Heather Latter FORT FRANCES—After the success of last year’s “Mining Matters” workshop here, Rainy River Resources once again is sponsoring the free seminar next month for youths and adults interested in learning more about geology. “It’s a really important initiative,” said Kyle Stanfield, the company’s vice-president of environment and sustainability, […]
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Staff Caribou Coach will be operating on a slightly different schedule starting Aug. 5. The bus service, which runs from Thunder Bay to Fort Frances on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Fridays (with the exception of statutory holidays), currently leaves Thunder Bay at 9:30 a.m. (ET). It then stops in Atikokan at […]
Lucas Punkari Despite having not raced full-time for years, Thunder Bay driver Rick Simpson is showing very little rust behind the wheel of his WISSOTA Super Stock. Making his first appearance at the Emo Speedway since 2008, Simpson was the class of the 13-car field that made its way to […]
Lucas Punkari Although it was deemed a scrimmage on paper, the match-up between roller derby competitors from Fort Frances, Kenora, Thunder Bay, and Winnipeg was anything but friendly at the ’52 Canadians Arena here Saturday night. Thanks to an early run of points during the opening minutes of the bout, […]
Heather Latter Emo Fair Queen contestant Jillian Gustafson admired some of the flowers in the garden, sponsored by the Activation Department at Rainycrest, along with her grandmother, Mary Bender, during a “garden party” there yesterday afternoon. The public was invited to stop by to view the newly-developed courtyards and enjoy […]
Sarah Pruys Julia Cawston, 12, painted the dragon section of “fire” in the “Elements” mural yesterday afternoon at the Little Beaver Cultural Centre here. The week-long Confederation College youth mural project, led by local artist Lindsay Hamilton, has 12 youth aged 11-15 coming out to plan and paint a wall-sized […]
Heather Latter Paige Anderson was among the participants in this year’s River Theatre Summer Program, called “Gleek Week,” who performed before a large crowd at the Emo Legion on Friday afternoon. After spending the week rehearsing, the final show allowed the 34 talented performers to highlight plenty of singing, acting, […]
Lucas Punkari Tanya “TJ” Jones of the Pirates found herself trying to work through a tightly-bunched pack of skaters Saturday night at the ’52 Canadians Arena during her team’s 138-93 win over the Ninjas in a scrimmage put on by the local Borderland Roller Derby League.
Staff Adult volunteers are still needed The Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship held a volunteer sign-up yesterday from 7-9 p.m. at Boston Pizza. To ensure things run smoothly during the tournament next week, volunteers were assigned a position and time when they signed up. Afterwards, they were invited to stay […]
the MNR New fires continued to show up in the Northwest Region, with about a dozen reported by early yesterday evening while the final tally for Sunday was 28. Progress is being made on fires in the region, with 10 declared “out” as of yesterday. Most of the new fires […]
Lucas Punkari Sara Roach of Taggs’ Source for Sports took control of the ball while Isabel Smith of the La Place Rendez-Vous Voyageurs applied pressure from behind during Borderland Soccer League women’s action at St. Francis Field yesterday evening. Roach scored a pair of goals as Taggs cruised to a […]
the OPP On Thursday at 5:15 a.m., the Rainy River District OPP detachment received a report of three overdue boaters. Three males, all from Fort Frances, were said to have set out from the Sorting Gap Marina on July 11 around 5:30 p.m., but failed to return home as expected […]
