Here are the results from the Emo Speedway races held Friday night in conjunction with Canada Day festivities, followed by the top five point-getters in each of the classes. The Speedway will resume its usual Saturday night slot this week when its first-ever Mid-Season Championship will be held. Hot laps […]
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He looks out the window of the clubhouse, but tries not to think about what he’s seeing. It’s Sunday and it had rained hard all that morning, and there’s Greg Ross looking out onto the Kitchen Creek Golf Club and thinking about how much work is in store for his […]
It’s an annual affair, but the Muskie football team’s spring practices still turn the heads of drivers on McIrvine Road as they passed Fort High’s football field the past couple of weeks. A half-dozen practices were held, but were they practices or tryouts for a season that doesn’t get started […]
The Fort Frances Visserettes and Boys Gymnastics Club saluted its award winners from the past season at a wind-up party two weeks ago. The award winners were: •Top Female Artistics (sponsored by Pharmasave)—Brittany Reutzal •Top Provincial Gymnast (FFG Academy)—Sara Kellar •Top Female Gymnast (Nancy Miller)—Brittany Rogenrud •Most Promising Male Gymnast […]
Talk about making a statement. That’s exactly what John Hettinga has been doing since the beginning of the season at the Emo Speedway. After winning the season points championship in the Street Stock division last year, Hettinga decided to move to the Midwest Modifieds (Mod-B) side of things. And he […]
What a difference a few years can make. Five years ago, Austin Zin and Kyle Jewett had never even set foot on a sailboat. Now, the Stratton teens are busy gearing up for the Royal Canadian Sea Cadet National Regatta, which is slated to take place Aug. 22-26 on Lake […]
If the success anglers have had during pre-fishing is any indication, it’s going to take a couple of big bags of fish to cop the title at the annual “Castin’ for Cash” bass derby on Lake Despair this weekend, tournament organizer Bill Godin predicted Tuesday. Godin, an avid angler in […]
When you glance over the Winnipeg High School Football League’s 2005 schedule that was released last week, two dates stick out like a vegetarian at a meat-packing conference—Fort Frances vs. Beaver Brae on Sept. 23 and Dryden vs. Fort Frances on Sept. 30. Confused? Well, let’s clarify. The rivalries are […]
The reconstruction of King’s Highway from McDonald’s Restaurant to Daniel Avenue continues, with work on the stretch between Keating Avenue and Holmes Avenue to start in the next two weeks. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said Monday that Bay City Co. Ltd. and its subcontractors “lost some time because […]
The OPP’s Marine Unit was active on area lakes over the Canada Day long weekend. Officers stopped and checked 72 vessels, laying three charges under the Small Vessels Regulations and one Liquor Licence Act charge. Marine patrols will continue throughout the summer. In other news, around 12:15 a.m. on Saturday, […]
A local woman witnessed the rescue of a man at the Ranier rapids on Monday night after a boat apparently capsized there. Connie Cuthbertson said Tuesday morning taht she was biking near Seven Oaks when she saw boats grouped in the water on the far side of the island in […]
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