It was another great night of racing at the Emo Speedway on Saturday night. The WISSOTA Modifieds drove their hearts out and had a surprisingly clean feature race despite having a bit of a slippery track to deal with. The cars took off with a few minor glitches and spin-outs […]
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On his final day of competition Friday at the Canada Games in Regina, 16-year-old Alex Parent captured yet another medal, placing third in the men’s 200-m I.M. to claim his second bronze in as many days. Later Friday, the Fort Frances native finished in fifth place in the 50-m freestyle […]
The Fort Frances Special Olympics softball team has seen an interesting season this summer. They were coached by new volunteers Tara Albanese and Terry Higgins, who not only had to learn about the special qualities each player possesses, they also had to learn the game and the challenges of having […]
The complete line-up for the 2005-06 “tour de Fort” Passport series has been confirmed, with organizers looking to sell-out those passports before the first show here Oct. 4. “There are some passports left, but there are not a whole lot,” Front of House director Barb MacDonell said yesterday. She added […]
At first glance, the men’s final of the annual “Borderland Ball Blast” soccer tournament here Sunday afternoon—an all-Thunder Bay affair—didn’t seem to have a lot of local story lines. But by the time the final whistle blew, local product Adam McTavish had proven that wasn’t the case at all. With […]
With a narrow fairway and tall stands of trees on either side, the view from the tee box on par-four 16th hole at Kitchen Creek can be a daunting sight even on the best of days. But the landing area looks even smaller after carding a double-bogey on the previous […]
Double-team Eight year-old Hunter Leishmen, foreground, needed a little back-up from Ian Kitt, also eight, after this whiffed shot. Leishmen, Kitt and about a dozen other youngsters were on the courts beside the Memorial Sports Centre last Thursday, honing their tennis skills as part of the ongoing youth sports camps. […]
Tammy Yerxa, an aesthetician with Nirvana Salon and Spa, showed Samantha Mueller and Jillian Berry the basics of nail care at the Fort Frances Public Library last Wednesday. Yerxa and her co-worker Rozanne Evans held a special class for girls aged 10 and up to teach proper nail and skin […]
Emo Fair Queen candidate Ashley Richardson was escorted by her sponsor, Kim Cornell of Cornell Farms in Devlin at the Meet the Queen Candidates supper and fashion show at the Emo-LaValee Community Centre on Monday night. The new queen will be chosen tomorrow night. –Michael Hilborn photo
This acrylic painting, entitled “Dreamy Dragons” by Shannon Neilson-Kawulia, is just one of the works by area artists now on display at the Fort Frances Museum. The work is part of the Rainy Lake Impressions’ 2005 exhibit, “The Dragonfly,” which features a variety of art mediums ranging from sculpture and […]
The African Children’s Choir gave an energetic performance at Bethel Baptist Church on Friday evening. The choir is on a tour of North America to perform and raise money for various projects in Africa including schools and orphanages. The choir is made up of 24 children from Uganda, aged eight […]
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