Lucas Punkari Skip Jon Thompson kept an eye on the line while second Pat Gagne, left, and lead Steve Hosegood swept the rock during their 8-7 loss to Jim Jackson’s rink in the ‘B’ final of the Fort Frances Curling Club’s annual men’s bonspiel Saturday night. The overall title went […]
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Staff The Muskie girls’ hockey team earned a pair of road wins over the weekend. The black-and-gold doubled the Proctor Rails 4-2 in an exhibition contest Saturday, then defeated Sioux Lookout in a lopsided NorWOSSA affair yesterday. With that win, Fort High improved to 2-0 in league play as they […]
the OPP A trio of Fort Frances area residents were busted for drugs last week near Kenora. Kenora OPP conducted a vehicle stop on Highway 17, west of Kenora, on Nov. 13. An investigation led police to arrest the occupants, as well as search them and the vehicle. Police located […]
Lucas Punkari Fort Frances Bantam ‘AA’ Canadians’ defenceman Mike Drouin prepared to blast a shot toward the net Friday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena during his team’s 4-1 win over the Southeast Blizzard of Steinbach, Man. in a round-robin contest in the 48th-annual local Bantam ‘AA’ tournament. The […]
Heather Latter Local Red Hat Society members Dawn Jarvis and Linda Budreau escorted OPP Commissioner and keynote speaker Chris Lewis to and from the podium Friday evening during the “Hats Off to Seniors” gala at La Place Rendez-Vous. The event, hosted by the Seniors and Law Enforcement Together (S.A.L.T.) group, […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers suddenly find themselves in a tie for fourth place with the Minnesota Iron Rangers after dropping a pair of games to the Iron Rangers and the Minnesota Wilderness over the weekend. Both the Lakers and Iron Rangers have 21 points to sit three back of […]
Staff The Cinderella run by the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team ended over weekend in Thunder Bay as the NorWOSSA champs were swept by the St. Ignatius Falcons in the best-of-three NWOSSAA playoffs. The host Falcons opened with a 51-19 win Friday afternoon. Then they sealed the championship—and a trip […]
Staff The next “Citizen of the Year” will be named tomorrow following a special committee of the whole meeting. The “Citizen of the Year” selection committee met to review and discuss the six nominations which were submitted by the Oct. 26 deadline, and forwarded its recommendation to council. Council will […]
Heather Latter Fort Frances High School First Responders Cassandra Jackson and Samantha Martin enacted a scenario with the recently-arrived “METIman” (a.k.a. Rory Paulson) there yesterday. After months of fundraising and grant writing, the group was able to purchase the $60,000 technologically-advanced mannequin to use for a variety of training purposes.
Heather Latter Cast members Cynthia Hudson, left, Maxwell Williams, and Mallory Duffy performed their rendition of the mash-up “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” and “One Way Or Another” during the opening night of Fort High’s “Mash It Up” musical revue. The show goes again tonight and tomorrow at the […]
Staff Women wanting to attend the fun, flirty, and fabulous “Hope in the City” event next Friday night (Nov. 23) are encouraged to get their tickets as soon as possible. “Tickets are still available but are starting to move,” warned Christine Denby, noting they can be purchase at La Place […]
Duane Hicks Paulette Henttonen admired some knitted work by Natasha Shack during the “Christmas Extravaganza” open house yesterday evening at the Fine Line Art Gallery on Mowat Avenue. From now until Christmas, the gallery is showcasing a wide variety of unique items made by local artisans, ranging from fused glass […]
