The Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship crowds had plenty of friends and family to cheer for with half of the top 10 teams hailing from the region, led by Guy Johnston and Doug Wright of Fort Frances in third place. The team put up two of the best bags […]
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) will make special presentations at schools across the district this fall thanks to funding from the Rainy River Substance Abuse Prevention Team and Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition, in conjunction with the Ontario Chiefs of Police Association. Each presentation will be geared to the […]
The fourth and final phase of the first research project of the Rainy Lake Fisheries Charity Trust got underway during the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship last week. Part four of “Investigations in Applied Smallmouth Bass Biology in Northwestern Ontario” will include recompression, or “fizzing,” of barotrauma bass, then […]
The Atikokan Crisis Centre will get much-needed funding after the announcement last Thursday that the Ministry of Community and Social Services is increasing core funding for Violence Against Women service providers. For the ACC, this will mean an annualized two percent budget increase (equalling $15,099), as well as a […]
Despite blazing temperatures, another sell-out crowd was on hand for the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s 12th-annual “Quest for the Best” last Tuesday night (July 24) under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina. The big night—once again held in conjunction with the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship—saw […]
The big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina wasn’t the only busy area of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship last week. Not far away from all the hustle and bustle, children of all ages were having fun participating in an array of “Daytime Land” activities. In fact, Helena […]
With the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship having wrapped up Saturday evening, tournament organizers already started planning for 2008 that night by announcing Tom Fry as the new chairman. He takes over the position from Jim Cumming, who served as chair for the past two years. Fry’s new position, […]
A benefit is being planned for the Rod and Nikki Sinninghe family of Rainy River to help with expenses connected to their newborn baby, Kenna, who hadmajor medical problems when she arrived June 30. It all began when Nikki’s water broke unexpectedly on the night of June 29. She […]
Although she had hoped for a better turnout at the Emo Agricultural Research Station open house last Tuesday evening (July 24), research technician Kim Jo Bliss still was happy to highlight several of the crop trials for the nearly two dozen people who did attend. Two of the […]
Jim Moynagh returned to the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship and did what he typically does at the tournament—win. He and partner Joe Thrun grabbed first place on Day 1 last Thursday and stayed there en route to their third title at the FFCBC in the first year Moynagh […]
