Lucas Punkari Anyone who’s set foot outside during the current heat wave baking Rainy River District knows it doesn’t take long before you’re dripping with sweat and looking for the nearest place to cool down. However, if you’re an angler pre-fishing for the annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championships, which […]
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Lucas Punkari A five-year quest finally was fulfilled for Christopher Leek at the Emo Speedway on Saturday night as he captured his first career feature victory in the WISSOTA Midwest Modified division. “It feels pretty good,” Leek said afterwards. “I’m a little disappointed that it wasn’t against a bigger field, […]
Lucas Punkari It has been a long and winding road for 23-year old Joey Galloway during his racing career. Having started out locally at his hometown Emo Speedway and then driving at tracks all over the U.S., Galloway now finds himself living in Manor, Sask., where he’s continuing to race […]
Lucas Punkari Heading into last weekend’s summer camp over in International Falls, Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan and the rest of his staff were hoping to fill in a few blanks they had about their roster for the 2011/12 season. Instead, the Lakers still are […]
Lucas Punkari When the anglers competing in the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championships take to the stage for the weigh-ins at the Memorial Sports Centre starting tomorrow, there will be a number of youngsters in the crowd who will be watching and dreaming of some day being in the same […]
Lucas Punkari “Make It Seven” was the rallying cry for many Canadian hockey fans over the last decade hoping to see the NHL expand north of the border, and they finally got their wish a couple of months ago with the Winnipeg Jets returning to the 30-team loop. The same […]
Lucas Punkari The Fort Frances Lakers continue to build their roster for the 2011/12 season, signing local forward Jordan Larson and re-signing forward Henry Gutierrez. Larson, who took part in the Lakers’ rookie camp in International Falls over the weekend, was acquired from the Duluth Clydesdales following the SIJHL draft […]
Staff It was a steady performance for Steve Arpin and his #32 Mike’s Hard Lemonade Chevrolet Silverado at the Iowa Speedway in Newton on Saturday night. The Fort Frances native was able to drive his Turner Motorsports-owned vehicle to a 13th-place showing in the Coca-Cola 200 event for the NASCAR […]
Staff Regular season drawing to close Thanks to a 13-game win streak dating back to May 24, Beef’s Warriors quickly have become a force to be reckoned with during their inaugural season in the Rainy River District Fastball League. The Warriors currently hold top spot in the 10-team loop with […]
Staff The local U12 boys’ and girls’ soccer teams will get the 2011 campaign started Monday afternoon with registration and their opening practices at St. Francis Field starting at 4:30 p.m. This year the teams will be coached by Mike Sande and Alyssa Holliday, who are taking over the reins […]
Lucas Punkari With the SIJHL officially announcing yesterday that a seventh team, the Iron Range Steel, will be joining the league for the 2011/12 season, teams now could reveal which players they had selected in the 2011 draft, which took place back on June 5 in Thunder Bay as a […]
the MNR Two southern Ontario men have been fined a total of $2,000 for firing their guns from a boat. Ryan Shevalier of Orillia and Jacob McCann, from Orangeville, both were convicted of discharging a firearm from a boat. Shevalier was fined $1,200 while McCann was fined $800. Shevalier also […]
