Dan Falloon Len Bedard, a 15-year veteran of bathtub racing, tried to will his vessel to speed up on Sand Bay on Canada Day. But it was to no avail as Curtis Boivin took home the title once again.
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Bryce Forbes Service Canada Centre for Youth workers Dayna DeBenedet, left, and Jamie Petrin enjoyed a shady refuge from the blazing heat as they handed out information yesterday about the Odd Job Squad. Other events being held in conjunction with Odd Job Week include a “Odd Job-stacle Course” today, as […]
Bryce Forbes Tracey Wright brought out her two daughters, Karleigh and Mackenzie, as well as her little niece, Olivia Allen, to enjoy a sundae in celebration of 50 years of Dairy Queen in Fort Frances. The business, now in its third generation of Thomson family ownership, is running different specials […]
Staff Kiwanian Robin Wright and Pat Herr of International Travel Services drew the winning ticket yesterday morning for the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s “trip of the month” for July. Andrea Turgeon of Fort Frances will be heading to sunny San Diego—a trip valued at $2,600. Next month’s draw is for […]
Bryce Forbes Traffic flow along the Noden Causeway will be down to one lane until about October as work resumed last week on the five-year project to rehabilitate the structure.
Peggy Revell First Street East remains blocked off between Portage and Victoria as the town works to repair a sanitary sewer line that collapsed on Canada Day evening. Repair work began Friday so the sewer continues to be in service, explained Environmental and Facilities superintendent Doug Herr, although a water […]
Peggy Revell The loop road around Pither’s Point Park was closed to traffic due to flooding from all the rain that’s hit the area over the past few days. Just under three inches fell here during Saturday night’s thunderstorm after Borderland was pelted by just over three inches in the […]
Peggy Revell Smokey the Bear, Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis, and local MP John Rafferty were right up near the front of the rope during Friday afternoon’s international tug-of-war that pitted Fort Frances against International Falls. But the Canadian side’s hopes to make it a 3-0 winning streak was dashed […]
Peggy Revell The bright yellow wings of a partially-submerged floatplane could be seen from the Sorting Gap Marina after it had crashed on take-off yesterday morning. No injuries were reported.
Peggy Revell This car had to be pulled from the Portage Avenue underpass yesterday morning after it became trapped there from all the rain that had collected after the torrential downpour during a thunderstorm in the early-morning hours of Canada Day. A north-end resident reported his rain gauge registered 3.02 […]
Bryce Forbes Abby Tolen walked around the “Relay for Life” in a Team Canada sumo suit, while fellow members of her team, Rebecca Tolen, Jeremiah McCart, Gavin Payne and daughter, Katherine, and Tara Tolley joined her for the opening lap on Friday evening at Fort Frances High School. This year’s […]
Peggy Revell Bailey Strom was presented with the Rainy River District School Board Leading Student Award by education director Heather Campbell last Thursday during the Fort High grad ceremony at the Memorial Sports Centre. The award is presented to a graduating student with the highest average in six Grade 12 […]
