Sandy Beadle The Fort Frances Pharmasave Wildcats Midget girls’ hockey team travelled to Thunder Bay this past weekend for a 12-team tournament. The Wildcats were first in their pool, and second overall, after round-robin play but ended up finishing fourth in the tournament when the dust finally settled. The squad […]
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Irene Laing Br. #29 of the Legion Ladies Auxiliary met last Wednesday (Nov. 18), with president Sylvia Gunderson chairing the meeting. As the first order of business, Colleen Vennechenko was approved for membership. The Sgt.-at-Arms report indicated the colour party had attended ceremonies on Nov. 11 at Robert Moore School […]
Staff At this rate, maintenance workers at the Memorial Sports Centre are going to have to add an extra digit to the home side scoreboard in the facility’s two arenas. The Muskie boys’ hockey team saw its offence get better and better as the week progressed as they launched the […]
the FFGHA The local Kaemingh Esso Atom girls’ team went 2-2 to advance to the bronze-medal game of the November Chill girls’ hockey tournament in Thunder Bay over the weekend. Their first win was a 2-1 decision against the Thunder Bay Bears, with Emma Noga notching both goals for Esso. […]
Staff Three days of rock and roll by the Fort Frances Super 8 PeeWee girls’ hockey team concluded with the squad being forced to sing the blues. The Stonewall Blues rolled to a 7-1 victory in the bronze-medal game of the 15th-annual Skate by the Lake tournament co-hosted by Kenora […]
Press Release The Fort Frances Taggs Bantam ‘AA’ squad hosted a six-team tourney over the weekend. The tourney also featured teams from Dryden and Kenora, as well as three from Thunder Bay (South End Rangers, Norwest Stars, and the Beavers). Each team played three pool games, with the top four […]
the FFGHA Several Fort Frances Girls’ Hockey Association teams travelled to tournaments in Thunder Bay and Kenora over the weekend. The Rolling Lake Lightning Atom girls struck gold medal in Kenora on Sunday afternoon after outscoring their opponents 19-4. Their first game of the tournament was against the Lake of […]
Staff When a team comes in on a 31-game winning streak, the best its opponents can do is hope to have the best day of their life while the express train rolling their way runs out of steam. Neither happened for the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team, which proved to […]
Staff Had there been a wedding, Kate Parsons probably would have stopped every grain of rice tossed with her blocker—and snagged the bouquet with her glove hand for good measure. The goalie was a human wall between the pipes, earning four shutouts in six games, as the local Lakewood Tire […]
Duane Hicks With the municipal election coming up next fall, the Town of Fort Frances likely will be using a vote-by-mail method once again. In a report received by council Monday night, Clerk Glenn Treftlin said this method has been used in municipal elections here since 2000—and recommended doing so […]
Ken Johnston Earlier this year, the nurse manager for the Rainy River Health Centre came to the hospital auxiliary with a vision: to buy an ultrasound machine for the emergency room. Last week, that vision became clear as day as Drs. Albert Beller and David Singleton began training on the […]
Staff Thinking of an early stocking-stuffer idea for the Muskie girls’ hockey team? Well, a word of advice: stay away from anything with stripes. It might cause Tiger trauma among its recipients. The Muskies had another strong weekend end on a sour note thanks to the Pembina Valley Tigers, who […]
