The Emo Speedway had its first-ever title race postponed due to inclement weather on Saturday evening, when a short, fierce storm hit, leaving a rainbow over the empty track. The Piston Ring mid-season summer shootout will instead take place on Aug. 11. –Justin Holmes photo
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Cyclists from across the district gathered behind the Great Bear gas station on Sunday for the Borderland Bicycle Club’s “Raid on Reef Point.” Fifteen avid bikers took to the ski/bike trails and either completed a seven km, 14 km, or 21 km tour of the area. The purpose of the […]
Caylee Woolsey hit a line drive in a game while the crowd looked on at the newly-renamed Kingsley Downs and Gus Lindberg Memorial Slo-pitch Tournament in Devlin on Saturday evening. Woolsey’s team, the Village People, went on to win the tournament with a 19-12 victory over the Shade yesterday afternoon.–Justin […]
No new fires were reported over the weekend, and there is no active fires in the Northwest Region, reported the Ministry of Natural Resources fire management headquarters. But with some sunny conditions in the region the fire hazard is now a mix of “low” to “moderate” which is an […]
The final meeting of the 4-H club, Rock’n Wood, was held at Shirley Morrish’s home. The first activity of the meeting was to clean the roadside from Van Drunen Road to Shirley’s home. Members participated in the other road clean-ups. It was about an eight-km walk through ditches and […]
Allison Brown, middle left, chased camp counsellor Jason Peters as he dodged left of Connor McManaman during a friendly game of touch football at Sunny Cove Camp yesterday. The kids and their counsellors were enjoying their final hours at the week-long Northern Echo Bible camp before their parents arrived to […]
While there hasn’t been many black bears reported within town limits yet this summer, activity is likely to pick up in the next months or so. As such, the town’s bylaw enforcement department is reminding people to start thinking about taking precautions to avoid attracting wandering bruins. “From our […]
You can’t hurry Mother Nature. The Rainy River District Palliative Care Volunteers are well aware of this as the monarch butterflies ordered for a release service originally slated for this Sunday (July 15) need a little more time to grow. As such, volunteer co-ordinator Jennifer Anderson said yesterday the […]
John Harrison, left, manager of the local Abitibi-Consolidated mill, Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis, and Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig, far right, presented Northern Development and Mines minister Rick Bartolucci with a print by local artist Cher Pruys at the conclusion of Thursday’s $1.3-million funding announcement to bolster local roads […]
Alex Marusyk, left, sang the lyrics to 3 Doors Down’s “If I Could Be Like That,” while Mike Brady strummed the beat on his guitar, during the Fort Frances Public Library’s coffeehouse/open mic night on Tuesday as part of its “Teen Wired” program. More than two dozen youths, aged 13-17, […]
With the weather putting a damper on the fire hazard, only one new fire reported yesterday in the Northwest Region. That blaze was located on the Winnipeg River in the Kenora District, and was responded to by FireRangers from the Kenora Fire Management Headquarters. The small lightning-caused fire […]
The Senior Men’s Open at Kitchen Creek had a change in champions overnight as Dennis “Poncho” Krantz was disqualified, leaving Rob Badiuk as the winner. Krantz picked up a ball on a short putt, which, by the rules, would disqualify him from the tournament. What was notable was who […]
