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.
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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 […]
Duane Hicks Youngsters sang Madonna’s “True Blue” during a “Gleek Week 2017” wrap-up concert Friday evening at the Townshend Theatre. Entitled “Colour Me Happy,” the show saw students perform 21 songs which they learned over the course of five days under the tutelage of director Renee Martin-Brown, choreographer Pollyanna Leblanc, […]
Nicholas Donaldson Crossroads School students participating in the Project Sunset program received canoe training from instructor James Woods yesterday afternoon at Seven Oaks. The youth learned basic paddle strokes and how to safely enter a canoe before getting out on the water and trying it themselves. Safety was a main […]
Kiera Kowalski Sebastian Pavier played with a set of inflatable dice at the Lillie Avenue Park as part of “Pop Up Play,” a program put on by the Town of Fort Frances Recreation Department, the Northwestern Health Unit and Kidsport that encourages games and activities to revive play in neighbourhoods. […]
Joey Payeur Tim Archie of the Fort Frances Braves, left, shared a laugh with base runner Darren Smith of the Northwest Bay Chieftains during Rainy River District Fastball League action last night at VanJura Ball Park. The Braves held on for a 15-11 win to improve their season record to […]
Joey Payeur Serenity Dobransky looked like a young Brooke Henderson while displaying her skills yesterday at Spruce Creek Golf Course near Morson. The Rainy River resident was participating in a youth golf clinic hosted by Spruce Creek owner Laurie Pentney, with the last of the series of session scheduled for […]
Joey Payeur Glenn Ward, foreground, and Doug Berry were in high spirits as they set out for Day 1 of the “Castin’ for Cash” bass tournament earlier today at Lake Despair Lodge. The duo are part of a 52-team field which will be gunning for the $5,000 first prize at […]
“Ski Chalet,” a painting by local artist Cher Pruys, recently was awarded the Society of Canadian Artists (SCA) first-place award of distinction “for capturing the essence of the Canadian spirit” in the SCA’s show celebrating Canada 150 entitled “O Canada–Our Home and Native Land.” The painting currently is on exhibit […]
of the FFPLTC Former resident Gord Mackintosh signed a copy of his new book, “Stories Best Left Untold,” for Richard McKinnon on Monday evening at the Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre. Before a packed house, the former Maintoba politician and attorney general read from his political memoir and […]
Joey Payeur A sultry summer evening greeted the “Dragon’s Breath” team representing the Fort Frances Dental Centre during their dragon boat practice last night at the Sorting Gap Marina. The crew and seven others will participate in Saturday’s International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival here.
Duane Hicks Just in time for the “Canadian Coasters” coast-to-coast car tour and the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship here later this month, Jean Richards painted a new sign designed by her and fellow artist Ed Halvorsen to direct tourists to the Fine Line Art Gallery on Mowat Avenue. The […]
