Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Do you have a spare room in your house you can offer to a young man coming to town to play hockey? The Fort Frances Lakers need you. The community-run team is looking for people to house players from September until as late as May depending on the team’s playoff […]
As we work through the dog days of summer and the evenings begin to cool off, the racing action is hot as ever at the Emo Speedway. Last Saturday’s action had something for everyone to root for, whether it was seeing your favourite weekend warriors leading the charge, seeing a […]
Rainy River District Mens Fastpitch playoffs got underway last night. These are the updated standings and stats after the final regular season games on Thursday, July 27, along with first-round playoff matchups. FINAL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS 1. Frequency Hearing Stratton Eagles 12-3 .800 RF: 142 RA: 74 2. Sight […]
Fort Frances Lakers forward Brady Wicklund has committed to Lake Region State College for the 2023-24 season, as a member of the Royals inaugural hockey program. The 6’1”, 190-pound International Falls native scored 16 points in 11 games from February 9 to March 9, 2023, and added two goals in […]
Athletes returned to the Rainy River District from the 2023 North American Indigenous Games last week after traveling to Halifax to compete. Team Ontario came third overall in the medal standings, with a total of 128, Saskatchewan finished first with 176 medals and British Columbia came second with 160 however, […]
Place Team # Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Total Anglers 1 23 21.96 18.89 20.34 61.19 Bryan Gustafson Mike Luhman 2 1 20.47 19.34 19.91 59.72 Ian Waterer Motei Demers 3 2 18.59 18.38 18.30 55.27 Jeff Gustafson John Peterson 4 4 16.46 19.19 17.39 53.04 Andy Carlson Matt […]
After three full days of fishing, and a whole handful of afternoon and evening events, the 2023 Fort Fran-ces Canadian Bass Championship has come to a close. Things kicked off with the teen dance on Wednesday night before the first day of fishing, as well as the rock show performance […]
Mike Luhman, left, and Bryan Gustafson hoist the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship trophy following their win on Saturday, July 22, 2023 at the annual tournament. Luhman and Gustafson took the top spot with a three-day weight of 61.19 pounds. For more about the 2023 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship […]
The town of Fort Frances is working towards renovating structural components for the pool at the Memorial Sports Centre, says interim Chief Administrative Officer Travis Rob. The design work is almost complete and tenders will be out working within the next couple of weeks, funded by existing grant money the […]
Last week Rainy Lake Gymnastics Academy (RLGA) announced that tryouts would begin this week for their elite program. Head coach Stephanie Mann says with the club operating for a few years now they believe there is a good base to start training a more advanced group of athletes. “I know […]
The FFCBC anglers weren’t the only ones to be little unhappy with the weather Saturday morning – a thunderstorm and heavy rains almost put a damper on the festivities at the Emo Speedway. But after a full day of hard work, done by the track prep volunteers, and a little […]
Bryan Gustafson and Mike Luhman took the lead on Thursday afternoon and they never looked back. The pair went wire to wire to win the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship (FFCBC) with a three day total of 61.19 lbs. Neither storm, nor boat fire would deter them from their goal. […]
