Joey Payeur Kurtis Wepruk of the Sight & Sound Wolves was looking to go downtown on this swing on Tuesday night at VanJura Park.
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Staff After a busy summer for the volunteer firefighters and residents in the Watten area dealing with high water levels, the Watten Fire Department is hosting their annual fish fry at Sunny Cove tomorrow from 4-8 p.m. “It is one of our major fundraisers,” voiced Brian Angus, who sits on […]
Haley Anderson Everette Bannon performed Ed Sheeran’s “The A Team” and several other acoustic songs for a full house during the teen open mic night at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre last night. The event provides teens the opportunity to showcase their talents in instrumental or vocal music.
Staff The exhibit chronicling the past 100 years of logging and paper-making in the Fort Frances area is nearing its end at the Fort Frances Museum. If you haven;t seen it yet, the exhibit will be on display until Wednesday, Aug. 27. The next exhibit will focus on the 100th […]
Staff Wilfred Cyr, an official Ojibwe speaker and former Chief of North West Bay First Nation Reservation, is returning to visit the Borderland area from his present home in Oregon to share at the “Borderland Gatherings” events in Emo this coming week. Beginning today and running until Tuesday (Aug. 26), […]
Joey Payeur It looks like another Fort Frances Lakers has left the flock—and this one has local connections. According to a report in Sunday’s edition of L’Express newspaper in Drummondville, Que., forward Hunter Leishman has been confirmed as having earned a roster spot with the Drummondville Voltigeurs of the Quebec […]
Staff The Big Grassy Braves are taking on a big challenge. A large part of the core of the two-time defending Rainy River District Fastball League champions will be in Parry Sound this weekend for the All-Ontario Native Fastball Championships. Braves ace Jeff Morrison will be joined by teammates Tim […]
Staff Never, ever count out a champion. The Redgut Babes will get a chance to defend their Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League title after a three-run rally in the bottom of the seventh carried them to a 9-8 win over Northwest Bay in their semifinal matchup at the Rodrick […]
the MNRF There was one new lightning-caused fire confirmed in the Northwest Region yesterday. Sioux Lookout District Fire #19 is a 0.8 hectare (ha) fire that is being monitored in the far north of the district. There are 13 active fires in the region right now, including four in Sioux […]
Staff Beef’s Warriors learned on Tuesday to never wake a sleeping pack of Wolves. After falling behind 4-0 before even getting to the plate, the Sight & Sound Wolves manufactured a massive 14-run second inning and coasted from there to a 19-5 victory at VanJura Park to prevent the Warriors […]
Joey Payeur When it comes to Muskie football, Matthew Nowak isn’t going to sit quietly in the shadows anymore. With the team’s main training camp having begun on Monday, the Grade 11 defensive back is intent on rallying both his school and his community to support the black-and-gold gridiron program. […]
Joey Payeur They had a howling good time, no matter what the scoreboard said. The Fort Frances Young Wolves and their spinoff collective, the Sight & Sound U-23 Wolves, took part in the ‘A’ and Men’s Under-23 divisions, respectively, of the North American Fastpitch Association (NAFA) World Series in the […]
