Lucas Punkari After a year’s absence, the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team is back on top of NorWOSSA again. The black-and-gold, who had won four-straight titles before being knocked out in the semi-finals last season, regained the championship on home court last Wednesday with a 44-25 victory over the Dryden […]
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Lucas Punkari For the last seven seasons, the Dryden Eagles easily have been the class of the NorWOSSA junior girls’ volleyball ranks. But that is no longer the case. The Muskie spikers overthrew the Eagles’ reign—upsetting the defending champs in four sets (27-29, 25-20, 27-25, and 25-15) in the NorWOSSA […]
Lucas Punkari After finishing the regular season with a league-worst 1-7 record, not much might have been expected of the Muskies senior girls’ volleyball team when they took to the court for the NorWOSSA playoffs here last Wednesday. But the black-and-gold burst through with their best performance of the season […]
Duane Hicks Volunteers are desperately needed if a full slate of July 1 activities are going to go ahead this year. While Canada Day may seem a long time away, organizers have been meeting since the fall to plan for it—and it’s clear more helping hands are going to be […]
Duane Hicks When Naicatchewenin First Nation elder Gilbert Smith saw Prime Minister Stephen Harper offer a full apology on behalf of Canadians for the Indian residential school system back on June 11, 2008, he thought that one day he would like to thank Harper in person. Last month he got […]
Lucas Punkari Closing out their road schedule with a 3-1 win Monday night over the Dryden Ice Dogs, the Fort Frances Lakers will look to put the wraps on a successful regular season in their final two home games this week. The red-and-white will host the Sioux Lookout Flyers tomorrow […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre completed its first full year of operation in 2011, and the numbers show there’s definitely more people coming through the doors. An average of 2,067 per week visited the new library in 2011, compared to 1,400 per week at the former […]
Heather Latter Several members of local businesses and organizations were on hand at Boston Pizza here last Thursday morning as the Celebrating Diversity Committee launched its “Resect” campaign to the public. The presentation, entitled “Six Steps to a More Respectful Community,” aimed to help initiate conversations about diversity amongst the […]
Heather Latter Samantha Halliday has accomplished a lot at the young age of seven. And she recently was acknowledged for her achievements with a nomination for the 2011 Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Awards, which recognizes outstanding young people, aged six-17, who are “good kids” making life better for […]
Lucas Punkari After having to wait around all day long at the Fort High gym last Wednesday, the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team was determined to save the best for last at the NorWOSSA playoffs. However, even though they achieved their goal of winning the league crown, it wasn’t quite […]
Lucas Punkari After getting hammered 12-1 back on Dec. 17 in Kenora, the Fort Frances Thunderhawks were eager to take another crack at their arch-rivals Saturday night at the Ice For Kids Arena here. And this time around, a much stronger effort by the Thunderhawks resulted in a 4-1 triumph. […]
Duane Hicks Aubrey Johnson, right, was having a ball as her mother, Jennifer, pushed her on the swings Monday during the Alberton recreation committee’s 11th-annual winter fun day. Families spent Family Day enjoy skating, sliding, drinking hot chocolate, and eating hotdogs.
