The wheels are in motion for the formation of the first chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation in this part of the province. The RMEF’s presence in Northwestern Ontario would help facilitate additional fundraising efforts for elk restoration projects, such as the one now underway near Cameron Lake. Some […]
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Three Fort Frances teams skated home winners from the novice hockey tournament in Emo last weekend. Skates and Blades took the Showalter’s Flying Service ‘A’ title, Foodtown Fury captured the M.L. Judson Trucking Ltd. ‘B’ event final, and the Times Tigers won the Village Variety ‘C’ crown. Skates and Blades […]
The ring scale arrived at the Stratton cattle sales yard yesterday and installation is now going ahead of schedule. Members of the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association came out to install the 6,000-pound scale, which was delivered by Scaleco of Brandon Man. at 9:30 a.m. yesterday. The scale arrived in two […]
Four portable classrooms under the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board had to be shut down last week due to extensive mould contamination but the ones used by the local Catholic school board don’t face the same problem. “We had them all checked last year for mould and there didn’t seem to […]
Despite finishing with a 2-7 record at the Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts in Timmins, Kathie Jackson came away feeling they didn’t curl all that bad. “I think, for the most part, we played pretty well,” said Jackson back home Monday morning. “Five of those losses came on last rock, […]
The Aquanauts’ swam to a successful showing at the NWO Invitational Campbell Goldfins meet in Balmertown over the weekend–highlighted by a pair of club records being smashed. Boyd Badiuk shattered the club record in the 200m backstroke for the 10-and-under age group. His time of 3:06 was about five seconds […]
Four Fort Frances bowlers will represent Sunset Country at the provincial rolloffs in Thunder Bay over Easter weekend in April. At stake there is a trip to the national championship. Carla Hanzuk and Carolyn Stamarski made the ladies’ team after coming second and third respectively among the women at the […]
If the Muskies earn a berth to the all-Ontarios coming up March 22-25 in Sudbury, head coach Glen Edwards can only hope they play as well as they did at a tournament in Winnipeg last weekend. The black-and-gold went unbeaten in five games there, including a 4-0 victory over the […]
The local Sunset Country Ford Mustangs ‘AA’ Atom hockey team captured an eight-squad tournament in Baudette on Sunday, edging Roseau 2-1 in the final. Tied at 1-1 with just over one minute to go, Tyler Miller, assisted by Brian White, notched the game-winner. It was Roseau’s first loss of the […]
The Emo Selects won both their games in recent minor hockey action, first downing the MEC Bulldogs (Fort Frances) by a 3-1 count on goals by Eric Soucy, Tyson Romyn, and John Roulston. Curtis Logue bagged MEC’s lone marker. Then the Selects blanked Causeway (Fort Frances) 4-0 on the strength […]
If you’re wondering how difficult it is to stop a runaway train, just ask the Kenora Broncos. Their task was to stop the high-flying, fast-breaking Muskie senior boys’ basketball team during NorWOSSA action there yesterday and the end result wasn’t pretty. The first-place Muskies thrashed the host Broncos 75-27 for […]
Denny Nelson is hoping to hook onto the popularity of bass fishing by running a tournament Sept. 8-9 from the Island View Lodge east of International Falls. The tournament will feature two-person teams, just like the successful Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship that runs here in late July. A one-day […]
