Local resident Merv Ahrens voiced his concerns over the lack of a pedestrian crossing on King’s Highway during Monday night’s town council meeting.

Helen Crook, left, presented Donna Wasykow-ski with an award for her 38 years of service with the Fort Frances Horticultural Society at its monthly meeting Monday evening. Wasy-kowski has been involved with all aspects of the society, and will be serving as a judge at next month’s flower and vegetable […]

Alex Keszler, left, and son, Darrell, held two of their prize bass up for the crowd to see during the final day of weigh-ins Saturday afternoon. The pair ended up placing second overall.

Terry Gill, left, and Rueben Gibbins trolled around Rainy Lake on Saturday looking for the lunker to vault them up the standings of the 14th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. The pair produced their biggest catch of the three-day event at 10.91 pounds, but still finished in 70th place.

Sunday afternoon’s hot weather saw Pam Hawley sitting near the rapids at the Ranier bridge, where she was painting and drawing “A Day in the Life of Ranier” for an upcoming art display Aug. 16 to mark the community’s centennial celebrations.

Jack Kyle, OMAFRA pasture specialist from Lindsay, talked about the merits of the different pasture varieties to those on hand for the Emo Agricultural Research Station’s annual open house last Tuesday evening.

Thrilled with the new CT scanner at La Verendrye Hospital, X-ray technologist Kelly Taggart, centre, posed with the equipment that arrived last Thursday along with Patti Johnson, left, manager of diagnostic imaging, X-ray/ultrasound technologist Bernie Rittau, and X-ray technologist Mark Addison.

Joe Thrun netted a “smallie” his partner Jim Moynagh had reeled in Saturday that helped the pair capture the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship for the second-straight year and fourth time overall.

Fort Frances emergency teams were called to the CN site on Third Street East behind the LCBO yesterday afternoon to investigate a possible gas leak. Upon arrival, crews found traces of carbon dioxide in the air, which is not harmful. The source of the leak was identified to be a […]

There were lots of crossed fingers as emcee Paul Morrison, left, Joe Thrun, and Jim Moynagh kept their eyes glued to the monitor about to reveal their Day 3 weight on Saturday afternoon. The defending champs ended up with 20.09 pounds to capture a second-consecutive FFCBC crown for the second […]

2008 FFCBC champs Jim Moynagh and Joe Thrun celebrated their victory Saturday under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina. The two Minnesotans weighed in 55.89 pounds over the three-day Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship to win the crown for the second-straight year and fourth time in eight tries.

2008 FFCBC champs Jim Moynagh and Joe Thrun celebrated their victory Saturday under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina. The two Minnesotans weighed in 55.89 pounds over the three-day Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship to win the crown for the second-straight year and fourth time in eight tries.