The 11th-annual Bassin’ for Bucks fishing tournament took place last weekend on Whitefish Bay at Sioux Narrows, with a number of anglers from the region participating and placing. First place went to Alex Keszler and Wayne Wagner, of Winnipeg and St. Andrews, Man., with a three-day total of 56.50 pounds, […]
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The Emo Speedway wrapped up its final race of the season with the Keith McNally Memorial Fan Appreciation Night on Sunday afternoon to look back on the year and tweak the noses of the drivers with a few twists in the day’s feature races. Even if the features played out […]
The local skeet club enjoyed significantly more numbers than previous years this season. The shooters, who started in April and concluded in early September, came from many areas to add their touch with the clay targets. As usual, Len Noonan prevailed with many perfect scores of 25 and a very […]
The Rendezvous Yacht Club completed its Fall Series of Wednesday night races on Sept. 5, with the committee of Colin Hewitt and Sue Karsnia setting up a triangular course. With strong winds out of the northeast, Hewitt and Karsnia opted to modify the usual Olympic triangle course by requesting not […]
The Muskie football team had notable initial success pedalling Muskie discount cards door-to-door before last Friday’s season-opener, selling more than 400 throughout the district. In Fort Frances alone, 365 cards were sold. Another 40 were sold in Devlin and 30 more in Emo. The total already is close to last […]
The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres drew impressive crowds throughout their weekend-long pre-season but gave them little to cheer for, losing all three games. Close to 1,000 fans came out to the Ice for Kids Arena on Friday night to witness an up-and-down 6-4 loss to the Dryden Ice Dogs. That […]
The school was technically new but the result was the usual as the Muskie football team fell 20-6 to the Sturgeon Heights Huskies in their WHSFL opener here Friday afternoon. “The boys showed a lot of heart and they gave it their all,” said Muskie head coach Vince Gouin. “But […]
FORT FRANCES—The Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League will play an exhibition game against division rival the Toronto Marlies here on Friday, Sept. 28. The two teams will face off again in Dryden the following night. The game follows a similar exhibition swing by the Moose against the Hamilton […]
The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres will play their first-ever pre-season game tonight when they take on the Dryden Ice Dogs at 7:30 p.m. at the Ice for Kids Arena. The team will travel to Dryden for a rematch tomorrow at 7:30, then return to wrap up the pre-season weekend against […]
A year later and the arm of Brady Woods has not lost any zip. The Plum Coulee Farmers’ pitcher dazzled the crowd of about 100 on Sunday for the second year in a row at the Rainy River Royals’ annual fastball tournament when his Winnipeg team met Sight & Sound […]
The Rainy River Valley Field Naturalists held their annual general meeting Monday evening in Barwick, setting out some of its events for the season, starting with a sign re-erecting next Saturday (Sept. 15). The group will set up a sign at the head of the Cranberry Peatland Interpretive Trail (at […]
Brandon McGinnis of Manitou Rapids, 13, who excels as a long-distance runner, won four medals in track and field at the Ontario Aboriginal Summer Games held Aug. 9-13 in Thunder Bay. McGinnis won a gold medal in the 1,500-metre race, silver in the 400m, and bronze both the 800s and […]
