Joey Payeur Team Jesse Tom lead-off hitter Kevin Gemmell (Barwick Blue Knights) kick-started his team’s offence with this solo homer in the bottom of the first inning Tuesday evening in Stratton. Gemmell and his squad came away with an 8-7 victory.
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Joey Payeur Bob Kuntz and Brad Smith (Team #82) gave the thumb’s up while jetting their way toward the open waters of Rainy Lake as the 21st-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship got underway this morning from the Sorting Gap Marina. A total of 92 boats took to the water, […]
Heather Latter Hunter Calder and Connor Carlson, the only teen duo in this year’s Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, were busy trying to garner votes during the first-ever “Bass Boat Show & Shine” yesterday on Scott Street. The pair handed out bottles of water and Freezies to those who stopped […]
Lindsay Campbell Jessica Ogden, left, enjoyed a spaghetti supper with her kids, Aynsley and Nicholas, at the Heather DeGagne benefit yesterday at the Memorial Sports Centre. The well-attended benefit, which ran from 4:30-8 p.m., was supported by local residents and businesses who donated their time, as well as raffle prizes, […]
Lindsay Campbell “Harmony of Nations” headliner Ashley MacIsaac took the stage Saturday night and wowed the crowd with his fiddling talents. The festival, which took place Friday and Saturday under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina, featured a mix of local and out-of-town entertainment.
Lindsay Campbell OPP summer students Claire Sandelovich, left, and Tory Beaudry took a minute to try out the new fitness equipment at the Sorting Gap Marina. As well as the machine for upper-body training, a leg press also has been installed there.
Submitted This 1915 photo shows the McGauley family in one of the first cars in Barwick. Bob McGauley Sr. offered rides to the district farmers’ picnic for 25 cents. In commemoration of this event 100 years ago, Chapple Heritage and Chapple Recreation are hosting a picnic on Saturday, Aug. 1 […]
Joey Payeur Kristina “Hollywood” Bombay’s face told the story as the Fort Frances Her-icane slid home with the winning run as Red Gut Babes’ catcher Kayla Windigo checked for the call from umpire Kerry Gosselin. The Her-icanes rallied from a 10-0 deficit over the final two innings to win 13-12 […]
Lindsay Campbell Instructor Lindsay Hamilton, centre, gave Kaya Hammond, left, and Anna Gagne some helpful tips on papier maché this morning. Both girls are enrolled in Hamilton’s “Art Camp,” which is a week-long program run through the local campus of Confederation College. The youths are working to create a three-dimensional […]
Joey Payeur Team Kayla’s Dana Ward (Fort Frances Her-icanes) rifled this throw from third base to nab Team Genn’s Alyssa Windego (Red Gut Babes) at first during the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League’s all-star game yesterday evening at Oltsher Field in Barwick.
Joey Payeur When the competitors weren’t being blown around by the ferocious winds, they were blowing away fans with some high-quality play at the annual Kingsley Downs and Gus Lindberg Memorial Slo-Pitch Tournament over the weekend at the newly-renovated Devlin Ball Park. FUBAR ended up capturing the title with a […]
Heather Latter Julie Strom and Allison Miller, who make up the percussion duo “junKtion,” put on a workshop Saturday as part of the “Harmony of Nations” Music Festival here. It was one of many held during the day Friday and Saturday at the Fort Frances Public Library, with people learning […]
