Dave Ogilvie The first “barn concert” of 2009 at Cornell Farms on Friday night was billed as a “Concert of Excellence” and it was all that—and more. The evening literally got off to a bang during Pat Clysdale-Cornell’s introduction, however, as an extremely loud crack was heard throughout the building. […]
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Anthony Leek Beautiful weather meant another week of flag-to-flag racing action at the Emo Speedway on Saturday night. Sunny skies during the week helped track workers bring the facility back into shape after a wet week before. The track turned out to be pretty good, with at least a couple […]
Staff A large contingent of district runners were among the 13,190 participants in the 31st-annual Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg on Sunday. Tanner Kaemingh of Fort Frances ran the full marathon in a time of 4:34:11 while Mandy Heyens of Rainy River also competed in a time of 4:25:45. Meanwhile, the […]
Peggy Revell Laura Foran still has the piece of paper that stated she could go ahead with building her home on Harry’s Road, with a view of Rainy Lake. Now eight years later, the piece of land where she’s made her home has been identified as having the highest level […]
Peggy Revell A study looking at cormorants launched south of the border last year has been expanded northwards this summer to include more bird colonies on the Canadian side of Rainy Lake. The study originally was looking at the cormorant populations on Lake Kabetogama, said Steve Windels of Voyageurs National […]
Mitch Calvert The struggling forestry industry has had an affect on several teams of the Northwestern Ontario-based SIJHL. The league’s six-team circuit initially was reduced to four when the Thunder Bay Bearcats and Schreiber Diesels notified league president Ron Whitehead of their intentions to cease operations at a league meeting […]
Staff While still sitting empty, officials are expecting to have youth moved back into the Ge-Da-Gi-Binez Youth Centre here by month’s end. “The ministry staff have been working with [Pwi-Di-Goo-Zing Ne-Yaa-Zhing Advisory Services] to develop a plan to return the youth to the facility before the end of June,” Ministry […]
Peggy Revell With construction season now in full swing, council heard updates on the various projects taking place across town during Monday night’s meeting. “Most people have noticed that the tower has now been dismantled and is sitting in sections on filter cloth, on the roadway out at the previous […]
Peggy Revell Town council voted Monday night to uphold the bylaw concerning the height of front yard fences—even those meant to keep out deer that see residents’ yards as a personal buffet table. “Personally, I’m very sympathetic to the plight of these residents,” Coun. Andrew Hallikas said during the committee […]
Peggy Revell With money ready to flow from both the federal and provincial governments, town council voted unanimously Monday night to give the official go-ahead for the building of new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre. “I just want to follow that up by saying how pleased I am […]
Mitch Calvert The Big Grassy Lightning continued their stellar pace to the Rainy River District Fastball League season by winning the inaugural Rick Copenace Memorial tournament over the weekend in Sabaskong. The Lightning blanked the Stratton Bobcats 12-0 to take the title, with ace pitcher Jeff Morrison tossing the shutout. […]
Mitch Calvert Fort Frances native Steve Arpin’s struggles on the ARCA RE/MAX Series seem to be a thing of the past. After claiming just one top 10 finish (10th at Rockingham back in April) in his first seven races on the circuit, Arpin has strung together back-to-back ones, including a […]
