Although the fabulous fishing on Rainy Lake isn’t exactly a secret, even more people will know about it come next year. That’s because a fishing celebrity made his way here last week—and he’s not just going to tell his buddies down at the bait shop how good the fishing was. […]
Local Sports
The north diamond at the St. Francis Sportsfield is about to become a crown jewel of local baseball. Town council agreed June 9 to finance improvements to the field, converting it to baseball regulation standards. The town still needs to get two additional written quotes from companies bidding for the […]
It’s been three weeks off for the Fort Frances Aquanauts—just don’t try and tell the swimmers. While this weekend’s long-course event in Minneapolis will see the Aquanauts diving back into competition for the first time since the Half-Way Motors Nissan International in Thunder Bay on May 24-25, there’s been no […]
The local Rendezvous Yacht Club has broken the ice on another season of competition, but it will be a slippery task for the various skippers to get a grip on the series championship. Through three races so far this year, Todd Hamilton and his Tanzer 22 boat, “Through,” lead the […]
He got his trapper on almost everything else sent his way this past season so it was little surprise goalie Dan Hoehne grabbed the highest accolade available on the Borderland Thunder. The Duluth, Mn. native skated away with the Jim Witherspoon Memorial Trophy as the team’s Most Valuable Player during […]
If Curves and Taggs were thinking they could sleepwalk to a pair of championship repeats this season, both Gillons’ teams just gave them a wake-up call. Laureen Cousineau notched a pair of goals as Gillons’ (2-0) toppled the defending women’s league champs 3-2 last Wednesday in Borderland Soccer Association play […]
All her athletic life, Michelle Sawatzky-Koop was labelled as too small. But with undaunted persistence, she proved anyone can walk alongside the giants. The Steinbach, Man. native and former Olympian, as the starting setter with the Canadian women’s national volleyball team, offered a message of hope and hard work while […]
See no losses, hear no losses, speak only of perfection. Sight & Sound (8-0) built upon their fast early-season start with a 4-3 win over Pinewood, then nipped Barwick by a 6-5 margin, to tighten their grip atop the Rainy River District Fastball League. The top guns also posted a […]
Here are the results for the local participants in this last Saturday’s Open Horse Show competition hosted by the Whispering Pines Saddle Club in Emo: 13 and under •Showmanship—1. Kelsey McLean 2. Kali Wieringa 3. Katie Pearce •Western Pleasure—1. Kali Wieringa 2. Kelsey McLean 3. Katie Pearce •Western Horsemanship—1. Kali […]
Alex Parent’s transatlantic expedition produced three personal best times in the pool—and a great time all-around. The 14-year-old member of the Fort Frances Aquanauts was the highlight performer among the eight-person Canadian squad that took part in the DSE National Open disabled swimming championships in Sheffield, England last week. “It […]
Despite the wet weather last Friday, about 90 golfers took part in the annual Confederation College Scholarship Golf Tournament out at Kitchen Creek. In the end, more than $7,000 was raised for the college’s scholarship fund. On the links, the team of Brian Beers, Glenn Jorgenson, Shannon Burton, and Tom […]
Town council approved financing for improvements to the north diamond at the St. Francis Sportsfield during its regular meeting Monday night. The approval is subject to there being requests made to contractors for competitive written bids for the work. The job—which involves converting the diamond to baseball regulation standards—will be […]
