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By Ken Kellar
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com
Even with the raging waters of a swollen river awaiting them, anglers are gearing up for the Emo Walleye Classic with excitement and only a little trepidation. The Emo Walleye Classic returns in traditional format this weekend, running in Emo from May 26 to May 28. While the usually-annual fishing […]
By Daniel Adam
Staff Writer
dadam@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
dadam@fortfrances.com
Five years ago, high-school friends Edward Cabral and Jamie Blattner were fishing on the Manitou Rapids when Cabral landed a 22-inch walleye. “Why couldn’t you have reeled that in during the tournament?” said Blattner. A few days earlier, the pair finished second last in the 2017 Emo Walleye Classic. That […]
By Darren Derendorf
Special to the Times
Special to the Times
Welcome back to a full season of racing action at the Emo Speedway! Like for so many of us in the region, Mother Nature has unfortunately put a damper on the start of our season. That being said, weather permitting the drivers will be returning to action starting this Saturday, […]
By Allan Bradbury
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
abradbury@fortfrances.com
Fort Frances native Jagger Lockman is planning to spend the month of July teaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) in Fort Frances. Lockman took up BJJ when he left the Fort Frances area for Southern Ontario. “I moved away when I was 18,” Lockman said. “I started training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. I’ve […]
This season I would like to welcome all of the readers into the 3D Racing shop where my Dad (#28 Doug Derendorf) and myself (#80 Darren Derendorf) field two Emo Street Stocks weekly at the Emo Speedway. Doug is the veteran of the team with nearly 50 years of racing […]
By Ken Kellar
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com
Fort Frances Town Council will be considering the finer details of a proposed solar farm and cryptocurrency-mining operation in the north end, as well as a potential cut to the speed limit on Scott Street. Council will be sitting for a rare Tuesday meeting tonight following the Victoria Day long […]
Representatives from the Rainy River District School Board were at the Mental Health Expo earlier this month, promoting mental wellness for kids and families. Participants were able to get information from dozens of organizations committed to mental wellness. – Daniel Adam photo
By Jessica Smith
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ontario’s four main party leaders are reaffirming commitments to search for burial sites at the province’s former residential schools for Indigenous students one year after ground-penetrating radar unearthed what are believed to be the graves of 215 children at a former such facility in British Columbia. The Progressive Conservatives, New […]
By Nicole Thompson
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Three of Ontario’s four main parties are pledging to reverse cuts to the province’s student assistance program, but they’ve all attached different price tags to the promise. The program that converted many student loans to grants and made tuition free for some students was turfed by the Progressive Conservatives after […]
KUUJJUAQ, Que. – Daniel Gabois would usually be out hunting this time of year. Flocks of Canada geese have started to appear overhead in their V-formations, returning to nesting grounds in the northern Quebec region of Nunavik. That’s the signal for him and many others in his hometown of Kuujjuaq […]
By Brittany Hobson
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
WINNIPEG – Kseniia Zinenko stepped outside of the Winnipeg airport Monday evening after a nine-hour flight from Poland to Manitoba’s capital city. The 30-year-old is one of more than 300 Ukrainian nationals who were on a federally chartered flight to bring people fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to Canada. “Very […]
