Local band Thinking of Pinky is set to open for Wide Mouth Mason tonight with an hour-long set that will include one original tune, “Might as Well.” “It’s a catchy little throw together,” drummer Eric Carpenter said of the song. The quartet, comprised of twentysomethings, is looking forward to opening […]
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At 7 a.m. on Thursday, the eighth-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship officially began under an overcast sky on Sand Bay. After both national anthems and the traditional angler’s prayer, defending champs Steve and Kent Ballan (Team #1) roared off with a wave to the cheering crowd lining the shoreline […]
The Northwestern Ontario Disaster Relief Assistance Program committee announced Wednesday that Aug. 15 is the deadline for submitting official claim forms for damages caused during last month’s flooding. “Claim processing has already begun,” said committee chair Nick Wihnan. “I urge everyone who has not already submitted their claim to do […]
The International Rainy Lake Board of Control yesterday authorized a reduction in the outflow from Rainy Lake. This action will begin the process of gradually slowing the rate of decline in the level of the lake, which is expected to return back to within its IJC rule curve band within […]
Robert Atatise needed an extra hole to claim his first Kitchen Creek Junior Open title Tuesday. After failing to make the cut at the Manitoba junior championship two weeks ago, the local golfer captured the 16-18 year-old title by sinking a 35-foot birdie putt on the par-four first hole to […]
Provincial investments totalling more than $1 million for a bridge repair project in Dryden and a highway connecting link project in Fort Frances were announced yesterday. “Roads are economic lifelines in northern communities,” said Northern Development and Mines minister Jim Wilson. “Each investment made in the north by the province […]
“It’s right in my will!” tall Michael Pierce, the well-known retired postie, told me one day lately in Safeway. “And nobody better go removing the old cook shack on Last Island because my ashes will be buried underneath the red pine tree next to it!” he added. Michael was responding […]
Maybe it was the location, or perhaps it was residents’ heightened awareness, but the second-annual “Household Hazardous Waste Day” held here back in May saw almost twice as much participation as last year’s inaugural effort. But despite seeing more than 5,000 litres/kg of solid and liquid materials—ranging from car batteries […]
The battle for top spot in the Borderland women’s soccer league is turning out to be a two-horse race. With just three weeks left in the regular season, Gillons’ (9-2-1) and Curves (7-3-1) have proven to be the top two teams. Curves blanked MEC 4-0 but lost 1-0 to Tagg’s […]
The Emo research station once again is opening its doors to one and all this coming Monday (July 29) at 7 p.m. “We’re going to tour our plots to see what happened and how the crops are doing this year,” research station manager Kim-Jo Bliss said. The station—owned and operated […]
The Living Legacy Trust has awarded Rainy River First Nations $179,500 for a Resources Stewardship Framework model focused on fishery resources. Executive director Karan Aquino was at the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre last Thursday to congratulate Rainy River First Nations Chief Gary Medicine and the band on receiving funding for the […]
Gord Pyzer is anxious to put his world-renowned fishing smarts to the test at the eighth-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Champ-ionship, which gets underway tomorrow. Pyzer, the former Kenora district manager for the Ministry of Natural Resources, currently is co-host of the popular syndicated radio show “Real Fishing” and is […]
