Local Sports

With license-free fishing days coming up (June 19-20 and July 3-11) Cheryl Hopkins, avid fisher, mom of three and founder of Indigenous-owned BaitCloud, has provided the following tips on getting out on your lake with your kids. SAFETY “Safety should always come first. Be sure to pack life jackets for […]

The Fort Frances Girls and Women’s Hockey Association (FFGWHA) will be holding their AGM on May 26. Craig Miller, president of the FFGWHA, said all six director positions are up for election as well as the vice-president, secretary and registrar. Miller said they generally have interest from those already involved […]

The Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association (FFMHA) will be holding their Annual General Meeting (AGM) on May 18 via Google Meet. The link to the meeting has been posted on the FFMHA website and Facebook page. Adam Scott, public relations coordinator for the FFMHA, said the main purpose of the […]

Being in the sports media gave one writer and broadcaster the opportunity to interview sports personalities he never imaged he’d even meet in places he never imagined he’d be. These will be his stories about their stories – or just about them – from the pages of his past, while […]

Hitting a few hole-in-ones at mini putt may look easy, but golf is a much more masterful sport, requiring more athletic skill than one would think. Christin Thomson formally co-owned the Dairy Queen with her sister, which had been a family business for over 60. After selling the business last […]

It was an odd year for minor sports, but one thing remains the same – awarding excellence. The coaching staff at the Emo Devlin Barwick Minor Hockey Association have submitted their choices for the annual awards. The choices were difficult, but the results are in. The Tony Bliss, Doug Wilson, […]

Some things are just too important to cancel, and organizers of the Emo Walleye Classic felt the annual tournament was one of them. To keep the spring tradition alive, the event went contactless, with anglers from both sides of the border venturing out with cameras in hand, to document their […]

The Quetico Foundation is asking paddlers and non-paddlers alike to participate in a unique contest to celebrate the northern Ontario wilderness park — without going far from home. The Quetico Portage Challenge asks people to pick one of Quetico Provincial Park’s 587 portages, and then complete a similar distance near […]

The Memorial Sports Centre in Fort Frances is looking for feasibility studies on both ice plants at the sports centre in order to be more efficient. Because both ice plants feeding the two rinks are aging out, Adam Mitchell, asset management coordinator, said they are trying to engage design and […]