FORT FRANCES—Local residents have come to recognize the big tent with white and yellow stripes at the Sorting Gap Marina each July as a sure-fire sign that the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship is underway. But while it may look this year to be the same tent as the one […]
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The Rainy River District Fastball League features several interesting matchups tonight—the outcomes of which could have a big impact on the standings. The first-place Sight & Sound Wolves (11-2) are at home to face Barwick (8-5), who currently occupy third place in the standings. First pitch is scheduled for 8 […]
Of the 12,715 runners who took part in the Manitoba Marathon two weekends ago, it is extremely unlikely that anyone had a more remarkable run than Fort Frances resident Lorne Ricard. Ricard’s performance that weekend can only be described as amazing. His time of 3:03:29 in the full marathon, a […]
The Fort Frances-based Kiwanis Little League team capped off a near perfect season Friday evening with an emphatic 12-2 victory in five innings over Super One to capture the Major ‘B’ Championship at Tony Rizzo Field over in International Falls. Comprised of nine- and 10-year-olds, the squad posted an overall […]
Kiwanis catcher Braden Webb tagged out the Super One runner at the plate as pitcher Nolen Ross looked on during the Little League Major ‘B’ Championship game last Friday evening. Kiwanis won the title with a convincing 12-2 victory. —Alex Cruickshank photo
Savannah Hughes, left, Elyssa Hughes and Kayla Stang were in the summer spirit portraying hula girls in the Barwick Canada Day parade on Saturday. The trio kept the crowds cool by tossing water balloons. —Heather Ogilvie photo
Five-year-old cousins Spencer Murphy and Ava-Mae Gardiman showed off their teddy bear friends during the Teddy Bear Picnic on Friday at the Legion Park. Organized by the “Friends of the Library,” the annual event saw hundreds of kids, parents, and teddies eat lunch in the park and take part in […]
Ontario NDP leader and local MPP Howard Hampton, left, and Volker Kromm were two of 50 local residents who participated in the tug of war over the Rainy River on Friday as part of the “Meet Me at the Border” festivities. Their muscles helped Team Canada beat their American counterparts. […]
Connie Cuthbertson, left, and Doug Anderson, stood proudly by the new “The Great Canadian Main Street” sign, which was erected Thursday on the 100 block of Scott Street. The sign, designed by Cuthbertson and made by Burton Penner of Vermilion Bay, was an initiative of the Downtown Core Committee and […]
Attracting more than 30 racers from across Northwestern Ontario and Manitoba, the first race day at the Tamrack International Motocross track on Sunday was a success. “It went like clockwork,” enthused Mike Scheibler, owner of the track located north of Emo. “I knew it would do well, but what surprised […]
Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc.’s board of directors saw two new members join—and three step down—at its annual general meeting last Thursday in Rainy River. After five years on the board, former vice-chair Brigitta McGreevy left and was replaced in that role by Wendy Judson, who now is serving her […]
The walls in his mauve-coloured office were nearly bare last Wednesday, with just a few documents left tacked to the bulletin board by his desk, as Treaty #3’s deputy chief prepared to leave his long life of police enforcement on June 30. But as much as he enjoyed his career, […]
