Joey Payeur John Kelly (95) tried to make a pass going into Turn 3 against Magne Tjernqvist during the heat race for the six ice racers from Thunder Bay who visited the Emo Speedway on Saturday. The exhibition was part of the season-ending “Fan Appreciation Night” held by the Borderland […]
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Duane Hicks The weather was perfect yesterday morning for the third-annual “Walk of Hope” for ovarian cancer awareness here. The walk is staged across the country through Ovarian Cancer Canada, and locally was organized by Aimee Beazley. Beazley lost her mother, Donna Lee, to ovarian cancer back in 2012.
Joey Payeur Chip Derickson of Florida, who lives near Nestor Falls during the summer, starred in his own version of “American Sniper” in capturing the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club’s annual skeet tournament at the Frog Creek range. Derickson connected on 91 out of 100 shots to give the 66-year-old his […]
Heather Latter Trinity Reimer had a chance to try out the Rainy River District EMS’ new Power-LOAD system, which lifts and lowers the stretcher into and out of the ambulance, during the second-annual community barbecue celebrating safety at Point Park on Saturday. About 400 people turned out for the free […]
Heather Latter Andrea Avis, program director at the Fort Frances Public Library, showed off a display of photos depicting the Sunflower Seed Challenge there. The library gave away growing kits back in the spring and now wants to see how the sunflowers made out. Participants are asked to send in […]
Heather Latter A group of walkers yesterday took part in “A Mile in My Moccasins”—an awareness walk to acknowledge and support individuals, children, families, and caregivers affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). The event, hosted by the Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre in collaboration with the FASD Community Partners of […]
Joey Payeur The old and the new collided on this play as veteran blueliner Sam McKinnon ended up getting the better of rookie goalie candidate Ziggy Skead during the first day of tryouts for the Muskie girls’ hockey team Tuesday at the Ice For Kids Arena. The hopefuls have a […]
Duane Hicks Alberton Reeve Mike Hammond, left, signed a new library service agreement with Alicia Subnaik Kilgour, CEO of the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre, and library board chair Andrew Hallikas at last night’s council meeting there. The agreement means Alberton residents no longer have to pay a $77 […]
Heather Latter The African Children’s Choir gave an energetic performance at the Townshend Theatre last Wednesday night. Made up of children aged eight-11, the choir is touring to raise awareness of the need of destitute and orphaned children in Africa, as well as to raise funds for continued development and […]
Heather Latter Alex Antonick, 13, and her brother, Nolan, 10, showed off the “Fool’s Gold” T-shirts that were handed out to those attending the Season 2 launch party at the Copper River Inn on Friday night. About 100 people turned out to see a pre-screening of the first two episodes […]
Duane Hicks Emma Stainke, left, and her brother, Harrison, enjoyed pancakes and sausages Saturday morning at the annual breakfast hosted by local MPP Sarah Campbell at the Legion here. The free event once again was well-attended.
John Cuni of the Fort Frances Lakers (14) had some heavy traffic to navigate through with Steinbach defencemen Riley Bruce (3) and Braden Compton (20) protecting goalie Roman Bengart from the oncoming shot in the first period of the Pistons’ 4-2 win in pre-season action here Friday night.
