Staff The Sight & Sound Wolves romped to an 18-1 victory over Manitou in RRDFL action Tuesday night. Bob Andy earned up the win over Elvis Debungee. Elsewhere, the Big Grassy Lightning topped Rainy River 9-6, Barwick edged Stratton 4-3, the Big Grassy Braves outlasted Big Island 12-10, and Sabaskong […]
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Staff Leana and Tyler Moffitt of Fort Frances were the $10,000 winners in the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s annual Canada Day Cash Lottery draw, which was made at 10 p.m. last night at The Harbourage. Ashton and Serina Cousineau of Devlin won the $2,000 prize while Jim and Freeda […]
Peggy Revell The bright yellow wings of a partially-submerged floatplane could be seen from the Sorting Gap Marina after it had crashed on take-off yesterday morning. No injuries were reported.
Peggy Revell This car had to be pulled from the Portage Avenue underpass yesterday morning after it became trapped there from all the rain that had collected after the torrential downpour during a thunderstorm in the early-morning hours of Canada Day. A north-end resident reported his rain gauge registered 3.02 […]
Staff With Borderland having received around three inches of rain from a thunderstorm early yesterday morning, it looked like Canada Day would be washed out this year. But with the stormy skies having cleared prior to the parade, and despite the enormous pools of water out at Pither’s Point, organizers […]
Staff No injuries were reported after a floatplane crashed while trying to take off from the U.S. side of the Rainy River late yesterday morning. The Yello RANS S-7 “ran out of air” as it took off, the Koochiching County Police Department reported this morning. Two people were on board […]
Press Release Moose are icons of the Northwoods seldom seen by the average visitor to Voyageurs National Park. Join park naturalist Megan Wilkins for a look at what makes moose so hard to find in Voyageurs. Learn about a two-year moose study being conducted in the park and the moose’s […]
Press Release The Fort Frances Service Canada Centre for Youth (SCCY) will hold an obstacle course next Tuesday (July 6) from noon-3:30 p.m. to promote its Odd Job Squad program. The Odd Job Squad is a casual labour program, through which local home and business owners can hire a youth […]
Press Release In letters dated June 17, 2010, the Governments of Canada and the United States asked the International Joint Commission (IJC) to examine and make recommendations regarding the bi-national management of the Lake of the Woods and Rainy River system and the IJC’s potential role in this management. “We […]
Press Release Do you have diabetes, glaucoma, macular degeneration or a family history of eye disease? Are you experiencing abnormal vision? Contact your family doctor, optometrist or nurse practitioner for a referral to the CNIB Eye Van. The Eye Van will visit Fort Frances from July 14-23. Contact your doctor […]
Pastor Sean Ward “O Canada” became Canada’s national anthem on July 1, 1980. It was first sung on June 24, 1880, 100 years before. The music was composed by Caliza Lavallée and French lyrics to accompany the music were written by Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier. Many different versions have appeared over […]
Dave Ogilvie With the Emo Spray Park nearing completion, the committee would like to announce that they still are accepting memorial bricks. The last order will be sent in a couple of weeks. The company making the bricks requires an order of 30 bricks, so if you would like to […]
