Joey Payeur Oliver Gibbons of Morson showed off the biggest fish caught in this year’s Emo Walleye Classic–a 7.22-pounder that nailed down the victory for him and partner Les Morrison of Baudette on Saturday at the Emo-La Vallee Arena.
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Duane Hicks With dark clouds looming, participants got their paws moving to start the 12th-annual “Pet Valu Walk for Dog Guides” at the Sorting Gap Marina here yesterday afternoon. Organized by the Fort Frances Voyageur Lions Club, the event raised $1,000 for the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides training […]
Duane Hicks In recognition of her 15 years of service with the Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29, Alfreda Easton, left, received a pin from Colleen Moran, program lead with the Ontario Honours and Awards Secretariat of the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, during the 2017 Ontario Volunteer Service Awards ceremony […]
Kiera Kowalski The “Friends of the Library” held a bustling book sale Saturday from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Fort Frances Public Library, which drew a large number of people like Bob Allcorn in search of a good read. All proceeds will go to programs the library puts on.
Joey Payeur There almost were as many smiles as there were fish in the water for the first-ever “Kids Gone Fishing” event to kick off the 16th-annual Emo Walleye Classic yesterday. The combination of Ophelia Lucas-Engberg from Devlin, above left, and Emo’s Tia Wagar were guided by Amber Hughes and […]
Kiera Kowalski Pamela Murray of Reiki White Rose Holistic Healing offered free 10-minute sessions at “Market Thursdays” here yesterday. Reiki is a Japanese form of touch therapy that is beneficial for those suffering from headaches and body pain. The weekly market, which sets up by the Fort Frances Museum courtyard, […]
Duane Hicks While the gulls have been back in Borderland for a couple of months now, American white pelicans returned in full force over the past few weeks, including this colony (the pelican-specific term for a flock during breeding season) spotted offshore at Seven Oaks on Wednesday afternoon.
Nicholas Donaldson Members of the organizing committee were recognized for their hard work at the fifth-annual banquet of the Mill Alumni (formerly the Old-timers’ Club). About 100 former mill workers attended the social hour and dinner, which took place last night at the local Legion.
Duane Hicks Local MP Don Rusnak announced infrastructure funding for Fort Frances, Emo, and Chapple yesterday morning at the Civic Centre. Fort Frances got a total of $957,000 to replace pipes under Second Street East from Mowat Avenue to Portage Avenue while the Township of Emo got $164,000 for upgrades […]
Kiera Kowalski Work has begun at the future site of the Rainy Lake Square on the 200 block of Scott Street. RML Contracting of Thunder Bay has been prepping the site in preparation for work to begin in earnest next week, which is scheduled to be completed by mid-August. The […]
Nicholas Donaldson Erica Lemelin (Crossroads) captured first place for “The Hill” at the annual Rainy River District speech contest held last night at the Robert Moore School gym. Maya Davis (Robert Moore) took second with “The ‘R’ Word” while Steven Dueck (Donald Young School) claimed third place with his speech, […]
Joey Payeur Heather Johnson of the Fort Frances Mud Dogs wasn’t about to let this grounder get by her at first base during her team’s 16-7 win over the Fort Frances Angels yesterday evening in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action at the St. Francis Sports Field.
