Reigning Emo Fair queen Kayla Lauzon was flanked by Mini-Queen Taylor Croswell and Mini-King Dawson Azevedo as they walked the runway last night during the fair queen fashion show upstairs in the Emo-La Vallee Community Centre. This year’s four contestants—Brittany Galusha, Ashley Jewett, Samantha Loveday, and Alyssa Vanderaa—were judged on […]
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Town council will consider two separate items regarding eliminating or re-designating parking spaces at tonight’s regular meeting. First, council will receive a formal request from Brenda Tullio for approval of a private parking space fronting 261 Scott. St., where she opened an audiology clinic earlier this month. “The Ear Clinic […]
Fort Frances soccer showed once again it boasts some of the best talent in the area during the Borderland Soccer Club’s annual “Ball Blast” tournament over the weekend here. Pharmasave blanked Thunder Bay’s Tony and Adam’s team 2-0 to capture the men’s division title. Meanwhile, Curves made it to the […]
The forest fire management program in the northwest region is taking advantage of some cooler weather and rainfall to get more fires put out, as well as to give days off to some firefighters who have been working full out during the recent escalated fire situation. Services personnel remain busy […]
Pharmasave’s Jeremy Wilson, right, and Tony and Adam’s player Paul Saviol raced for the ball yesterday during the men’s final of the annual “Ball Blast” tournament here. Pharmasave emerged as the champs courtesy of a 2-0 win. —Alex Cruickshank photo
A Duluth teenager vacationing on Rainy Lake last week found more than fish on his line. Matt Gunderson, 18, caught an invasive species known as the spiny waterflea (Bythotrephes longimanus). More than a dozen collected on his fishing line on July 18 while he was trolling for walleyes off Blueberry […]
The Sight & Sound Wolves staved off elimination in the Rainy River District Fastball League playoffs last night with a 6-3 road victory over Barwick. The Wolves played solid team defence behind starter Bob Andy and were the beneficiaries of some timely hitting in the win. “It was just a […]
The Atikokan detachment of the Ontario Provincial police is currently investigating $100 bills that are in circulation in Atikokan. Police are encouraging the public to carefully examine $100 bills that come into their possession and pay attention for key security devices featured on a genuine bank note. A genuine bill […]
With the annual Terry Fox Run coming up Sunday, Sept. 17, the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau is putting out the call for participants to pick up pledge forms and start raising money for the fundraiser. Pledge forms for participants are available now at the Volunteer Bureau (in the old […]
Kelly Gooselin, left, eight, and her brother Quintin, six, played a game of chess yesterday afternoon as friend Taylor Clinker, nine, looked on at the Check Mate Chess Club at the Fort Frances Public Library. Next Thursday, the library will host the third-annual FFPL Chess Tournament with John Rutherford, “The […]
The hottest team in the playoffs squares off against the regular season’s best team tonight in Rainy River District Fastball League action. Barwick, the only undefeated team remaining in the postseason, will look to clinch the championship with a win at home. The Wolves meanwhile are simply looking to stay […]
Officers from the Fort Frances and Emo detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police were successful in seizing a large quantity of drugs during two separate incidents over the past week. On July 28, members of the Fort Frances OPP crime unit assisted by uniform officers and canine unit, executed a […]
