The Borderland Thunder extended their SIJHL unbeaten string to eight games with convincing victories over the Thunder Bay Bulldogs here Friday and Saturday. The Thunder outshot the winless Bulldogs 59-26 on Friday night en route to a 7-0 shutout. “It was a pretty good game. No one skated overly hard, […]
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It wasn’t much of a homecoming for the Muskie varsity ‘A’ football team on Friday afternoon as the visiting Oak Park Raiders stormed away with a 46-7 victory. The loss left the Muskies with a 1-5 record for seventh place in the eight-team ‘AA’ conference of the Winnipeg High School […]
A group of six “gypsies” are in jail here after being nabbed through a joint effort by the Atikokan Police Service and Fort Frances OPP. Sgt. Tim Fairbairn of the Atikokan Police Service said this morning that on Friday afternoon, a group of six people entered a store on Main […]
Harvey Strachan, 85, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Friday, Oct. 15, 2004 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. He was born Oct. 24, 1918 to Charles and Nettie Strachan in Boxalder, Ont. He had lived in the Devlin, Ont. area most of his life until moving to […]
Ernest Frederick Buchan, 69, of 35 Hutchinson Court, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, passed away suddenly in Quebec on Oct. 13, 2004. Born Aug. 3, 1935 in Kapuskasing, Ont., Ernie was brought up in Guelph, Ont. He worked briefly for Leyland Electric before going to Hamilton Teachers’ College. He taught in […]
Join Voyageurs National Park in recognizing U.S. National Wolf Awareness Week on Oct. 17-23. The 2004 Wolf Awareness Week posters are available at the Rainy Lake Visitor Center, located just east of International Falls, while supplies last. The visitor center is open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. These […]
Both Muskie boys’ volleyball are still looking for their first wins five games into the NorWOSSA season. The senior boys were swept 3-0 by the visiting Dryden Eagles yesterday afternoon by scores of 25-20, 25-17, and 25-12. “We show great practices, but game time, not so good,” said co-coach Adrian […]
After a slow start to the season, both Muskie girls’ basketball teams are now riding three-game winning streaks. The senior girls edged the visiting Dryden Eagles yesterday afternoon by a 26-22 margin, but the score could have been much more lopsided, said Carley McCormick. “We are used to being a […]
The Borderland Thunder will be gunning to extend their SIJHL unbeaten streak to seven games tonight when they square off against the winless Thunder Bay Bulldogs at the Ice for Kids Arena. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. The Thunder are tied for first place in the SIJHL with the […]
A total of 32 local individuals and organizations—looking to get a share of the $50,000 the town has been allotted by the Moffat Family Fund—filed their applications last month. Now, 12 of those have been chosen by the local Moffat Family Fund committee and forwarded to the Winnipeg Foundation for […]
The Muskie girls’ basketball teams made it two-straight wins on Tuesday in Kenora but both boys’ volleyball teams remain winless in NorWOSSA play. The senior squad improved their record to 2-1 with a 40-35 win over the host Broncos while the junior team is now 2-2 after edging Kenora 35-33. […]
Bearskin Airlines will begin offering flights between Fort Frances and Winnipeg starting Oct. 31. The flights will depart from here at 8 p.m. each Monday through Friday, arriving in Winnipeg at 9:05 p.m. Meanwhile, flights will be leaving Winnipeg at 7:15 a.m. on Sunday through Friday, arriving here at 8:20 […]
