Barwick is celebrating Canada Day a day early, getting a head-start on the festivities with a parade and baseball tournaments this Saturday (June 30). “We have a parade and it’s on Saturday, and we’ve got baseball. There’s slo-pitch and fastball,” noted Barwick clerk Doris Dyson. Participants are encouraged to register […]
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Games, entertainment, and fireworks are scheduled as Emo will celebrate Canada Day on Monday, July 2 given similar parties are slated in Barwick on June 30 and Fort Frances on July 1. “It’ll be great. I can’t believe what they’ve put together in the last week,” noted Emo Reeve Russ […]
Even seven caution flags couldn’t slow down–or deny–Steve Arpin from winning his fourth-straight modified feature race at the Emo Speedway on Saturday night. But he still finds himself looking up in the Borderland Racing Association points standings. Gavin Paull, who has yet to capture a feature this season and finished […]
Shade squeaked past the Spuds 14-12 in a close ‘A’ final of the first slo-pitch tournament of the season in Devlin last weekend. The contest between the two Fort Frances teams was tight in the late innings, with both teams trading leads in the sixth and seventh innings. Shade pitcher […]
The Emo Bulldogs once again showed why they’re the cream of the Rainy River District Fastball League, drubbing a recently-hot Sight and Sound squad 14-0 at VanJura Stadium last Thursday. Sight and Sound once again was felled by a pitcher who can hit quite well. Two weeks ago, it was […]
A half-century of NorWOSSA football is dead. In a move that has been in serious works since last November’s NorWOSSA title game here, the Fort High Muskies, Kenora Broncos, and Dryden Eagles have joined the Winnipeg High School Football League (WHSFL), which released its schedule for the coming season Monday. […]
The first community sail of the year, hosted by the Rendezvous Yacht Club, is a go for 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. There will be two meeting places for anyone interested–the dock at La Place Rendez-Vous here and the one in Ranier, east of International Falls. The free ride will include […]
Flags at the Civic Centre flew at half-mast on Tuesday in memory of Nick Kingerski, one of the town’s longest-serving employees. During Monday night’s regular meeting, council also stood for a minute of silence in memory of Kingerski, who spent more than 40 years as an town employee from 1945-1986, […]
The fire situation has quickly heated up for local Ministry of Natural Resources firefighters as dry conditions and lightning have started a rash of blazes in the district. “Currently, we have three active fires. They were a result of recent lightning,” fire management supervisor Matt Myers said Tuesday morning. “We […]
The beach at Sunny Cove Camp was re-opened to swimmers Friday after being declared “unsafe for swimming” last Monday, the Northwestern Health Unit said Monday. Brian Norris, a public health inspector with the health unit, noted two consecutive water samples came back “clear.” He said the high water level on […]
Although council has yet to finalize the 2001 municipal tax levy, the due dates of this year’s bills will be presented to the committee of the whole later Monday. Because of delays due to software problems and the province’s Bill 140, this year’s municipal taxes will be due much later […]
Local golfer Greg Ward carded a second-straight par-72 on Friday to finish in a tie for 17th place at the Canadian Club Champions Championship in Calgary. He wound up with a 14-over 302 total. He had a slow start in the first two rounds Tuesday and Wednesday, firing a pair […]
