Duane Hicks The town’s outdoor rinks are ready for local residents to use for hockey and skating. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said at last night’s council meeting that as of today, the north-end rink, east-end rink, and McIrvine rink are open to the public. “They are all flooded. […]
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Staff There’s just a few days left to “adopt an angel” as Family and Children’s Services gets ready to wrap up its annual campaign for this holiday season. “It’s been a really great response this year and the gifts have been excellent,” noted Debra Bruyere of FACS,who has been organizing […]
Dan Falloon Muskie curlers Cody Heyens and Ian Grant brushed a shot from lead Jordan Sokoliuk during NorWOSSA exhibition action Sunday at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The rink, skipped by Isaac Keffer, finished 2-3 at the event, which wrapped up yesterday. The Muskie girls’ rink, skipped by Tirzah Keffer, […]
Dan Falloon Lakers’ forward Jaret Leclair got his stick in on Duluth captain Tom Paine as the two raced for a puck during Fort Frances’ 5-4 overtime loss here last night. Paine brought the Lakers headaches, knotting the game at 4-4 in the third to force the extra period. The […]
Duane Hicks Moving forward with the process to find a new use for the old Fort Frances Public Library, the town officially will buy the property tonight for $1. Council is expected to pass a bylaw at its regular meeting to seal the deal with library board. Mayor Roy Avis […]
Staff A pair of one-goal weekend losses bumped the Fort Frances Lakers from their perch atop the SIJHL. And it was a long way down. After a 3-2 loss Friday night and then a 1-0 setback Saturday in Thunder Bay, the Lakers fell to fourth place in the six-team circuit […]
Staff Things were looking good for the Fort Frances Thunderhawks as they kicked off their senior ‘AAA’ season in Kenora on Friday night. But a short bench further cut by penalties, injuries, and ejections eventually did in the visitors as they fell 5-3 to the Thistles. The T’hawks jumped out […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team got its first look at the Kenora Broncos in NorWOSSA action here Friday night—and it turned out pretty similarly to their two previous tournament meetings. After having downed the Broncos by 4-1 and 4-2 scores at tournaments earlier this season, the black-and-gold skated away […]
Staff The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team is doing its best to set the tone for the coming season. The black-and-gold dominated the competition at their home tournament, winning all four games en route to taking top spot. After dumping Baudette 56-27 in Thursday night’s opener, the Muskies throttled Kenora […]
Staff The Muskie girls’ hockey team has seen success in tournament play so far this season—a trend that continued over the weekend in Portage la Prairie, Man. The black-and-gold finished the round-robin portion of the tournament in first place overall, which put them into the final. Once there, however, Fort […]
Peggy Revell Capt. Angel Sandoval of the local Salvation Army and OPP auxiliary officer Don Marquis were busy unloading a police cruiser to make room for more donations after it was filled to the brim at The Place on Saturday during the first-annual “Stuff a Cruiser” event held in the […]
Peggy Revell Sean Roosen, president and CEO of Osisko Hammond Reef Gold Ltd., right, along with Seine River First Nation Chief Earl Klyne, Lac Des Milles Lacs First Nation Chief White Cloud Judy Maunula, and other chiefs representing the Fort Frances Chiefs Secretariat, signed a resource-sharing agreement during a ceremony […]
