Press Release The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) has shared with the federal government its recommendations to enhance Canadian competitiveness, accelerate innovation, and ensure future forests remain healthy in its 2019 pre-budget submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance. To support family-supporting jobs in rural and […]
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Jamie Mountain The goal is simply this: win another SIJHL championship. That’s the mindset of the Fort Frances Lakers ahead of their annual three-day training camp that opens tomorrow at the Ice For Kids Arena. After winning three-straight Bill Salonen Cup titles, the Lakers finished in fifth place the last […]
Tonight will be clear to partly cloudy with a low of eight C (46 F). Tomorrow will be mostly sunny. Expect a high of 23 (73) and a low of 15 (59). Friday will be cloudy with a thunderstorm in spots. Expect a high of 23 (73) and a low […]
Jamie Mountain Brett Mann of the Fort Frances Braves took a healthy cut at a pitch during his squad’s 11-0 romp over the Dawson Tigers in the deciding game of the Rainy River District Fastball League championship series last Tuesday evening at Couchiching.
Jamie Mountain Jaden Gustafson of the Fort Frances Braves proudly held up the trophy after his squad defeated the Dawson Tigers 11-0 in the deciding game of the Rainy River District Fastball League championship series last Tuesday night at Couchiching.
Sumbitted Emma Kunkel emerged from a hibernacula (an abondoned shale mine near Kakabeka Falls) where the “Bat Lab” team monitors bat populations.
Stephanie Hagenaars Brenden Hyatt, director of education for the Northwest Catholic District School Board, said a few words during the groundbreaking ceremony Thursday at the site of the new consolidated Kindergarten to Grade 8 Catholic school, combining St. Michael’s and St. Francis schools. Many school, education and town officials were […]
Submitted Jeff and Scott with their trophy at the IFBC this past weekend.
Submitted Emma Kunkel in Rushing River Provincial Park near Kenora inspecting a bat’s wing for damage caused by White Nose Syndrome.
From the MNRF An Indiana man has been fined $2,500 for hunting offences. Casey Seitzinger of Trafalgar pleaded guilty and was fined $1,500 for affixing his wolf seal to a wolf he did not shoot. He was fined an additional $1,000 for unlawfully transporting the wolf out of Ontario and […]
From the MNRF A Minnesota man has been fined for an offence under the Ontario Fishery Regulations. Shane Thompson of Warroad pleaded guilty and was fined $2,500 for fishing in a provincial fish sanctuary during the closed season. His fishing rods also were forfeited to the Crown. Court heard that […]
Jamie Mountain The Dawson Tigers knew early on that Travis Tom was on his game. Tom was a wizard on the rubber and with the bat–tossing a no-hitter and clubbing a pair of homers–to help pace his squad to an 11-0 rout of the Dawson Tigers in the deciding game […]
