Kiera Kowalski Brianna Eldridge and Dave Miller duelled to The Tubes’ “She’s a Beauty” on Friday night under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina during the “Battle Song” finale for this year’s “Quest for the Best.” Eldridge ultimately won over the judges–taking home the top prize of the […]
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Submitted Participants showed off their final products from the “Make ‘n Bake” summer youth camp that ran July 10-14 at the local Confedration College campus. Although the carpentry and art camps both wrapped up last Friday (July 21), the culinary camp still is accepting late registrations. It is set to […]
of Ashley Dufresne-Stamler Firefighters from Rainy River and Dawson battled a blaze that broke out at “The Roadside” restaurant in Rainy River around 8:50 a.m. yesterday. The cause is believed to be electrical. No injuries were reported.
Ken and Cheryl Hughes enjoyed checking out the array of classic cars at the Sorting Gap Marina car show Thursday afternoon. Along with several local vehicles, the show also featured car owners from across Canada as part of the “Canadian” Coasters tour that stopped in town last week.
Kristy Leger of New Brunswick and Betty Anne Glover from Salmo, B.C. posed beside their campers that their 1951 Chevy half-ton pickup truck and 1957 Monarch Lucerene are pulling during their cross-Canada tour. The “Coasters” were camped out in the Memorial Sports Centre parking lot for their two-night stay in […]
Harley Droba of International Falls posed beside his 1981 Delorean at the Sorting Gap Marina car show Thursday afternoon. The car brought him and his daughter Internet fame as a video of Droba surprising her with the car went viral overnight. They’ve appeared on “Ellen” and “Good Morning America” because […]
“Canadian Coasters” Carol and Murray Firth from Victoria, B.C., left, along with Brian Murray from Bell Isle, N.S., enjoyed a pancake breakfast Thursday morning at the Memorial Sports Centre before heading off to the car show held along Front Street by the Sorting Gap Marina.
Joey Payeur Once was great but twice was even better for Troy Norman of Fort Frances, left, and Jay Samsal of Kenora as the pair captured the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship trophy for the second-straight year Saturday at the Sorting Gap Marina.
Joey Payeur Callum McCormick proved fastball is for the tall and the small as the 10-year-old designated hitter for the Stratton Eagles stepped into the batter’s box against catcher Earl Ivall and the Rainy River Royals last Thursday evening in the Eagles’ 7-3 win.
Joey Payeur It was an episode of “Dancing with the All-Stars” as umpire Jim Fowler and catcher Meghan Bourgeois of the Dawson Tigers, playing for “Team Windigo,” got a front-row seat to the high-flying footwork of Fort Frances Her-icanes’ shortstop Sarah Noonan (“Team Patey”) during the Rainy River District Women’s […]
Duane Hicks Grayson Wright got creative yesterday during “LEGO Mania” at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. The program runs Mondays from 1-3 p.m. all summer long, with the library supplying the bricks while the kids only have to bring their imaginations. Children under six must be accompanied by […]
Kiera Kowalski Workers continued to prep the sidewalk along the 200 block of Scott Street this morning for their replacement. Trees along the block also will begin being removed tomorrow.
