In a battle for first place in Rainy River District Fastball League action last night at VanJura Stadium here, the local Sight & Sound team gave up two runs in the final inning en route to a 5-3 loss to the visiting Big Grassy Lightning. With the score tied 2-2 […]
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There will be a new addition to the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship this year, with a beach volleyball tournament set to take place at the Sorting Gap Marina that weekend. Truckloads of sand are being brought in specifically, but organizers need at least 10 teams of five players (mixed […]
Seventy-eight teams took part in the annual Shoal Lake Big Bass Classic on July 5-6. Although the wind blew hard, making fishing a little bit tough, anglers caught a lot of fish over the weekend and everyone had a great time. Taking home the $12,000 first-place prize was a pair […]
With clouds looking somewhat threatening and humid weather, the races at Emo Speedway were still able to get underway at the scheduled time. Two drivers from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Scott Bruce and Rob Ranttalo attended the night’s events. In the WISSOTA Midwest Modified heat races, Tridell Champlin of Deer River, […]
The Borderland Racing Association proudly presents the Northern Super Stock Touring Series Super Stock Special set for Saturday, July 19. For what will most likely be the last time, WISSOTA Super Stocks will be making their way to the Emo Speedway in full fashion. Last season, a total of fifteen […]
Sporting even more teams than last year, the eighth-annual “Castin’ for Cash” fishing tournament at Lake Despair Lodge north of Devlin kicks off Friday with a 7:30 a.m. take-off. The two-day derby has weigh-ins at 3:30 p.m. both days, and also will feature a fish fry on Friday night and […]
The head coaching vacancy for the Fort Frances High School Muskie boys’ hockey team has still yet to be filled since Shane Bliss stepped down in April—and the response has been lukewarm at best to date. “It’s not going good at all, I’ve just talked to one gentleman but there’s […]
If it wasn’t already an attractive option for anglers, Rainy Lake has officially been put on the fishing destination map with an upcoming appearance on a nationally televised fishing show. Aaron Shirley and Barry Pringle of “Getting Hooked,” a show on the Outdoor Life Network, received an invite from tournament […]
Joyce Wiedeman may be somewhat of a newcomer to the fitness scene, but she is quickly making a name for herself on the Canadian circuit. Born in B.C. but currently a Fort Frances resident since March with her boyfriend, John Cooper, Wiedeman hasn’t skipped a beat in her fitness journey, […]
The second-annual RBC Charity Golf Classic had a harder time generating interest in its second go-around from a summer ago, but still managed to raise $5,000 for a local charity. Money raised from the event went to the Riverside Foundation for Health Care, directly contributing to the Fort Frances chemotherapy […]
The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres continue to build towards the 2008-09 season, and have signed a pair of players to bolster their revamped lineup. Defenceman Riley Ferster, 20, comes to the team from Quesnel, B.C., where he spent last season in the Jr. ‘B’ Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. He […]
The main fundraising tool for the Fort High Muskies’ football team has kept the sport alive in Fort Frances, but is in need of more volunteers to maintain the momentum. “We are trying to get a few more parents involved, and we hope to do that by putting in a […]
