Wado Kai karate in the district took a big step Saturday when the combined Fort Frances and Devlin clubs held their inaugural club championships at Crossroads School. A total of 50 students aged five to 45 competed in a series of “katas” (demonstrations) and “kumitas” (sparring) in front of their […]
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Sometimes things are done simply in the name of active living. A group of local residents has been lending their time to refurbish the Eighth Street trails. Over the past 10 years, they’ve cut down dead trees, cleared walking and skiing paths, and now are ready to make their next […]
Sandwich lovers will have a new place to dine starting today as a Subway franchise opens its doors here in Fort Frances. The new restaurant, located in the old Sunset Shell building on King’s Highway, will be open daily from 6 a.m. until 10 p.m. and serve a variety of […]
Five weeks after their inaugural season ended, the Borderland Thunder got back together for one more night off the ice to hand out the awards and celebrate their first foray in the Superior International Junior Hockey League. Matt Johnson and Rob Hrabec won the first Jim Witherspoon Memorial Trophy as […]
On your mark, get set . . . wait! Poor weather this spring has left the Emo Speedway in post-winter condition, prompting the Borderland Racing Association to push back its starting date a second time to May 25. “We were supposed to have it on [May 11] then [May 18],” […]
Joe Edmonds had never heard of road rage before Jan. 29, 2000—the night a fatal car crash killed his eldest son, Jason, and two of his friends. Now he runs the Jason Edmonds Foundation for Road Safety, dedicating his life to stopping this roadway killer. “Every car on the road […]
For Erik Gustafson and Jonas Watson, giving a presentation in front of their class is their worst nightmare. But these two students faced their fears Tuesday as they explained to a Grade 7 class at Robert Moore School what it feels like to stutter. “I was nervous at first ’cuz […]
The 32nd-annual Manitou Mounds fish fry is set to sizzle this Friday beginning at 1:30 p.m. at the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung (“Place of the Long Rapids”) Historical Centre. “Last year we had 700 people and we’ll [see] more this year, probably close to 900 people,” said Lou-Ann Bombay, band manager of Rainy […]
Mayor Glenn Witherspoon demanded the town figure out a way to give breaks to new businesses after council voted 4-2 on Monday night in favour of denying a request for financial relief for sewer, water, and driveway invoices by North American Lumber. “I’m against this. There has to be a […]
Looking for a camp for your artistically-inclined eight to 15-year-old? Well, River Theatre’s summer musical theatre program in Emo is now accepting registrations for its session running July 29-Aug. 9. “It’s a two-week program that runs from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Emo Legion,” […]
Since February, Jack Cameron has been living in a world he hasn’t enjoyed for years—one with pitch perfect sound. “If I wasn’t still working, I wouldn’t have noticed it,” he said yesterday while visiting Lori Germain, local hearing instrument dispenser with the Canadian Hearing Society, to get a new ear […]
“I’m the arsonist.” That’s probably not the greeting one expects from an 82-year-old but former longtime Alberton resident Bud Cyr was joking and waxed nostalgia about the old hall which he was about to torch. “My first-ever memory at the hall was a Christmas concert, I was five or six […]
