Young sailors, be advised: your ship will cast off one day late. The Best-Ever Ontario Optimist Mobile (BOOM) program, originally set to run July 1-4 on Sand Bay, now will begin Wednesday (July 2) and last until Saturday (July 5). The times for the sessions will remain from 9 a.m.-4 […]
Local Sports
The best athletes in the world find that extra gear when it matters most. Ray Bedard followed that formula to perfection. The Fort Frances resident soared to new heights yesterday with a personal best of 4.45 metres to win the silver medal in the long jump event at the Special […]
Somewhere Saturday night, Ed Rea was smiling down on the Emo Speedway with pride. Rea’s son, Dan, paid a fitting tribute to his late father as the Devlin driver charged to victory in the feature race of the street stock class during last week’s Borderland Racing Association action. Ed Rea—a […]
Rainy River wanted to make a statement, but Sight & Sound wasn’t in the mood to listen. Pitcher Warren Voth earned the win as Sight & Sound stretched its lead atop Rainy River District Fastball League with a 9-5 win over second-place Rainy River last Tuesday (June 17). Duane Carlson […]
What was assumed to be a lead pipe cinch just turned into a streetfight, with the all-Ontario high school hockey championship in 2006 at stake. Fort High principal Ian Simpson headed to last week’s OFSAA spring meetings under the assumption that Fort Frances, as the NWOSSAA rep, was almost certain […]
Rob Doucette wasn’t wearing any tie-dyed clothing or sporting a peace symbol on his golf bag, but for one day, he was glad to be back in the 60s. The Elmhurst, Man. native sputtered down the stretch, but held on to shoot a three-under 69 to nip Fort Frances’ Glen […]
Numbers can be deceiving. While registration numbers in the Fort Frances Minor Soccer Association declined this year, vice-president John Pierce said the drop can be attributed not so much to a lack of interest as in the hastened advancement of some of the older players. “Overall, a lot of the […]
Sound the trumpets and sing hallelujah. The curse has been broken. Nearly 32 years has passed since I first saw the light of this world (my birthday’s in three weeks, all monetary gifts graciously accepted) and in that time, I have witnessed amazing things. Some have been stirring (the beauty […]
The 2003 edition of the Muskie football team had more the look of a winner—at least, the ones who bothered showing up. Head coach Bob Swing was encouraged with how improved his squad appeared during the recent spring camp as compared to last year’s crew that went 0-7 during the […]
From the time I arrived in Fort Frances six months ago, I’ve been champing at the bit for a chance to sample some of the outstanding fishing for which the area is justifiably famous. Of course, in order to do that, one needs both the time and the means to […]
The way some golfers bark at galleries and angrily hurl clubs hither and yon, you’d think their very existence depended on coming in as much under par as possible. Well, Derek Ingram knows better. The Winnipeg resident put together a remarkable year last season on the Manitoba PGA tour—and was […]
A half-dozen local runners journeyed to Duluth for Saturday’s 27th-annual Grandma’s Marathon, led by a mile-churning medicine man. Dr. Daryl Brain of Fort Frances was one hot-footed healer as he completed the full marathon in 3:43.25—placing 1,491st in the field of 6,968. Christina Tolen of Nestor Falls also endured the […]
