Staff The local Salvation Army’s “Red Shield” campaign got underway earlier this month, but so far has met limited success. As such, donations are desperately needed as soon as possible. Capt. Angel Sandoval said yesterday that this year’s campaign goal is $15,000, but only $1,200 in monetary donations has come […]
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Staff The Sight & Sound Wolves again showed some resiliency, bouncing back after a loss to improve their Rainy River District Fastball League record to 3-2. The Wolves continued their pattern of alternating wins and losses with a 4-1 victory over visiting Stratton at VanJura Park here last night. Bob […]
Dan Falloon Locally-connected fitness athlete Joyce Wiedeman will compete in the Manitoba Amateur Body Building Association’s provincial championships tomorrow. Wiedeman, whose boyfriend is Fort Frances Lakers’ assistant coach Jon Cooper, has been training at Elite Performance in Winnipeg in order to prepare. One of her trainers, former Winnipeg Blue Bomber […]
Staff The fire situation is heating up for the Ministry of Natural Resources, with six new fires reported in the West Fire Region yesterday on top of the eight on Wednesday. Among these new starts, eight have been in the east end of the Fort Frances District. Seven were caused […]
Bryce Forbes Brett Meyers and Nathan Brigham tried their luck near the dam here on the opening day of the ninth-annual Emo Walleye Classic. The fish didn’t seem to be biting too much in the morning, however, with only a few good-sized walleye taking the bait. The weigh-in starts at […]
Dan Falloon Ian Martin performed a headlining set at the Fort Frances Folk Festival’s first coffeehouse fundraiser yesterday evening at the Fort Frances Museum. Jess and Larissa Desrochers also played a set. About 30 people attended the fundraiser, with the second-annual folk festival slated for Sunday, Aug. 22 at the […]
The following is the full text of the Treaty Three Document. TREATY 3 BETWEEN HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN AND THE SAULTEAUX TRIBE OF THE OJIBBEWAY INDIANS AT THE NORTHWEST ANGLE ON THE LAKE OF THE WOODS WITH ADHESIONS (REPRINTED 1966) (REPRINTED 1978) LAYOUT IS NOT EXACTLY LIKE ORIGINAL TRANSCRIBED FROM: ROGER DUHAMEL, […]
Bryce Forbes Conductor John Dutton and members of the Borderland Community Orchestra took a bow last night after an amazing concert entitled “From Russia With Love.” Performed before about 250 people at the Townshend Theatre, the orchestra staged the show to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Its next show is slated […]
Peggy Revell Sara Campbell, a dietetic intern in the Northern Ontario Dietetic Internship program at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, compared the nutritional information of different types of peanut butter with Beatrice Lambert and Vicky Wishart during a “Grocery Store Tour” at Safeway yesterday afternoon. Campbell, who is doing […]
Staff A pattern is starting to make itself clear for the Sight & Sound Wolves. The Fort Frances-based Rainy River District Fastball League squad seems to be on the “win one, lose one” track after the Wolves (2-2) fell 5-4 to the host Barwick Blue Knights (5-1) on Tuesday night. […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers got a little “wild” in filling their third roster spot for the upcoming season. The local SIJHL squad inked 17-year-old Ryan Wildman from the Timmins Majors ‘AAA’ program. Wildman, a left-winger, netted 16 goals and 19 assists in 31 games last season, although an injury […]
Staff District businesses were in the spotlight yesterday evening as the Rainy River Future Development Corp. unveiled the winners of its 2010 Customer Service Champion awards during the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s “Business After Hours” deck party at La Place Rendez-Vous. This year’s top 10 champions were (in alphabetical […]
