Skeet shooting has a long-standing history at the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club range at Frog Creek, and still has a dedicated group of shooters who hit the range on Tuesday nights to aim at targets flying at 60 miles per hour. Skeet shooting requires quick reflexes and a steady aim. […]
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The Superior Edge Hockey School Developmental camp is coming to Fort Frances for a third summer in-a-row, but may be the last time Fort Frances girls will have the opportunity to skate with an Olympian. “We can hold 60 players but right now we aren’t even halfway there,” said 2006 […]
Christian Wiedenhoeft, brother of Callahan Wiedenhoeft, was crowned “Mini-King” in the second-annual “Mini-King” contest. The siblings will be riding on the “Fun in the Sun” royalty float together in the Canada Day Parade.
Callahan Wiedenhoeft posed with Gloria Wood, long-time supporter and sponsor of the “Mini-Queen” pageant, after she was crowned as this year’s “Mini-Queen” on Friday during the BIA’s “Mall Days.”
One new fire was reported in the West Fire Region yesterday. The fire is located in the far north of the Sioux Lookout district and was reported at a size of 0.3 hectares. The fire is in a very remote area and as such, presents no threat to people or […]
A team of voyageurs from the 2008 David Thompson Brigade paddled towards the shore of Pither’s Point Park on Friday. A total of 160 voyageurs visited the Rainy River District last week, participating in celebrations in Rainy River, Emo, and Fort Frances. They are making their way from Rocky Mountain […]
Despite the rain, members of the “Pink Attitude” team belted out an insprirational cheer on Friday evening before the start of the “Relay of Life” at Pither’s Point Park. A total of 21 teams braved the soggy weather, walking all night to raise about $50,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society.
Carol Tolley sat with Diarmid, Lindsay, and Katherine Payne and all their “Teddies” during the annual Fort Frances Public Library’s “Teddy Bear Picnic” on Friday. The event was supposed to take place at the Legion Park but due to heavy rainfall earlier in the day the event was taken to […]
Falls High School student Kasey Graves, 15, pulled off a trick at the skate park behind the Memorial Sports Centre here Tuesday afternoon while friends Nate Oustad, 17, and Tim Myles, 16, looked on.
Mary Fitzgerald, left, and Melissa Friesen proudly clutched their diplomas as they posed for pictures just off to the side of the stage last night at the Memorial Sports Centre.
The Fort Frances High School graduating class of 2008 stood with pride in front of a packed crowd at the graduation ceremony held yesterday evening at the Memorial Sports Centre. Some 205 grads walked across the stage to gather their diploma, and for some, to receive prestigious awards or Ontario […]
The ever-diligent shooter Jerry Koslucker came north to the weekly skeet shooting event at the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club on Tuesday night and promptly fired off a perfect score of “25” to match local veteran Len Noonan. Koslucker complemented his 25 with rounds of 22 and 21, while Noonan had […]
