Press Release The Emo Speedway has been in existence since the summer of 1954, and the Borderland Racing Association wants you to celebrate with us the brilliant accomplishments that have been made throughout the many years of stock car racing in the region. This Saturday (July 25), starting at 6:50 […]
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the MNR A Thunder Bay man has been convicted of lying to a conservation officer and for his part in illegally killing and possessing a bull moose. Robert Earley was fined $750 for possessing game taken illegally and $1,000 for providing false information to a conservation officer. He is also […]
Anthony Leek Action at the Emo Speedway was great on Saturday as another night of racing ended with an exciting green-white-checkered in the WISSOTA Modifieds division. The whole evening was intense with 10 Street Stocks, 16 Midwest Modifieds, and 11 Modifieds entered the facility. In the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, Kendal […]
Elisabeth Heslop The day of the 11th-annual “Kid-Pro” tournament dawned sunny and warm, boding well for the 14 youngster who gathered under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina on Sunday morning to meet their pro angling partners. As the third of her siblings to participate in the tourney, […]
Press Release Club starts Fall Series Despite cloudy and sometimes rainy weather, nine captains and their crews enjoyed great sailing conditions Saturday for the Rendezvous Yacht Club’s annual Mermaid Rock Race. With north winds of eight-15 m.p.h., it was a challenging course from Grindstone Island around Mermaid Rock and back. […]
Staff The fifth-annual Kingsley Downs & Gus Lindberg Memorial slo-pitch tournament wrapped up over the weekend in Devlin with the Village People beating the Gillons’ Clippers 15-8 in the ‘A’ final. The annual tournament has been ongoing in Downs’ name since 2003 after the longtime umpire was killed in a […]
Mitch Calvert Conditions have been far from ideal for those teams pre-fishing ahead of tomorrow’s start of the 15th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. Cold rains and strong winds haunted anglers all last week before briefly subsiding over the weekend—only to return in full force again Monday and Tuesday during […]
Mitch Calvert Ever wondered where those kids from the Borderland Thunder ended up? Well, if Dean Bruyere has his way, you may be seeing plenty of familiar faces from those days coming back to an arena near you. Just with a little bit more facial hair, perhaps. Bruyere is spearheading […]
Staff Greg Ward is no stranger to winning golf tournaments in these parts, and that edge in experience was the difference Sunday as he prevailed in a playoff to capture the Heron Landing Men’s Open. Ward, who fired identical rounds of 76 last year to finish second with a two-day […]
Mitch Calvert Donovan Taylor’s trip to the Canadian Age Group Championships in Montreal last week can be chalked up as a learning experience. The Fort Frances Aquanaut swimmer turned 15 just two weeks ago and had to compete up an age group—and thus wasn’t expecting any miracles at the meet. […]
Mitch Calvert This Saturday night (July 25) will mark the 55th anniversary of the Emo Speedway. The track has seen its share of ups and downs over the years, but no one knows that better than 90-year-old Raoul Cayer, who took the checkered flag that first race back on July […]
Mitch Calvert It’s been a whirlwind summer for Fort Frances native Steve Arpin. Despite a string of four-straight top-10 finishes on the ARCA RE/MAX Series, the 25-year-old likely is nearing the end of his tenure with Eddie Sharp Racing unless some funding can be secured following this Saturday’s Wolverine Power […]
