By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com

The Fort Frances High School Muskies put in a solid day’s work to put away the Dryden High School Eagles by a score of 47-7 on Friday. Both defense and offense were firing on all cylinders as the team recorded multiple sacks and forced fumbles. After the game head coach […]

Elisa Nguyen
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
enguyen@fortfrances.com

The Town of Fort Frances is in the process of selecting a reputable contractor to complete pool renovations at the Memorial Sports Centre, raising hopes that accessibility to the pool will be improved in this phase of the project. Craig Miller, Interim Operations and Facilities Manager for the Town of […]

By Robin McCormick
West End Correspondent

Emily Jerry has packed up her skates, goalie equipment, school supplies and everything else required to play hockey, and has joined the Thunder Bay Queen’s U15 AA hockey team. Emily, who turns 14 later this month, will be attending Hammarskjold High School along with her busy hockey schedule. She shared […]

Press release

FORT FRANCES, ON – The Fort Frances Lakers have announced the promotional schedule for the first half of the 2023/24 season. The Fall/Winter 2023 Promotional Schedule features six special events that will see the Lakers partner with community groups, organizations, and regional First Nations. The Lakers will partner with Seven […]

Press release

FORT FRANCES, ON – The Fort Frances Lakers’ Youth Development Camp begins tomorrow at the Emo LaVallee Community Centre. The five-day sports camp runs from September 13-17, and will include instruction from Lakers players and coaches. The camp will feature on-ice skills and development sponsored by New Gold, and off-ice […]

Staff

Walleye are one of the most popular species to catch in the Rainy River district, and for good reason – they’re one of the tastiest. The anglers in local tournaments make finding the big ones easy, but for notice anglers, walleye can be tricky to catch. Here are a few […]

Staff

The organizers of the Rainy River Walleye Tournament know that fishing and kids go together. So they’ve put together a line-up of fun family activities, that everyone can enjoy. It all takes place Saturday at the Big Tent, so pack up the whole family for a full day of fun! […]

By Allan Bradbury
Staff writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com

After winning last spring’s Emo Walleye Classic, with a two-day total of 23.19 Lbs. long-time partners Doug McBride and Steve Ballan are hoping they can have a repeat performance this weekend in the Rainy River Walleye Tournament. Ballan says this is the pair’s 30th year fishing in tournaments together and […]

By Jack Elliott

Helping with the Rainy River Walleye Tournament is one of the major activities the West Rainy River Lions Club keeps busy at, across our District Communities throughout the year. It all comes to a grand climax at the RRWT Big Tent in Hannam Park in Rainy River this coming September […]

What’s Missing? Just you! With a maximum of only 6000 tickets to be sold you couldbe the one sitting at the controls of this beautiful Princecraft Vectra 21 Pontoon Boat cruising our waterways next summer… but you’ve got to have a ticket to win. Just $20.00. Get yours before it’s […]

By Ken Kellar
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com

It’s passion that has brought them this far ,and it’s that same passion that will see Jay McFarlane of 2-Tone Music Productions under the big tent at the Rainy River Walleye Tournament this Friday night to keep spirits high and make sure everyone has a good time. While McFarlane isn’t […]

By Ken Kellar
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com

With the start of fishing only days away, there’s no better time than this weekend to make the trip out to the west end of the district to enjoy the 2023 Rainy River Walleye Tournament. This year’s event is scheduled to take place from Thursday, September 14, to Saturday, September […]