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.
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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 […]
Lindsay Campbell Nicholas Delbaere-Sawchuk, left, of the Métis Fiddler Quartet, accompanied “Harmony of Nations” headliner Ashley MacIsaac during an energetic set of traditional fiddle tunes Saturday night. The second-annual music festival, which ran Friday and Saturday under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina, featured a wide variety of […]
Submitted The Memorial Sports Centre’s Rec’ N Crew’s “Cruiseship Campers” Nathan Spuzak, left, Walker Bernard, and Paul Beninger stopped for a photo between scoping out nature yesterday morning on a boat tour provided by Voyageurs National Park east of International Falls. The tour ran from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., during which […]
Joey Payeur Ahmadou Idrissou (background) rose to the occasion time and again yesterday evening—scoring all four goals for Manitou Forest Products in a 4-0 victory over Pharmasave in Borderland Soccer League men’s division action.
Lindsay Campbell Joanne Bruyere, centre, instructor of the “Traditional Craft” workshop, offered some helpful tips to Isiah Bruyere and his daughter, Mackenna, as they made their own dreamcatchers this morning at the Fort Frances Public Library. The workshop was the first of many taking place today and tomorrow as part […]
Duane Hicks Chief Building Official Travis Rob outlined a preliminary plan for the demolition of the vacant Rainy Lake Hotel during a meeting yesterday at the Civic Centre. The town intends to tender the project soon, with the aim to demolish the building this fall, develop plans for a market […]
