Peggy Revell With their first exhibition games all lined up, the Fort Frances Thunderhawks are ready to resurrect senior men’s hockey here. The squad will host the Thunder Bay Twins this Saturday (Nov. 7) at 7 p.m. at the Ice For Kids Arena, and again on Sunday (Nov. 8) at […]
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Duane Hicks With the provincial government proposing changes to certain rules for municipal elections, including having voters go to the polls next fall on Oct. 25 instead of Nov. 8, some members of Fort Frances town council already have been thinking about whether they’ll run or not. Coun. John Albanese […]
Duane Hicks With less than four weeks to go until the annual “Parade of Lights” here Nov. 28, organizers are reminding the public to think about entering floats and volunteering. “We’ve had people register already. We’ve had lots of inquiries,” said Brenda Kellar of Causeway General Insurance Brokers Ltd., which […]
Heather Latter In conjunction with “Safe Crossing Week” (Nov. 1-7), students at J.W. Walker and St. Francis here are learning about how to be safe around trains, tracks, and at railway crossings as Safe Kids Canada and CN team up to get the message out. “With the ‘Safe Routes’ and […]
Staff After taking a break from the event this year, it’s likely the Women’s Health Symposium will go again in 2010 as organizers begin meeting and planning the popular event. “We still had some money left so we decided to forge ahead and do it another year,” said Linda Hamilton, […]
Peggy Revell Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. is asking the public to do its part to prevent the spread of H1N1 and the seasonal ’flu in local emergency rooms as the number of people heading there is on the rise. “We’re definitely seeing an increase [number] in our emergency department,” […]
Staff Ben Hilborn’s last contribution to the Fort Frances Lakers was a positive one. Hilborn scored his third goal of the season as part of the Lakers’ 4-1 victory over the host Spooner Mustangs in SIJHL action last Friday night. The next day, however, Hilborn and forward Brendan Muise were […]
Staff It was like a scene out of “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” with Kris Sinclair and her rinkmates standing in for Steve Martin. The Fort Frances rink had to take the long way around to get to Copper Cliff (outside of Sudbury) for the Dominion Northern Ontario women’s curling club […]
Staff Winless seniors now hoping for playoff success The thought of an unbeaten season for the Muskie junior boys’ volleyball team went from a dream to an inevitability as the eight-game campaign progressed. The black-and-gold put the finishing touches on an amazing 8-0 regular-season with a pair of straight-set victories […]
Staff Both Muskie girls’ basketball teams could be doing more relaxing than playing in Kenora come next Thursday (Nov. 12). The squads still have to wait for their NorWOSSA rivals to wrap up regular-season action this week, but both are almost mathematical locks to finish in first place in their […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team displayed an exceptional flair for the dramatic in Dryden over the weekend. David Chambers followed his second-period goal with the lone tally of the shootout to lift the black-and-gold to a 2-1 victory over the St. John’s-Ravenscourt Eagles (Winnipeg) in the final of a […]
Staff There were more shots flying than in a 1980s Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie, but the Muskie girls’ hockey team was having trouble keeping their target within rifle range. But enough of the Muskies’ ammunition hit the bull’s-eye to allow them to be the best of the second tier at […]
