Staff Kristina Bombay belted an RBI triple in the bottom of the seventh to spark the Fort Frances Her-icanes to an 18-17 win over the Northwest Bay Beavers in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League playoff action last night at VanJura. The second-ranked ’Canes next will host the two-time defending […]
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Staff Two boaters reported missing on Dog River, east of Upsala, were found safe yesterday. A female and an elderly male had gone fishing on Dog River on Wednesday. The pair were spotted by an OPP aircraft conducting an aerial search of the area. A helicopter from Wisk Air was […]
Duane Hicks “Music in the Park,” a fundraiser for the “I Am Awesome (And I Know It)” girls’ retreat, will take place next Thursday (Aug. 6) from 4-8 p.m. at the Emo Spray Park. Some of this year’s retreat participants are getting together to put on a community event for […]
Staff Mike Jourdain had an up-and-down regular season but had plenty more peaks than valleys last night. Jourdain tossed a complete-game victory as the fourth-seeded Couchiching Raiders upset the third-ranked Windey’s Warriors 11-5 in an East Division losers’ side showdown last night at Couchiching. With the loss, the Warriors were […]
the OPP Yesterday at 8:55 p.m., the Rainy River District OPP received a report of a serious motor-vehicle collision on the 800 block of King’s Highway. As a result of an investigation, officers arrested a male driver at the scene. The 33-year-old Couchiching First Nation man then was taken to […]
Joey Payeur Chris Morrisseau of the Couchiching Raiders zipped home in front of the relay throw to catcher Brandon Gustafson of Windey’s Warriors after Reo Walton’s RBI single in the fourth inning yesterday evening. Couchiching went on to beat the Warriors 11-5 in an East Division elimination game at Couchiching.
the MNRF Two new fires were confirmed in the Northwest Region by yesterday afternoon. Fort Frances Fire #15, a human-caused blaze located on an island on Rainy Lake, was listed as “being held” at 0.2 hectares. Kenora Fire #44, meanwhile, was classed as “being observed” at 0.1 ha. The lightning-caused […]
Staff Being the new guy can be tough but Sulley Bakh made it much easier on himself. Having recently joined the team, Bakh netted the game-winner as Pharmasave forged its first winning streak of the season with a 2-1 victory over the La Place Rendez-Vous U18 Voyageurs in Borderland Soccer […]
Joey Payeur Former Fort Frances resident Chris Neurinski, now living and working in Abu Dhabi, ripped a drive off the first tee at Kitchen Creek yesterday. The club hosted its club championships this week, with Maureen Thomson winning the ladies’ title on Tuesday. The senior men’s event was cancelled Wednesday […]
Staff Two familiar faces will be back with the Fort Frances Lakers this coming season. The two-time defending SIJHL champs announced yesterday that veteran forwards Dylan Robertson and Colton Spicer are returning to the squad. Robertson, a 20-year-old native of Atlanta, collecting 16 goals and 23 assists in 39 regular-season […]
Lindsay Campbell Atikokan author Sophie (Hajdu) Fogg, right, smiled as she signed one of her books for Erma Armit yesterday evening at the Fort Frances Public Library. The author was on hand from 4:30-7:30 p.m. to do a signing for her book, “One Our Father: Protected the rest of my […]
Staff Jaden Gustafson tossed a complete-game shutout, and the Tom brothers each belted homers, as the top-seeded Rainy Lake Pirates bombed the fourth-ranked Couchiching Raiders 18-0 in Rainy River District Fastball League East Division second-round playoff action Tuesday at the St. Francis Sports Field. The Pirates, who had a first-round […]
