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 […]
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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 […]
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. […]
