Lucas Punkari The experience of racing in something completely different than what he’s used to so far has excited Fort Frances native Steve Arpin. “It’s really been quite incredible,” the 29-year-old enthused as he prepared to kick off the second half of the 2013 Global Rallycross season. “First off, to […]
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Heather Latter The work being done at J.W. Walker School and Robert Moore School in preparation for the new “Kiss ’n Ride” program there this fall is running on schedule. “It’s on schedule right now—we’re not too worried about anything,” said Travis Enge, a member of the Traffic Safety Committee […]
Sarah Pruys About 70 people came out to the Emo Agricultural Research Station’s annual open house last Thursday evening to hear the latest on how the work there was going this year. Station manager Kim Jo Bliss began by taking the group out to the performance trials, which the station […]
Lucas Punkari Kenora’s Jeff Gustafson and John Peterson of Bemidji, Mn. both have received a number of accolades during their fishing careers. But one thing missing from their collective résumés was a victory in the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. After a number of strong showings over the years, including […]
Lucas Punkari Bemidji’s John Peterson, left, and Jeff Gustafson of Kenora held up two of the five fish they caught Saturday on Rainy Lake en route to capturing the 2013 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship for the first time. See the ‘B’ section for complete coverage.
Staff Portage Avenue between Scott Street and First Street East was blocked off for a couple of hours yesterday afternoon following a multi-vehicle accident that occurred when a 65-year-old male went into medical distress while driving his Ford 150 pickup truck southbound on Portage. His vehicle hit a southbound pickup […]
Sarah Pruys Station manager Kim Jo Bliss, far right, showed the roughly 70 people on hand the performance trials in the fields at the Emo Agricultural Research Station during its annual open house Thursday evening. The trials test different varieties of plants, such as oats and alfalfa, to see which […]
Lucas Punkari Defending champs Mark Ravelling, left, and Mike Luhman handed over the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship trophy to Jeff Gustafson and John Peterson on Saturday under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina after the long-time contenders won the 2013 tournament with a three-day weight of 55.42 […]
CEP In voting on July 16, 130 members of CEP Local 324-99 voted 77 percent in favour of a new four-year collective agreement with Ainsworth covering its OSB in Barwick. “CEP’s relationship with Ainsworth has improved dramatically since a near strike in 2010 and these negotiations were very reflective of […]
Sarah Pruys Julia McManaman, 10, foreground, and Alacea Yerxa, 11, worked on creating menus following a busy day of cooking at Confederation College’s annual “cooking camp” yesterday afternoon. The menus will be used later in the week when the youths invite their parents for lunch on Friday.
Staff With some degree of rainfall in the forecast today and tomorrow, the forest fire hazard is expected to remain in the “low” to “moderate” range for the next few days as this latest weather system moves across the region. FireRangers are using this low period in activity to refresh […]
Staff The month-long journey to determine the 2013 Rainy River District Fastball League champion begins tonight (weather permitting). The first set of double elimination playoff contests includes the seventh-place Stratton Eagles (10-8) hosting the 10th-seeded Sabaskong Cubs (6-12). That winner then will go up against second-ranked Beef’s Warriors (14-4) on […]
