Lucas Punkari Jake Froemke made his way through turn one during a novice class heat race at the Emo go-kart track on Friday evening. Froemke captured the first heat race of the night on Friday while AJ Kellar captured the other heat and feature wins. The advanced class saw Wyatt […]
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Submitted This tractor trailer suffered extensive damage in a crash Sunday on Highway 11, about 20 km west of Atikokan.
Zoey Duncan Richard Boileau of McTaggarts, right, drew the winning ticket for the August “Trip of Month,” with help from Evan Wright as Kiwanian Robin Wright looked on at International Travel Services here. Allan Mott of Winnipeg won a trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico valued at $4,200. Next month’s is […]
Lucas Punkari Gavin Paull (#16) and Dwayne Pelepetz battled it out for position during the heat race for the WISSOTA Modified class at the Emo Speedway on Saturday night. Paull would capture the checkered flag in the heat race and would go on to capture his eighth straight feature victory, […]
Zoey Duncan The fountain at the Lions Millennium Park on Second Street East was overflowing with soap suds this morning thanks to unidentified vandals. The fountain will have to be shut down for the long weekend since the town does not have a crew available to dedicate to the full […]
Lucas Punkari Travis Tom of the Big Grassy Braves prepared to take a swing during the Rainy River District Fastball League’s annual all-star game yesterday evening in Barwick. Tom was the winning pitcher for Team 1, which cruised to a 7-0 shutout over Team 2 in a game that featured […]
Heather Latter Local author Fran Shelfantook signed a copy of her recently-published novel, “Sophia’s Journey,” for her great-granddaughter, Vanna Abbott, yesterday afternoon during the official launch of the book at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. The novel tells the tale of her own great-grandmother’s journey from Sweden to […]
Zoey Duncan For the fourth time this year, the Lions Millennium Park fountain has been flooded with suds. This time, however, due to the impending long weekend, there isn’t time to properly clean it so it will be shut down until Tuesday. “We’ve got to drain it, we’ve got to […]
the OPP Sioux Lookout OPP officers were dispatched to a report of several bears in a residential area of Sioux Lookout earlier today. One of the bears was reported to have a plastic container on its head. Two constables attended the area and located a young bear cub in distress […]
Staff A Restricted Fire Zone order has been lifted in the Northwest Region. The RFZ had been in effect in an area bounded by the CNR rail line, just north of Opasquia Provincial Park, and west of Wabakimi Provincial Park to the Manitoba border. The order was in place to […]
Staff Three area golf courses are eligible to be named among the top 100 courses in the province as part of an online poll being done by Ontario Golf Magazine. The poll, which is done every two years, asks participants to choose their 10 favourite courses in the entire province. […]
Staff Spaces are still available in a free mining seminar being offered next week by Rainy River Resources, a junior exploration company currently working at a project site north of Barwick. Slated for Aug. 3-5 at Confederation College campus in Fort Frances, the seminar is aimed at adults and youths […]
