With a pair of new coaches, plenty of young players and a new system, the Muskie junior boys’ volleyball team faced plenty of question marks when they took to the court last week for a pre-season tournament. But in the end, the junior spikers came away with a fourth-place finish […]
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Kitchen Creek reported a “significant” increase in the number of golfers using the course this year compared to last–despite the fact many of its greens and fairways suffered extensive ice damage this spring. That, coupled with a cold, wet May, left the course in poor shape, forcing the club to […]
Bill Moody and Plum Byrnes both fired 88s on Sunday to capture the men’s and women’s titles in the 21st-annual Frog Creek Open at Kitchen Creek. Both players took top spot by slim one-stroke margins. Moody won a three-night, four-day trip to Las Vegas for his efforts while Byrnes picked […]
The fourth-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship is still more than 10 months away but already it’s attracted two dozen teams more than it can hold. The three-day tournament, which attracted 104 two-person teams this year, has received 149 entries for next July’s event. But only 125 entries will be […]
The 1997 “Bassin’ for Bucks” tournament in Sioux Narrows, with its unique format, was well-planned and staged by organizers, Mel Giesbrecht, Chris Bell, Lindsay Bowman and the rest of the highly-proficient volunteers. Giesbrecht and Bell, well-known on the bass tournament circuit and one-time winners of the Kenora Bass International, while […]
As the Muskie “Bees” head into their home opener tomorrow against the International Falls Broncos junior varsity squad, head coach Bob Fryer is hoping his team takes a change in direction. Coming off a 20-6 loss to the Roseau Rams in their season opener, and a 26-7 defeat to the […]
He stopped going to school when he was 13. And when he turned 16–five days into grade 10–he officially became a high school drop-out. And he admits he doesn’t know what grade level he was actually at. But it wasn’t until he almost lost an arm in a bush accident […]
It came down to dollars and cents as industry reps tried to stake claims on Crown land when the Boreal West Round Table held a public meeting at the Legion Hall here last Thursday. A dozen speakers, representing the forestry and tourism industries, as well as anglers, hunters and conservationists, […]
Need an idea for a relaxing Sunday afternoon with the family? Well, the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture is holding a farm tour this Sunday from 12:30-5 p.m., aptly named “A Drive in the Country.” “There are five farms,” noted tour organizer Deb Cornell. “At each farm, there will food […]
Making the grade under Ontario’s new guidelines isn’t going to be easy for the pupils—or the teachers, who may find themselves understaffed and overworked under the new curriculum. Tom Fry, who works in curriculum services with the Fort Frances-Rainy River Board of Education, said students who are not making the […]
It’s T-minus 30 days until the deadline to file nomination papers for the municipal election in November but the races haven’t attracted much attention yet. As of Monday, no one had filed nomination papers for a seat on councils in Alberton, La Vallee, Chapple, Rainy River, Emo, McCrosson-Tovell, Morley, and […]
About 1,285 head of cattle were moved through the Stratton sales yard Saturday, with many steers selling in the $0.90-$1.10/lb range. But the buyers were picky this year, and not every steer was able to fetch such a high price. “The general feeling was where the quality was, the price […]
