With ear-drum shattering applause behind them and five pins ahead of them, 100 young bowlers competed in the zone round of the annual “Four Steps to Stardom” roll-offs before a capacity crowd at Plaza Lanes here Sunday. Twenty teams (featuring five players each) from Fort Frances, Dryden, Kenora, and Atikokan […]
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The question was directed to Paul Noonan, who leaned against a support beam at Beaver Brae High School in Kenora last Thursday shortly after watching his Muskie senior boys’ basketball team lose 70-59 in the NorWOSSA semi-final to the host Broncos and could not conceal the truth. After a season […]
Heading into the NorWOSSA playoffs last Thursday in Kenora, the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team had been streaky during the record season en route to a 2-6 record. So which team would be at NorWOSSA? Would it be the Muskies that won 3-1 against the Kenora Broncos two days earlier, […]
A few hours had passed and Duane Roen still had no idea what he would tell his players. The head coach of the Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team still was speechless over his squad’s stunning 3-1 loss to the host Kenora Broncos in the NorWOSSA semi-final last Thursday. Well, almost […]
A sign measuring seven-and-a-half arm lengths by one-and-a-half welcomed the 128 curlers (32 rinks) to the 52nd-annual Fort Frances ladies’ bonspiel as they entered the lower level of the local curling club. It read: “What happens in Vegas . . . stays in Vegas.” Confused? Well, most would be without […]
Local artist Eric Keast is inviting the public to view some of his latest works at a free exhibit this coming Monday (Feb. 28) from 6-8 p.m. at Warp 9 on Scott Street. While this will be his first solo exhibit in Fort Frances, Keast’s work previously has been featured […]
The Emo Museum was busy Saturday with people visiting over lunch during Heritage Day festivities hosted by the Women’s Institute. The ladies who belong to this group are so friendly and inviting, and it is apparent they really believe in what they do. You could hear them telling stories to […]
What caused two VIA coach cars to jump the tracks in Emo in the early-morning hours of Saturday is still “under investigation,” CN Rail spokesman Jim Feeny said Monday. The two VIA cars—which were being transported by CN from Alberta after they had been involved in an accident there back […]
Three hunters have lost their Ontario Court of Justice appeal against convictions for hunting in a posted “no hunting” zone dating back to 1997. Convictions also were upheld against all three for allowing an animal to spoil. In his Jan. 4, 2005 judgment, Justice F.A. Sargent said that hunting in […]
Around 1:35 p.m. on Sunday at the Memorial Sports Centre, some of the best squash this town has ever seen was witnessed by a gathering crowd. Bob Shine (Thunder Bay) and Mark Norton (Kenora) duelled in the ‘A’ division final of the 18th-annual La Place Rendez-Vous squash tournament, with spectators […]
When Robert Moore School decided to honour retired teacher Jim Oster with an invitational boys’ basketball tournament, the idea probably was to have the home team win it. But somebody forgot to tell the Mine Centre Thunderbirds. Eight teams, including two from host Robert Moore, squared off all day Saturday […]
An Illinois angler has been fined $1,000 for allowing his shore lunch fire to get out of control and burn three hectares of forest. Michael Santarelli, 56, of Orland Park pleaded guilty to starting a fire under unsafe conditions. Court heard that on June 1, 2003, Santarelli and his angling […]
