Isobel White is impressed with her community of Whitefish Bay after an initiative by the local women’s group to hold a mini-Olympics to promote healing and unity was greeted with enthusiasm. The Naotkamegwanning Winter Games, held there during the March Break, went beyond the expectations of organizers, White said. “Everybody […]
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The Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association will be filling up the Stratton sales yard with about 800 cattle April 18, making it two spring sales in a row for them. The sale will start at 9:30 a.m., with cattle being brought into the pens the day before. Sales manager Russell Richards […]
After being turned down for funding by the town for the second time in three years, the Fort Frances Visserettes continue to struggle financially, club president Bob Grynol warned last week. “We’re majorly disappointed that the town turned us down,” he lamented. “We asked for [financial] help in any way […]
Emo minor hockey teams took five of their seven games played last week, including a 5-2 win by the Novice Wings over Food Town (Fort Frances). Leading 3-2 after two periods, the Wings added two more in the third to seal the victory. Tyson Romyn led the way with a […]
When the Naotkamegwanning (Whitefish Bay) First Nation Women’s Group decided to promote unity and healing within their community, they went about it in no small way. In fact, their Olympic-style celebration has taken on a life of its own this week in the community of 800, located east of Highway […]
The Causeway Cougars edged the MEC Bulldogs, also of Fort Frances, 4-3 on Sunday to claim the Silver division title in the annual International Falls Squirt hockey tournament last weekend at Bronco Arena. Jarod Catholique-Bruyere scored the game-winner, assisted by Shane Belluz, with under a minute to play in regulation […]
Despite winning both games yesterday to improve his record to 6-0 at the Canadian police curling showdown in St. John’s, Nfld., today will go a long way in determining if Clint Barton’s rink once again will be crowned national champions. Barton’s rink eked out a 5-3 win over New Brunswick […]
Terri Geurts and Allison Amorde, both bowlers from Plaza Lanes here, led the “Northwestern” ladies’ five-pin team to a silver medal at the Ontario Winter Games in Peterborough last week. “Northwestern” finished the tournament with eight wins against six losses, good for 63 points, and second only to the “Central” […]
The Emo Speedway will undergo a plethora of changes this season, including a return to the Borderland Racing Association under a new promoter and a new racing night. Ed Rea, who has been a fixture with the Emo Speedway since the mid-1960s, will become the track’s new promoter, taking over […]
Rob Sinclair enthusiastically referred to it as “The Show.” That show was the LaBatt Brier in Winnipeg last week–by far the biggest curling showcase in Canada. And the Northern Ontario reps hailing from the Port Arthur Curling Club in Thunder Bay were front and centre with some of the very […]
Brande Hyatt went into last weekend’s all-Ontario figure skating competition with the goal of finishing in the middle of the pack against the province’s top skaters. And the 12-year-old from Devlin did exactly that, skating a near flawless performance en route to a seventh-place finish in Gravenhurst against 11 other […]
The “Tomorrow” committee will be training facilitators March 28 so they can gather public input for its second strategic plan. But this time, it’s going to all residents of Rainy River District. “We’re doing a new strategic plan for Fort Frances but more importantly, we’re doing a district-wide strategic plan,” […]
