the OPP Once it’s out there, you can’t get it back. That’s the message the OPP is putting out to teens across the province. A mistaken belief that their texted messages and images shared among peers will remain private and secure puts them in real danger of becoming victims of […]
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Staff The Border Skating Club returned to Fort Frances with a solid performance at the Thunder Bay Open Competition, which took place Feb. 25. Leading the way for the local club were Alina Eldridge and Sophie Potvin-Begin, who both came home with a trio of first-place results. Eldridge finished in […]
Lucas Punkari Fort Frances will be well-represented at this weekend’s Ontario Winter Games, with local squashers and volleyball players competing for Northwestern Ontario in Collingwood. In the volleyball ranks, four members from this year’s Muskie junior girls’ squad—Erika Cochrane, Sierra Cousineau, Cassandra Moffitt, and Carly Taggart—will be teaming up with […]
Press Release Leading water quality and climate scientists from the United States and Canada will present results of their research at the ninth International Lake of the Woods Water Quality Forum running today and tomorrow (March 7-8) at Rainy River Community College in International Falls. About 85 scientists and natural […]
Press Release It was a good weekend, with the potential for more to come, for members of the 908 Rainy Lake Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron’s marksmanship team. On Saturday, Feb. 25, the team joined three other cadet units competing in the Stage II Zone Marksmanship Match in Vermilion Bay. […]
Shelley Armit The Fort Frances Canadians Bantam ‘AA’ hockey team wrapped up its season this past weekend at the Norwest Stars tournament in Thunder Bay. After ending round-robin play with a 1-0-2 record, the squad went on to beat the Kenora Thistles 5-2 in the quarter-finals. Then they went up […]
Lucas Punkari The first event of the year for local “Strongman” Luke Skaarup was one he won’t forget, coming away with an eighth-place showing at the third-annual World Amateur Strongman Championships in Columbus, Ohio over the weekend. “It was an outstanding weekend and it was one of the best ‘Strongman’ […]
Lucas Punkari It was another successful appearance at the Ontario junior provincial short-course championships in Nepean for Donovan Taylor and Adam Stromberg as both Fort Frances Aquanaut swimmers came away with medals. Taylor, 17, competing in his final junior provincials before enrolling at Indiana University this fall, repeated his gold-medal […]
Press Release Ontario is taking strong action to address concussions inside and outside of the classroom New legislation, to be introduced today, would help protect students engaging in school sports and health and physical education classes from the potentially serious, long-term, and harmful effects of concussions. It also would ensure […]
Lucas Punkari Even though the Muskie girls’ hockey team fell a game short of advancing to the NorWOSSA final, first-year head coach Scott Clendenning was rather satisfied with what his squad brought to the table this season. “Overall, the effort was there throughout the year and I’m very proud of […]
Lucas Punkari After his Bantam Tier I team at Shattuck-St. Mary’s was ousted in the quarter-finals of last year’s USA hockey championships in Hackensack, N.J., local goalie Mark Loveday is anxious to have another shot at a national title. The 15-year-old will be travelling to Buffalo with the rest of […]
Lucas Punkari The Rainy River Community College Voyageurs women’s hockey team find themselves in a familiar but different situation this weekend as they travel to Wooster, Ohio to defend their ACHA Division 2 crown. While this year’s appearance is the fifth-straight for a program that has won three of the […]
