Staff The Clearwater tandem of Wayne and Dean Howard outlasted 19 other boats over the weekend as they took home the 2012 Crow Lake Classic crown. The Howards’ two-day weight of 30.92 pounds was enough to take this year’s title, as they had a cushion of 3.46 pounds over the […]
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Lucas Punkari While the record for a team during the pre-season means nothing once the years comes to an end, the Fort Frances Lakers will have to wait until the regular season to get their first taste of victory. After coming out on the losing end of a pair of […]
Staff An important three days for both local hockey players and coaches is set to take place here this weekend as the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association is set to it’s development weekend starting on Friday. The weekend’s events will kick off at the Adventure Inn at 6 p.m. with […]
Lucas Punkari After letting a chance at a victory slip away during the regular season opener at home against the Elmwood Giants the week prior, the Fort High Muskies football team made sure that same fate didn’t happen a second time around. The black-and-gold proved to be the far stronger […]
Lucas Punkari It had been an 11 year gap between titles, but the wait was worth it for local golfer Brian Beers on Sunday afternoon, as he captured the 2012 Kitchen Greek Golf Club’s club championship with a two-day score of 157. “It’s a little bit of a different feeling […]
Lucas Punkari A squad of 20 players have been chosen to defend the NorWOSSA boys’ hockey title for Fort High this winter, as the 2012/13 Muskies roster was decided on Thursday night at the ’52 Canadians Arena following four days of tryouts. “The week of practice was pretty good and […]
Lucas Punkari After finishing up a pre-season tournament in Thunder Bay with a 2-2 record, Muskie senior girls’ head coach Dan Bird was pleased with the overall play of his team, but felt that some valuable lessons were gained by his troops heading into the NorWOSSA campaign. “We played four […]
Lucas Punkari With the lineup set in stone for the 2012/13 NorWOSSA campaign, Muskie girls’ hockey head coach Scott Clendenning feels that those that come out to see the team play this year will be impressed by what they see. “I think people are going to be quite pleased,” Clendenning […]
Heather Latter Two third-year medical students of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) are settling into life in Fort Frances after arriving here late last month, and they will be living and learning here as they complete their 30-week comprehensive community clerkships. Catherine McGuire, who is originally from the […]
Heather Latter With an updated and revised positive Preliminary Economic Assessment released late last month, Rainy River Resources is continuing to move forward with it’s Rainy River Gold Project, located in Blackhawk north of Barwick. “Things are going really, really well,” enthused Kyle Stanfield, the company’s vice-president of environment and […]
Lucas Punkari A trifecta of golfers from the Fort High boys’ golf team will be making their way up to Kenora next Thursday to compete at the NWOSSA championships as a result of their strong showings at the NorWOSSA qualifier in Sioux Lookout on Monday. Leading the charge for the […]
Heather Latter Métis author David Bouchard played one of his Native flutes for Early Learning students Piper Felix, Joelle McKinnon, and Amelia Tanguay while visiting Robert Moore School yesterday. His presentation to the school’s youngest students focused on the power of literacy and joy of reading, while he shared stories […]
