From the MNRF A Waterloo man has been fined $4,500 for hunting offences under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act. Hussein Hamid pleaded guilty to unlawfully killing a cow moose and discharging a firearm carelessly. He was fined $1,500 and $3,000, respectively, for the offences. In addition to the fines, […]
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From the MNRF The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry laid 53 charges and also issued 41 warnings during a two-day road check station at the junction of Highway 502 and Highway 11, east of Fort Frances. On June 22 and 23, conservation officers from the Northwest Region checked 2,069 […]
Staff It’s tough when any hockey team loses its leading scorer. Fortunately for the Fort Frances Lakers, that won’t be the case next season. Lakers’ head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan last week announced that forward Nick Lucas will be returning to the squad for another campaign. In his […]
Jamie Mountain Whether you are a young or old angler, a good time is expected once again at the 18th-annual “Castin For Cash” bass tournament slated for this Friday and Saturday (July 6-7) on the Lake Despair chain. Lake Despair Lodge, located at the end of Highway 613 North, once […]
Staff John Desaulniers shone brightly during the Rainy River District Fastball League’s annual all-star game held Thursday night in Pinewood. Desaulniers was solid on the rubber and also belted a grand slam to left field to pace the East All-Stars to a 11-1 rout of the West All-Stars. Don Smith […]
Staff The accolades keep on coming for Molly Carlson. The Fort Frances native was among 15 Florida State Seminoles’ swimmers and divers named to the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-America teams last Wednesday. The CSCAA recognized a record-breaking 1,069 student-athletes across all NCAA divisions, […]
Staff The Borderland Racing Association didn’t host races at the Emo Speedway over the Canada Day weekend, allowing drivers to compete south of the border. Wyatt Boyum of International Falls placed third in the Midwest Modifieds feature at Greenbush on Saturday. Cody Ossachuk of Fort Frances came fifth while Dayton […]
Jamie Mountain An unfortunate mishap forced organizers to cut short the seventh-annual International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday afternoon. Several people were injured on this side of the border during the Backus Community Center’s “community pull” tug-of-war between Fort Frances and International Falls, which ran in conjunction with […]
Staff Getting down early proved not to be too much of a challenge for the Couchiching Lady Raiders in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action Monday night. The Lady Raiders (7-5) rallied from a four-run first-inning deficit to nab an 11-7 win over the Fort Frances Angels (2-9). Jennifer […]
A group of kids decked out in red-and-white led this year’s Canada Day parade on their bikes from the Sorting Gap Marina along Front Street on Sunday morning. The parade’s theme for this year was “Summer Fun” and hundreds of residents lined the waterfront to watch various groups, organizations, and […]
Stephanie Hagenaars Last year’s Mini-King and Queen, Declan Scott and Brooklyn Beckett, at left, passed on their duties to five-year-old Hope McCormick and four-year-old Grayson Idrisson after the annual mini-royalty contest held during Canada Day festivities at Point Park. Each of the nine contestants answered a series of questions, including […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario’s new premier has frozen the wages of public service managers, and ordered a review of executive and management compensation, in his latest effort to curb government spending. A memo posted on the government website Friday–the day Doug Ford was sworn in as premier–says pending pay adjustments […]
