Lucas Punkari An increase in wind speed from pre-fishing earlier in the week played havoc for many of the anglers on Rainy Lake during Day 1 of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship yesterday. But for the local team of Darren Ward and Sean Good, the condition changes ended up […]
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Peggy Revell Jada Eide and Kennedi Handberg added some paint to the large mural that they and other youth were working on this week at the Little Beaver Cultural Centre under the guidance of local artist Lindsay Hamilton, as part of an art-themed day camp organized by Confederation College. The […]
Heather Latter Fair Queen contestants Kaylee Heyens and Sarah Glover chatted with Ingeborg Szeder, a resident at Rainycrest Home for the Aged and a long time contributor to the fair, yesterday evening during the contestants’ visit there. The pair, along with Elizabeth Steele, Haley Trimble, and Chelsea Mosley, will be […]
Lucas Punkari Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship weighmaster Paul Cousineau, left, helped Mark Fisher and Scott Bonnema hold up their 18.04-pound haul from Day 1 of this year’s tournament yesterday, which put them into second place in the standings. One of the five fish the pair caught was also the […]
Staff Fort Frances is readying itself should any of the thousands of evacuees fleeing forest fires to the north need to find haven here. The town has been on the list as a possible host communities for the four to five weeks since the crisis started, said Frank Sheppard, Fort […]
Zoey Duncan An explosive vocal duel between Charity Alverson and Brittany Hayes put the exclamation mark on an evening packed with musical artistry during the annual “Quest for the Best” singing competition last night. The pair captured first place in the “Novices” and “Veterans” sets, respectively, before they took on […]
Lucas Punkari A total of 95 boats launched from the government dock at Pither’s Point this morning to begin their quest for the 17th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship crown. As the anglers waited to go on the water at the Sorting Gap Marina, both newcomers and seasoned FFCBC competitors […]
Press Release The Ministry of Transportation wishes to advise the motoring public that Highway 602 near Emo is now closed to through traffic between the Highway 11 junction and the intersection at Fisher Road. Now that the contractor has started work at the site, located about three km south of […]
Lucas Punkari Bryan Gustafson and Jamie Bruce (Team #12) roared away from the government dock at Pither’s Point this morning as anglers made their way onto Rainy Lake to kick off the 17th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. The Day 1 and Day 2 weigh-ins start at 3:30 p.m. at […]
Peggy Revell Steve and Kent Ballan, the last all-local team to win the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship way back in 2001, smiled at the crowd along Scott Street late yesterday afternoon during the annual parade of boats. Youngsters lined the route to fill up bags with candy and other […]
Zoey Duncan Charity Alverson, left, sang her heart out during the “Quest for the Best” sing-off to capture the $1,000 grand prize last night. Runner-up Brittany Hayes out-sang six previous winners to earn top spot in the “Veterans” set before she and Alverson performed Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” as […]
the MNR A Kenora man has been fined a total of $3,000 for hunting deer at night. Marcel Brousseau pleaded guilty to night hunting and possessing an illegally-killed deer. In addition to the fines, Brousseau is banned from hunting in Ontario for two years. Court heard that back on Nov. […]
