The Fort Frances Fire Brigade raised $2,500 for a good cause when they held their “boot drive” for Muscular Dystrophy on Tuesday evening in conjunction with the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship’s parade of boats. “It’s awesome,” firefighter Wayne Riches said this morning. “It’s gotten to a point where the […]
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Mark Libitka, left, of Kenora and Dave Bennett of Sioux Narrows (Team #32) showed off their hefty catch on the docks yesterday after a day of fishing on the lake. The duo were ranked third after pulling in a Day One catch of 19.41 pounds. —Staff photo
Are they even fishing on Rainy Lake? “We’re on Rainy Lake, but you’ve got to really come looking for us if you want to find us,” said Guy Johnston. Johnston and partner Doug Wright were the top local team at last year’s Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, finishing in eighth […]
The Manitoba Motor Transport Board has approved a number of cuts in service proposed by Greyhound Canada, including two trips that pass through Fort Frances. Paul Bock, owner of North Air Services here, said the seven weekly arrivals and departures between Fort Frances and Thunder Bay will be reduced to […]
James Lindner is still the man to beat. The two-time defending champion hasn’t lost a beat with his new partner, Mike Hehner, as the duo reeled in 21.10 pounds Thursday to lead the 11th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship after the first day. “It was awesome,” said Hehner, of Baxter, […]
While the “Sensational Hot Rods” burned up the stage in front of hundreds of people at the Sorting Gap Marina last night, the party at the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship is just getting started. “Everyone who came out [last night] had a great time,” said FFCBC nighttime entertainment director […]
Two people were hurt, one seriously, in a single-vehicle accident that occurred just before midnight yesterday on Highway just west of the Windy Point bridge. Fort Frances OPP said a pick-up truck with two occupants was eastbound on the highway when the vehicle drifted on to the gravel shoulder. The […]
Last year’s top local team, Guy Johnston and Doug Wright, were the eighth team in a field of 136 to head out this morning from Pither’s Point for Day One of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. —Emmanuel Moutsatsos photo
Fort Frances OPP located a Seine River male causing a disturbance with Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship parade viewers around 7:20 p.m. yesterday. The 40-year-old subsequently was arrested and charged with being intoxicated in a public place. He was held in custody pending sobriety. Then around 8:30 p.m. yesterday, police […]
A good crowd was on hand at the government dock on Sand Bay this morning to watch the launch of the 2005 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. Skies were clear but conditions were windy, which caused some of the 136 teams vying for the $50,000 first prize to grimace. Most […]
Hats off to all the organizers, volunteers, and (most importantly) the 12 teams that took part in the annual Devlin slo-pitch tournament over the weekend. Good Vibrations captured the ‘A’ final Sunday with a victory over the Jokers-Up North. The Clippers earned the ‘B’ crown while the River Rats claimed […]
“Somebody will figure it out—somebody always does.” These words were spoken outside Room 24 of the Bayview Motel here on a humid Friday night by a man that did “figure it out” back in 1996. That man was Gary Lake, who claimed first prize at the second-annual Fort Frances Canadian […]
