There was no racing this past Saturday night at the Emo Speedway, but that didn’t stop some local drivers from heading out elsewhere to compete. Here’s where and how some of them did over the Labour Day weekend: •Thursday Sept. 2 (Silver 1000—Proctor Speedway in Minnesota) Steve Arpin (fourth in […]
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“Snake” Krawchuk added his name to another golf trophy on Sunday as he was crowned the overall champion of the Memorial golf tournament, which is held in remembrance of Kitchen Creek members who have passed on. The annual tournament originally was slated to be held May 30, but rain postponed […]
Former Fort Frances resident Tressa Main, a main organizer of the town’s first-ever wakeboarding clinic last month, competed at the Canadian Wakeboarding Championships in Vancouver on Aug. 26-29 and won her division to advance to the world championships. Main, 31, who currently lives in Winnipeg, won the 19-and-over age category […]
Whoever said a horseshoe can bring you luck didn’t see me throw one. At least at the start, anyway. Three two-person teams participated in the Fort Frances District and Labour Council’s annual mixed horseshoe tournament Monday afternoon at Pither’s Point, with the winning team being Pat Stillar of International Falls […]
After their first win in two seasons, Muskie football head coach Bob Swing gave an interview in which he said: a). he doesn’t care what the community thinks about the team’s results, and b). thought the kids played great, but c). in what was a really sloppy game. Oh, and […]
Do the math—76 hopefuls, only 20 available roster spots. Of those 56 players who don’t make the Muskie boys’ hockey team this coming season, some will need a tissue box for the tears, some will need boxing gloves for the anger, and others just a simple pat on the back […]
“Snake” Krawchuk added his name to yet another trophy Sunday as he captured the overall championship of the annual Memorial golf tournament, held in remembrance of Kitchen Creek members who have passed on. The tournament originally was scheduled for May 30, but rain forced it to be postponed until this […]
For those who spent a good part of the long weekend indoors, it’s no surprise the U.S. National Weather Service reported this morning that rainfall over the past three days here almost exceeded the monthly average for September. Saturday saw 1.09 cm (0.43 inches) of rain while that number jumped […]
Two Fort Frances residents were charged following an incident last Thursday (Sept. 2). Fort Frances OPP officers first spotted a 20-year-old female lying in the roadway on the 100 block of Third Street West around 1:30 a.m. A male companion, 26, then was found to have a can of tear […]
At its first meeting of the new school year tonight, the Rainy River District School Board will hear a report on its summer school and the new credit recovery program that were run over the summer. According to a report by Superintendent of Education Terry Ellwood, more than 20 students […]
With all six “tour de Fort” shows lined up for the 2004-05 season, spokesman Gary Rogozinski is hoping the passports, which are on sale now, move a lot better than last year. “My biggest concern, and the concern of the entire board, is that last year we only sold 300 […]
The Weather Network viewers in Fort Frances no doubt have noticed a change in the look of the channel in recent days. While local weather information continues to broadcast every 10 minutes, the anchors, meteorologists, and commercials have been replaced with a black screen. A spokesperson for The Weather Network […]
