Scott Clendenning’s immeasurable contributions to local minor hockey and the high school girls’ team made him an easy choice for induction this year into the Fort Frances Sports Hall of Fame.
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Joey Payeur Third baseman Travis Tom of the Fort Frances Braves had to charge and fire in a hurry on this grounder to get the force-out at second against the Northwest Bay Chieftains during his team’s 15-11 win at VanJura last Thursday evening.
Joey Payeur “Guoji,” the Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Club mascot, got a bird’s-eye view of the festival site while being carried along by members of the club during the parade of participants to open the festival.
of the RRDSB Ryleigh Tucker enjoyed the pizza she made herself yesterday at Carl’s Eatery here. Students participating in the Summer Learning program at J.W. Walker School enjoyed an excursion to Carl’s, where chef Carl Scott gave them a tour of the restaurant and provided a pizza-making demonstration. Then each […]
File Devlin’s Bill Godin, above, and Karl Howells of Fort Frances are two of just four anglers left who have fished in all 22 previous Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championships, with the others being Devlin’s Doug McBride and Denis Barnard of Fort Frances. Godin’s wealth of time on Rainy Lake […]
Nicholas Donaldson Robin Bowes has been garnering a lot of attention with his protest against the OPP, which he believes conspired with local doctors to take away his medicine following an incident near Mine Centre in May. Bowes began his protest in front of the Civic Centre yesterday and said […]
File While there will be no “Kid-Pro” event at this year’s Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, tournament organizers still have planned plenty of fun for those in the younger age groups, as well as the older generation.
File International Falls resident Dr. Kimmie Ondo, left, faced Fort Frances resident Dylan Ossachuk in the “Battle Song” performance of “The Kid is Hot Tonite” by Loverboy during last year’s “Quest for the Best.” Who will win this year’s competition? Find out on July 21.
File They may be of good humour but the team of Mark Raveling and Mike Luhman are very serious about shedding their tag as chronic runners-up this year and bag their second FFCBC title after last winning the tournament back in 2012.
File Troy Norman of Fort Frances, left, and Jay Samsal of Kenora were the ace anglers of last year’s Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, hauling away the championship trophy for the first time after having been trying to do since 2006.
File The FFCBC isn’t just for the seasoned professionals. Its future as a tournament depends on the likes of newcomers like Aaron Kellar of Fort Frances to keep the number of teams from declining too much over the years as other ones decide to hang up their competitive fishing rods.
Joey Payeur The drama began right off the start at the sixth International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday, with the New Gold Nuggets (foreground) and the Kemira Paper Dragons in an all-out battle in the first qualifying heat of the day. It also decided who would win this […]
