Heather Latter Despite the cold, windy, and rainy weather, the annual “Purina Walk for Dog Guides” here Sunday afternoon, organized by the Fort Frances Voyageur Lions Club, ended up being a success. The event, which is held across Canada to raise funds for the five dog guide training programs at […]
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Heather Latter The Rainy River District School Board is considering naming the new gymnasium at Robert Moore School in memory of Jim Oster. Oster, who taught there for 29 years and advocated for the school’s initial gym, passed away in March and Terry Ogden, a fellow retired teacher, recently submitted […]
Lucas Punkari After travelling to Richmond, B.C. last year to participate in his first Yonex Junior National badminton championship, Fort Frances native Taylor Whitehead was looking forward to taking on the top players in the country once again. The 13-year-old, who is in Grade 8 at J.W. Walker School here, […]
Lucas Punkari After failing to finish the Street Stock main event in the season-opener the previous week, Emo’s Carlee Bosma returned to Emo Speedway on Saturday night with a picture-perfect evening. Bosma, who has been competing in the division since 2006, dominated the field all night long—cruising to the checkered […]
Lucas Punkari Howard Owen prepared to turn his bike into a corner while AJ Walker (#808) and Kelvin Croswell (#15) battled it out for position in the air during the Junior MX Moto #2 race at the Emo Motocross track Saturday afternoon. Nolan Vanlenthe of Thunder Bay was the rider […]
Heather Latter Dale and Tara Jerry, along with their two-year-old daughter, Emily, Clifford Hatfield, and Tammie Basaraba, walked “Tucker” and “Allie” during the annual “Purina Walk for Dog Guides” here Sunday afternoon. Organized by the Fort Frances Voyageur Lions Club, the event brought in about $1,000 for dog guide training […]
Sarah Pruys Site manager Jordie Rheault, left, along with co-chairs of the safety committee, Sandra Tucker and Roger Gerhard, received a safety award for being “One Year Recordable Free” from Ainsworth Barwick president Jim Lake late yesterday morning. The mill celebrated one year of having no injuries occur—a major milestone […]
Lucas Punkari Paul Allan showed off the 7.34-pound lunker he reeled up from the Rainy River on Friday during Day 1 of the Emo Walleye Classic. It turned out to be the biggest fish caught during this year’s tournament—and was the key to victory for Allan and his partner, Jason […]
Sarah Pruys Nine-year-old Julia McManaman, left, didn’t think the lemons were that bad during a “lemon-eating contest” at St. Francis School yesterday as part of the final “Spirit Day” of the year. But her friend, Mikaelah Yerxa, 10, thought they were quite sour—as her facial expression showed. Other activities included […]
Staff More summer construction projects soon will get underway here after town council awarded two tenders at last night’s meeting. Tender 12-OF-01 (2012 road reconstruction and watermain replacement) was awarded to Makkinga Contracting at an estimated cost of $801,341.76 (incl. HST and a contingency allowance of $100,000). The tender consists […]
Lucas Punkari Thanks to an tournament-best, single-day catch of 13.51 pounds on Friday, Emo’s Paul Allan and Jason Rostek of Dryden were never challenged as they captured the 11th-annual Emo Walleye Classic crown Saturday afternoon with a two-day haul of 17.13 pounds In fact, the pair didn’t even need to […]
the MNR The recent rain trend is forecast to continue through to at least mid-week, with predicted amounts of rainfall of 10-20 mm for the southern sectors of the Northwest Region by day’s end. Thunderstorms also are forecast to occur close to the Minnesota border through to Lake Superior. Ministry […]
