A tradition 30 years in the making is set to kick off on Thursday morning as bass anglers hit Lake of the Woods for day one of the 2017 Kenora Bass International. Started back in 1988, the KBI has always taken place over the second weekend in August and over […]
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Staff Good thing Al Christiansen doesn’t smoke so that he won’t miss all the cigars he didn’t receive for coming close twice. The Fort Frances resident pulled down a pair of second-place finishes at a tennis tournament this past weekend held as part of Sioux Lookout’s Blueberry Festival. In the […]
Staff Pharmasave held the shoreline for as long as it could. But the Centra Pipelines waves eventually washed over them. Jeff Hyatt scored twice as Centra lived up to its regular-season championship hype with a 4-0 shutout of fourth-place Pharmasave in the first match of the two-leg semifinals in the […]
Staff The first half was about as good as La Place Rendez-Vous/Taggs could have hoped for. It was the second they could have done without, for it almost wiped away all their previous good work. An 8-2 first-half lead nearly evaporated completely in the face of a post-halftime charge by […]
Staff By the high standards of the Sight & Sound Wolves, it wasn’t a stellar regular season. But they’re used to bringing their best when the real shooting starts. John Desaulniers pitched a complete-game victory and the No. 3-ranked Wolves made their next step towards defending their championship with a […]
Staff Jamie Davis was back, but his competition can be forgiven if they got all choked up about it for different reasons than normally attached to a homecoming. The Devlin native and Fort Frances resident won his division-leading sixth feature race of the season in the WISSOTA Modifieds class after […]
Joey Payeur Being away from home for an extended period for the first time and the mountain of commitments attached to being a university freshman was enough to detour Claire Hyatt’s soccer-playing desires. Her improved confidence level in regards to handling post-secondary life and her unquenchable flame to push herself […]
Joey Payeur Audrey Drennan stood tall in the saddle despite her small stature while being guided by her grandmother Sandy Drennan of Emo during the AQHA lead line event on Sunday.
Joey Payeur Hanna LeDrew of Fort Frances proved she’s not a one-trick pony, as the Muskie girls hockey team veteran exhibited some equestrian excellence during the annual Borderland Quarter Horse Association show at the Emo fairgrounds this past Sunday.
Joey Payeur Claire Hyatt wants to make her own nest within the Carleton Ravens women’s soccer team roster this coming season.
Youth Rangers Sydney Beck, left, Gareth Dunn, Liam Quast, and Andrew Loney helped maintain the Fort Frances Community Garden.
Andrea Smith helped little Hayden Smith fill a water gun at the water station during Emo Open Streets. Youth were able to fill their guns in the pool and spray the street or each other to get active and moving during the event.
