Cameron Penney Kevin Metke, left, of the La Place Rendez-Vous U18 Voyageurs looked to steal the ball from Simeon Nussbaumer of Pharmasave during semi-final action in the Borderland Soccer League at the Struchan Gilson Memorial Soccer Pitch last night. The two teams played to a 1-1 draw, while the two-leg […]

Cameron Penney Jeff Cridland of Daryl’s Custom Landscapes watered the sod that had been placed on the inside of the new running track at Robert Moore School yesterday afternoon. Workers lowered the land to build the track and lay the sod, and elevated land elsewhere on the field to create […]

Heather Latter Emma Williamson watered her garden while Kadynce Chabot looked on last night during the Kids Garden Club at the Fort Frances Community Garden. Despite it being a very warm evening, several youngsters turned out to weed and water their plots, as well as to remove potato bugs that […]

Cameron Penney Kim Jo Bliss, left, the research technician at the Emo Agricultural Research Station chatted with Colin Romyn about the oat trials in progress at the station during the annual open house on Thursday evening. Nearly 50 people dropped by the station for a tour of the crops that […]

Cameron Penney Patsy Buttner, centre, visited with Stevie-Lee Kaemingh, left, the outreach personal support worker with Canadian Mental Health, and Carly Taggart, the summer student with the Canadian Mental Health Association during a garden party at Rainycrest on Thursday. Residents and visitors were encouraged to step out side in the […]

Heather Latter Work is underway on the new Donald Young School classroom wing, which is being built directly in front of the current building. Frequent thunderstorms with heavy downpours that have occurred since June has delayed the construction of the new wing of the school by two to four weeks. […]

Heather Latter Ken Manty of Sight & Sound Audiotronic picked the winning ticket in the Kiwanis Club’s “Trip of the Month” draw this morning at International Travel Services while Kiwanian Robin Wright looked on. The August winners are Velma Jardine and John Cameron of Thunder Bay who will be heading […]

Joey Payeur This image symbolizes how tight it has been this season in the WISSOTA Modifieds division between points leader Jeff Davis of Devlin and second-place Brody Strachan of Emo in the Borderland Racing Association. Davis leads Strachan by just one point for first overall after Strachan finished second and […]

Cameron Penney Rudy Hutka and his wife, Vera, enjoyed some cookies and refreshments in the sunshine during a garden party at Rainycrest yesterday afternoon. Residents, along with visitors, were encouraged to enjoy the warm weather in the courtyards through a collaboration between the Canadian Mental Health Older Adults Program, Fort […]

Joey Payeur Jess Caul of Taggs flashed some fancy footwork during her team’s 8-0 loss to Al’s Racquet Stringing in the regular-season finale for the women’s division of the Borderland Soccer League yesterday evening. The two teams will meet again in the league semi-final Aug. 9, with the winner facing […]

Cameron Penney Kim Jo Bliss showed off some of the many crops growing this summer at the Emo Agricultural Research Station to those attending its annual open house yesterday evening. About 50 people were on hand for the event, which allowed visitors to see the production happening at the research […]

Joey Payeur Marlon Douglas of Manitou Forest Products, left, got a ground-floor view of this conk off the head of Cameron Gobeil from International Travel Services during Tuesday’s night’s 4-4 tie in Borderland Soccer League men’s division action. The regular season concludes tonight with one game each in both the […]