Lucas Punkari They were the talk of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championships for two days, and far and away the crowd favourites as they backed into the Ice For Kids Arena late Saturday afternoon. But despite not being able to become the first all-Fort Frances team to capture the […]
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Lucas Punkari In previous years, there wasn’t too much attention paid to those teams sitting outside the top 10 on Day 3 of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. But that wasn’t the case this time around as anglers in the second and third divisions were involved in some early […]
Lucas Punkari Although the end result was not quite what he was hoping for, the overall experience for Winnipeg Jets’ blueliner Dustin Byfuglien at the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship last week was one he won’t soon forget. Byfuglien, who won the Stanley Cup in 2010 as a member of […]
Zoey Duncan After Day 1 of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, a big gap separated locals Darren Ward and Sean Good and their tournament-best 19.61-pound catch from the grandfather-grandson duo of Paul Kielb and Tyler Long, who caught just a single 1.63-pound fish their first day out. With one […]
Peggy Revell “Granny” Janine Madill gave a huge wave to the crowd while riding along with Chad Buist and Rick Cooper, whose float was decked out as the “Rainy Lake Hillbillies” for last Wednesday’s annual parade of boats through downtown Fort Frances as part of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass […]
Peggy Revell Family members of the late Gloria Gadd looked on as Rainycrest administrator Edith Bodnar extended a big “thank-you” during yesterday’s ceremony to dedicate the new fountain in the entrance lobby in memory of the long-time volunteer with the Rainycrest Auxiliary.
Zoey Duncan Lee Paulson, Karen Andrews, Marg Beacham, Lucia Salvador, Bill Campbell, Dorothy Fedoruk, Eva Dion, and Ted Boyachek, all members of the Sioux Narrows Sunrise Echoes seniors’ club who also were involved in the planning of the Sunrise Garden, cut the ribbon to officially open the provincially-funded project last […]
Peggy Revell Safeway KidPro co-winner Kobi Ward put his fist up in the air while his dad, Darren, played to the crowd as the final boat to be weighed in Saturday at the Ice For Kids Arena. After leading the tournament for two days, Ward and his partner, Sean Good, […]
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Stewardship Rangers
Stewardship Rangers
Hello again from your hard-working 2011 Stewardship Rangers! Last week, our skills and teamwork were pushed to the limits due to the extreme heat and humidity. We started out on July 18 with a physically demanding project. We worked on creating new sections for a community walking trail within the […]
Lucas Punkari Having signed six forwards thus far during the off-season, Fort Frances Lakers’ general manager and head coach Wayne Strachan went to work on the other aspects of his team for the 2011-12 SIJHL campaign with the signing of a blueliner and a goalie from last year’s squad. The […]
Staff With 180 water meters having run their course and needing to be replaced, the majority of industrial, commercial, and institutional (ICI) customers in Fort Frances will be getting new ones this year. Town council agreed at last night’s regular meeting to enter into a contract with Elster Metering, of […]
Staff The class of the women’s division in the Borderland Soccer League suffered its first blemish of the 2011 season, falling 2-1 to Al’s Racquet Stringing in a thriller yesterday evening. Natalie Desjardins and Nicole Rogozinski scored for Al’s, who sit third in the league standings with a 6-8 record. […]
