Wet weather may have kept some people at home, but it failed to dampen activities as law enforcement agencies and emergency response teams held an open house Saturday at the Emo-La Vallee arena. Nearly 50 groups and organizations from across Rainy River District and northern Minnesota attracted more than 400 […]
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There are some people in the world who are fortunate enough to land the dream job. OPP Cst. Geoff Hartley is one of those. From the time he was a small boy growing up in rural Ontario, dogs have been his constant companions. So when he joined the OPP 18 […]
More than 300 people turned up at the Devlin Hall on Sunday afternoon for a delicious family feast—and to give the Crossroads community rink project a financial boost. Sunny skies and the smell of deep-frying walleye fillets undoubtedly were contributing factors as people from all across the district took advantage […]
The crowd arrived hungry both to fill their stomachs and empty their wallets, and Barney Maher couldn’t have been happier. About 200 people were at La Place Rendez-Vous last Friday night for an evening of fun and fundraising during the 21st-annual banquet hosted by the Fort Frances branch of Ducks […]
Bob Kennedy isn’t letting any new spring grass grow under his feet. The local marksman started his year off with a bang by delivering two perfect rounds of 25 during the opening of the skeet season May 6 at the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club range at Frog Creek. Kennedy outdistanced […]
General manager Brent Tookenay could have asked for more out of the Borderland Thunder’s second season, but that might look greedy. The local Junior ‘A’ hockey squad had a season chock full of pleasant memories that had Thunder fans buzzing with excitement from the first drop of the puck. Borderland’s […]
The minor hockey hardware cupboard is bare. All levels of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association have been accounted for now with the recent announcement of the PeeWee division’s post-season awards. George Halvorsen (Fort Frances Lions) earned the Bud Hebert Trophy for Most Valuable Player while Ben Morrisseau (Fort Frances […]
Neither side has lost, and both want that trend to continue. The Muskie boys’ and girls’ soccer squads entered the NorWOSSA championships in Kenora today with no blemishes on their record in pre-season league play as they both look to defend their titles from a year ago. The teams each […]
The Wellington Dukes were supposed to be the feared gunslingers, but their Maritime mission turned into an episode of “How the West was Won.” The Dukes, who had captured the Dudley Hewitt Cup here last month, got no respect for their #1 ranking in the Canadian Junior ‘A’ Hockey League […]
On your mark, get set—fish. The growl of outboard motors soon will fill the air as hordes of rod-and-reel fanatics descend upon the Ontario portion of Rainy Lake, and other area bodies of water, for the opening of walleye season this Saturday. Darryl McLeod, a biologist with the Ministry of […]
This could be the start of something great. Last weekend’s spring swim meet hosted by the Fort Frances Aquanauts brought an end to the inaugural year of the local Cyclones club, whose ranks doubled over the course of the season to more than 40 swimmers—26 of whom saw action here. […]
