Steve Arpin’s stock car racing career is going south in a hurry—and he’s perfectly fine with that. The Fort Frances driver has spent most of this racing season below the 49th parallel, making stops at various tracks on the WISSOTA circuit throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin. The strategy is not geared […]
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It was like the old McDonald’s commercials with Wayne Gretzky and Mats Sundin. Off the crossbar, off the goalie, nothing but net. Tara MacEachern’s late goal didn’t earn Taggs a Big Mac, but it did secure them their first point of the year in a 2-2 tie with league-leading Curves […]
The week off didn’t do anything to dull Vic Larson’s edge. The Dryden resident rebounded from two fourth-place finishes in the qualifying heats to win the feature race in the Modified division during Borderland Racing Association action last Saturday at the Emo Speedway. With rain washing out the previous week’s […]
The deadline to register for the annual Kid/Pro tourney, held in conjunction with the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, has been extended until tomorrow, organizers said. April Matheson, a summer student working for the FFCBC, said this morning that the deadline had to be extended this year because not enough […]
They’re the greenest of the greenhorns in the field, they’ve never fished in the tournament before, and they’ll be the fifth-last team to depart from the dock on opening day. So, Brian Christian, how do you like the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship so far? “I think we’ve got a […]
The annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship means many things to many people: good food and drink, a chance to catch up with old friends, games and activities for the kids, and, of course, some good fishing. But none of it would be possible without the 500 volunteers who give […]
Fresh off his victory in the Emo Walleye Classic this spring, Greg Stahn now has his eyes set on a bigger prize—the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship (FFCBC). Stahn and his partner, Todd Baker of Emo, topped all the competition in late May with a two-day bag of nearly 20 […]
It’s getting tight at the top. Gillons’ used their extra game on the schedule to full advantage Monday, downing Taggs 3-1 to move into sole possession of first place in the women’s division of the Borderland Soccer Association. Laureen Cousineau moved within a goal of league scoring leader Mandy Wilson […]
Kerry Park Skatepark will be the place to check out sick moves with a healthy message when the Manna Skateboard Team will be delivering their own brand of positively Monday, July 14. Broadcast live on 91.9 The Edge starting at 3 p.m., the event will see the Manna Skateboard Team, […]
Just as the OPP always are on patrol somewhere on area highways and streets, the OPP Marine Unit is out on Rainy Lake during the summer months—and the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship is no exception. “For the bass tournament, we’re really out there to monitor and assist bass fishermen […]
Among the 136 teams competing in this year’s Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, there are many with world-class credentials and big-purse wins. But there will be none with a more intimate knowledge of the “playing field” than Team #41. Dale LaBelle and his son-in-law, Jody Shypit, have a combined experience […]
It was the perfect ending to a perfect year. Jared Catholique-Bruyere added the exclamation point to his phenomenal season by claiming the gold medal in the plus-81 kg division of the Juvenile category at the national judo championships in Toronto this past weekend. The 16-year-old Fort Frances martial artist hadn’t […]
