Although Emo minor hockey teams lost three exhibition encounters against Warroad and International Falls this past week, the rest of the circuit tasted several victories against two ties. The Emo Atom Selects went up against the Fort Frances Atom girls and skated away with an easy 15-1 victory. Jake Gill […]
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The Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship will run from Thursday to Saturday instead of Friday to Sunday when it takes to the water for the fifth time in July. The change was made to better accommodate the anglers, said Ray Engelbertink, media relations spokesman for the FFCBC, adding many of […]
The Bantam “AA” B•Macs doubled a team from Omaha, Neb. 4-2 yesterday afternoon to pull within one victory of capturing the International Falls Invitational tournament. The 3-0 Fort squad closed out the five-team, round-robin showdown against Hibbing at noon today (the score was not available as of press time). The […]
After an eight-day layoff, the Muskies will be looking to burn off those extra Christmas calories when they travel to Mesabi for a pair of exhibition games. The black-and-gold will square off against Mesabi East tonight, then take on Austin tomorrow. While the Muskies are gunning to improve their 1-3 […]
Bob Tkachuk capped off a perfect day on the court here Saturday by beating James Knofe of Winnipeg 3-1 in the best-of-five ‘A’ final during the annual Boxing Day men’s squash tournament. It was the second year in a row Tkachuk has won the tourney title while going undefeated. In […]
Scott Grynol scored with just over a minute left in the first period to pace the KCs (Fort Frances) to a 1-0 victory against the Emo Predators in recent PeeWee ‘AA’ action. Both teams pressed during the second and third periods but neither one could score. The Predators lost their […]
Winter has finally come to all of us in the U.S. Midwest. It is a slower time of the year than the spring, summer, or fall. But it also is a time of the year to reflect–and to offer some resolutions for the upcoming fishing season. Sometimes at this time […]
Anglers fishing lakes across Northwestern Ontario will be taking home smaller limits next year for many species, the Ministry of Natural Resources has outlined in its 1999 Regulations Summary. Highlighting the changes are a reduction in the daily catch-and-possession limit for walleye/sauger from six to four–only one of which can […]
As of 10:57 a.m. yesterday, the Rainy River Hospital’s “Buy a Brick and Build it Quick” drive was just one brick short from reaching its goal of $300,000 by year’s end–and it was sold before the day was out. More than $250,000 has been donated by the public so far […]
Boise Cascade could be looking at setting up another oriented strandboard (OSB) mill in Northwestern Ontario now that Tolko is out of the picture in the Kenora area. Percy Champagne, mill manager at Voyageur Panel in Barwick, confirmed yesterday that Boise Cascade had submitted a proposal to the Ministry of […]
Kathy and Rick Jewell of Fort Frances are hoping an innovative form of therapy will improve the health of their five-year-old son, Brett, who has cerebral palsy. The youngster, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at age two, is slated to begin hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) at the Hyperbaric Oxygen […]
Local residents looking for a party New Year’s Eve, or just a pleasant evening out, may have few options to choose from this year as events are being booked up literally by the minute. If you’re craving the European cuisine of La Flambée here, you’d better have reservations already the […]
