback to CJ Contracting on Monday evening. […]
Press Release The Northern Policy Institute is pleased to announce this year’s “State of the North” conference will take place Sept. 27-28 in Timmins. “State of the North” is an annual conference that brings together members of the general public, decision-makers, community leaders, experts, and innovators to explore the state […]
Staff Stacy Patey has been warning her team all season not to take anyone for granted. Her teammates had the point illustrated in technicolour Monday night. The Fort Frances Her-icanes got all they could handle–and nearly more–from the upstart Fort Frances Angels, who fell just short of a stunning upset […]
Joey Payeur The thought of being three-time second-place finishers did not appeal in the slightest to the New Gold Nuggets. Instead, it was the Nuggets who were pure gold in defeating the defending champion Kemira Paper Dragons in the championship final of the sixth-annual International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival […]
Staff It was a pitching experiment that almost blew up in the faces of the Fort Frances Braves. A last-inning rally by the Northwest Bay Chieftains turned a laugher into a nail-biter as the Braves hung on for a 15-11 victory in Rainy River District Fastball League action last Thursday […]
Staff Donovan Cousineau and Dave Chambers may have missed their calling as investment bankers. Anyone that can turn $22 into $5,000 has a firm handle on how to make a profit. The Fort Frances team topped the 52-team field at the annual “Castin’ for Cash” tournament, hosted by Lake Despair […]
Robin McCormickDevlin correspondent The Devlin slo-pitch league will hold its annual Gus Lindberg/Kingsley Downs Memorial Tournament tomorrow through Sunday (July 13-16) at the Devlin Ball Diamond. There will be plenty of auction on the diamond, as well as a full canteen and beer gardens. Come out and enjoy the action! […]
