The Sabaskong Cubs, who went just 1-16 during the regular season, upset the third-place Rainy River Royals 6-5 last night on the first night of the Rainy River District Fastball League’s playoffs. Gus Copenace picked up the win for the cellar-dwelling Cubs. With the victory, the Cubs now will […]
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Wayne Strachan, doing double duty as coach of the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres 98s, a team of top local minor hockey players gearing up for a tournament later this month in Minneapolis, spoke between drills last night at the Ice for Kids Arena.—Justin Holmes photo
Angie Redford, right, showed off her fancy hut where she served up thirst-quenching pink lemonade and home-made cookies to passers-by. Meanwhile, Emma Bassett made sure the front walkway to the booth was dirt free with her friendly sweeping.—Amanda Roy photo
Eight new fires were started intermittently along the CN railway east of Fort Frances on Tuesday afternoon with a combined area of about 10 hectares. All fires were in good shape by yesterday morning. There was a multi-agency response to the fires, including MNR FireRangers, CL-415 heavy waterbombers, the Couchiching […]
The Northwestern Health Unit will be administering Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccinations to Grade 8 girls attending district schools this fall. HPV—known to be sexually-transmitted—is a main cause of cervical cancer in women. “This vaccination is important to the protection of our youth because through a few simple doses, […]
The Rainy River District Fastball League’s playoffs begin tonight, with six of its seven teams pairing off in the double-elimination tournament. The second-place Barwick Blue Knights will host sixth-place Big Island Huskies while third-place Rainy River Royals will welcome the last-place Sabaskong Cubs. Finally, fourth-place Stratton Eagles and fifth-place […]
Tony Smaha kept his eye on the ball at the Memorial Sports Centre when he and Debbie Longmuir hit the court for some afternoon tennis on the holiday Monday.–Justin Holmes photo
Dominick Rousseau, left, and Cameron Armstrong settled into the big comfy couch at the Fort Frances Day Care Centre yesterday morning to share stories with one another.—Amanda Roy photo
Cameron Mosbeck, left, along with Noah and Michael Vanderaa, were manning their lemonade stand along Colonization Road in Emo last Thursday afternoon.—Heather Ogilvie photo
This large black bear roamed through the garbage piled up at the Fort Frances landfill site yesterday afternoon. Several bears have been spotted around town and out at the dump, with town officials reminding residents not to disturb the bruins when taking garbage there.—Amanda Roy photo
Local MNR FireRangers hosed down the smouldering ground near LCB Logging yesterday afternoon after a chain of brush fires broke out by the railroad tracks along Highway 11 east of the causeway.—Justin Holmes photo
This year’s annual general meeting of the Rainy Lake Conservancy drew a sizable crowd from both sides of the border Sunday afternoon at La Place Rendez-Vous to meet and mingle, discuss organizational matters, and have a question-and-answer session with Canada Border Service Agency officials. “[The presentation] did cover a lot […]
