Lucas Punkari With some help from his dad, Corey, Chase Curtis hoisted up the 4.50-pound bass that his father reeled out of Lake Despair on Saturday during the annual “Castin’ for Cash” bass fishing tournament. The father-and-son team from Emo would finish the two-day event in second place, as Bryan […]
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Lucas Punkari Thunder Bay Chill defender Paul Dillon passed the ball to Max VanDrunen during the Chill’s youth soccer clinic at the Struchan Gilson pitches here. A total of 30 Fort Frances Youth Soccer players took part in the two-day clinic, which wrapped up yesterday afternoon.
Heather Latter Seven-year-old Brookelyn Marchuk (above left) worked in her garden plot yesterday during the Kids’ Garden Club at the local community garden up on Lillie Avenue North while Clara Anderson, four, was busy watering plants. After tending to their crops, the youngsters made a mobile decoration for their gardens […]
Sarah Pruys “Caramel” enjoyed a dandelion while admiring his brand new passport yesterday at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. He begins his summer-long travels to the Rainy River, Emo, and Atikokan libraries this weekend, where he’ll be promoting the children’s travel-themed summer reading programs, bringing his favourite book […]
Sarah Pruys “Curvy Chick” owner Jennifer Horton pulled out the July winner of the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s “Trip of the Month” draw as Kiwanian Robin Wright looked on Tuesday at International Travel Services. Bev McCool won the trip to Hawaii, valued at $4,000. Next month’s trip is an Alaskan […]
Lucas Punkari Chris Sinclair of Manitou Forest Products rounded his way around Tim Campbell of Senior Pharmasave during a Borderland Soccer League men’s division game yesterday evening. Although Sinclair would set up a goal by Ahamadou Idrissou moments after this photo was taken, Senior Pharmasave had the last laugh in […]
Sarah Pruys Six-year-old Roen Mitchelson enjoyed a slice of apple pie at the Knox United Church’s annual “pie sale” last Friday afternoon. Proceeds from the fundraiser will go towards the church’s future elevator and other projects.
Members of Canada’s “power” team pulled with all of their might yesterday but did not have quite enough to win the tug-of-war match with the Americans. In fact, the U.S. side was on a roll during the annual “Pulling for Peace” showdown—coming out victorious in all three “tugs.”
Sarah Pruys Dragon Boat #1, crewed by the Fort Frances Dental Centre’s team, “Dragon’s Breath,” paddled in sync to pull ahead and beat “Gillons’ Slayers” from Gillons’ Insurance during the first race of the second-annual Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival here on Canada Day. “Dragon’s Breath” went on to take […]
Heather Latter There was plenty of Canadian spirit on display in Barwick on Saturday as people young and old participated in the fun-filled parade in conjunction with Canada Day. The floats paraded around the community, ending at the ball diamond where the annual fastball tournament was taking place.
Lucas Punkari Ken Rousseau was flying high Monday evening as he looked to be on his way to a second-straight Canada Day bathtub race title on Sand Bay. But he ran out of fuel with two laps to go, which handed the win to Len Bedard.
Sarah Pruys Team “Gillons’ Slayers” (from Gillons’ Insurance) paddled to the starting point of the 250-metre race in the second-annual Dragon Boat Festival on the upper Rainy River yesterday. But the team did not go on to win its first race against the day’s champion’s, “Dragon’s Breath” from the Fort […]
