Kim Jo Bliss and her helpers had the Emo Agricultural Research Station looking great as she welcomed the 100 or so farmers and other interested people to the annual open house there last Tuesday (July 22). “If I could be at home haying tonight, I would be,” said Bliss, who, […]
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Tom Fry had a whirlwind week to cap off his first tenure as chairman of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship—and was savouring a little downtime Sunday after the dust had settled. “I’m just enjoying some time on my deck looking out at the lake,” Fry conceded Sunday evening. There […]
Despite the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship seeing its lowest number of anglers since 1997, a local rookie duo bucked the trend and came aboard. Rollie Roy of Fort Frances and his cousin, Ryan Hastie, who currently lives in Neepawa, Man., entered as Team #145 team and learned some valuable […]
The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres have brought back a big piece of the offensive puzzle for the 2008/09 season. Alessio Tomassetti returns to the fold, and is the highest point-getter from a season ago currently signed to a contract. The Sabres’ top two scorers from their inaugural season—Quinn Amiel and […]
Fort Frances emergency teams were called to the CN site on Third Street East behind the LCBO yesterday afternoon to investigate a possible gas leak. Upon arrival, crews found traces of carbon dioxide in the air, which is not harmful. The source of the leak was identified to be a […]
One new fire was reported in the West Fire Region yesterday. Thunder Bay Fire #14 was reported late in the afternoon and FireRangers from the Thunder Bay fire management headquarters responded. The blaze, located east of the city, grew to 0.1 hectares in size before being put “out.” The fire […]
The non-essential water use restriction, which was supposed to be lifted this week, will remain in effect into the second or third week of August because the water tower rehabilitation project has fallen behind schedule. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown reported at last night’s council meeting that the contractor […]
There were lots of crossed fingers as emcee Paul Morrison, left, Joe Thrun, and Jim Moynagh kept their eyes glued to the monitor about to reveal their Day 3 weight on Saturday afternoon. The defending champs ended up with 20.09 pounds to capture a second-consecutive FFCBC crown for the second […]
On Thursday around 10 a.m., Fort Frances OPP officers were notified of a disabled vessel on Rainy Lake. Two participants in the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship were operating the vessel and suspected to have broken down somewhere on Rainy Lake, but the exact location was unknown. OPP marine officers […]
While western provinces continue to report more forest fire activity, there were no new fires in the West Fire Region by the end of yesterday. The region is holding at 99 fires since the official start of the fire season back on April 1. Strong westerly winds over the weekend […]
The Rainy River District School Board has applied to the town to amend both its official plan and the pertinent zoning bylaw to allow for construction of a new elementary school on the Robert Moore School property. A public meeting regarding this proposal—which specifically is to change the designation of […]
The formidable team of Joe Thrun and Jim Moynagh struck again. The two Minnesotans weighed in 55.89 pounds over the three-day Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship to win the crown for the second-straight year and fourth time in eight tries. Sitting in ninth place after Day 1 on Thursday, the […]
