Prospective players hoping to crack the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres’ roster for the upcoming SIJHL season will get their chance this week. The team wrapped up its rookie camp just over a week ago and now will have all its signed players, plus some hoping to make an impression, in […]
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It may not have been very big, but this little perch helped Patrick Vogan, seven, earn a repeat victory as MBI kids’ champ this year.
Not only did the adults have a great weekend of fishing in Morson, but so did those competing in the fourth-annual Morson Bass International kids’ tournament on Sunday. Fishing on the government dock in Morson, 36 youths jigged and casted away in hopes of catching some fish—and they did not […]
2008 MBI champs Chad Hanson, left, and Terry Gill showed off their winning catch Sunday.
Thunder Bay’s Shawn Polonoski was “getting ’er done” during a WISSOTA Modifieds heat at the Emo Speedway on Friday evening as Gary Wilson followed in hot pursuit.
The monkey finally is off his back. Greg Ferris has been driving the local Borderland Racing Association circuit at the Emo Speedway for about 24 years, but until this past weekend a win during the Rea Memorial fair races had eluded him. Not anymore. “Unbelievable,” Ferris said in describing Friday […]
The 10th-annual “Mud Lake City Music Fest” is saddling up to be a good time for all. The “Biggest Little City in the Rainy River Valley,” located at #1839 on Boxalder Road West just south of Devlin and which is open regularly as an open-air museum of antiques and collectibles, […]
“We are going to let the fish do the talking!” That’s what emcee Paul Morrison said when only one boat was left to weigh in on Day 2 of the annual Morson Bass International tournament on Sunday. Terry Gill and Chad Hanson, the 2006 champs and then the runners-up last […]
The North American Indigenous Games ran Aug. 3-10 in Lake Cowichan, B.C. (near Duncan), with a number of area residents not only bringing home fond memories, but also some shiny new medals to show off. In golf, Sheldon Kelly earned a silver medal in the senior (age 19-49) age bracket […]
Held in conjunction with the annual fall fair in Emo, last Friday’s bike rodeo was a rolling success. Hosted by the OPP at the Cloverleaf parking lot, 10 riders up to 11 years of age showed off their prowess wheeling their bikes through the demanding obstacle course. But it wasn’t […]
Ontario is launching a new grant program to fund community-based projects to help First Nations, Inuit, and Métis victims of crime. A $2-million Aboriginal Victims Support Grant Program will offer one-time funding for community projects to support aboriginal victims. The projects fall within two grant categories: •Small scale local project […]
After four days of discussions amongst the 11 national Indian treaties, with some influential and notable First Nations’ speakers taking the stage, the fourth-annual Indian Treaties 1-11 National Gathering wrapped up here earlier this month. “I think the gathering went well,” said Nick Mainville Jr., one of the three organizers. […]
