It doesn’t pay to horse around—or mess with Mustangs. Bryce Knapp had the game-winner as the local Sunset Country Atom ‘AA’ Mustangs recovered from two-straight losses to beat the Dryden Rangers 3-1 in the ‘B’ final of a tournament Nov. 21-23 in Dryden. Devin Stromness delivered some clutch play between […]
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If Goliath keeps this up, David is going to need a howitzer instead of a slingshot to take the beast down. The Kenora Broncos scored seven times in the first period en route to an easy 12-1 romp over the Muskie girls’ hockey squad there Monday night to drop the […]
“The Cat in the Hat” is doing big at the box-office these days, but “Dr. Sus” was far from a smash hit with the International Falls Broncos here last night. With the Muskie boys’ hockey team clinging precariously to a 1-0 lead late in the third period, captain Steven Sus […]
Catch them if you can. The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team plans to put its opponents in chase mode throughout the upcoming season—utilizing an uptempo attack that coach Paul Noonan is relying on to leave their rivals gasping for air. “We’re going to be a hustling team,” declared Noonan, whose […]
Dear sir: I received the Nov. 26 edition of the Times yesterday and was very pleased to find a copy of the 2004 Milk Calendar enclosed. It originates only miles from Oshawa, and is inserted in local papers here as well, but I never seem to find out the date […]
Three weeks into the hockey season, Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Assocation teams continue to play exhibition games with squads from Fort Frances and International Falls. In Atom division action, the Emo Hawks hosted International Falls Gold and earned a 3-3 tie on goals by D.J. Mosbeck, Robbie Rea, and Matt Sigurdson. […]
Dear editor: After reading many articles on the proposed skateboard park and seeing the addition to J.W. Walker School, I have some questions and concerns. First, I have some concerns over the liability and policing surrounding the skateboard park project. The cost of the project is $300,000. One liability suit […]
Some of their aces have been pulled from the deck, but Duane Roen isn’t about to fold with the hand he’s been dealt. It’s an endless challenge that junior volleyball coaches like Roen must pull off in trying to field a winning team year after year while facing a constant […]
With the might of their opponent’s hometown crowd against them, the Fort Frances K of C Knights still kept their “McCool” when they needed it most. Cody McCool scored twice, and Blake Wepruk netted the game-winner, as the local PeeWee ‘AA’ squad beat the Kenora Thistles 3-1 on Sunday in […]
About 50 residents showed up at the Civic Centre on Monday night to see the new mayor and council of Fort Frances sworn in. Justice of the Peace Pat Clysdale-Cornell had Mayor Dan Onichuk, and Couns. Roy Avis, Tannis Drysdale, Struchan Gilson, Todd Hamilton, Neil Kabel, and Rick Wiedenhoeft make […]
The Ontario Trillium Foundation announced $224,000 in funding for libraries in Northwestern Ontario on Friday, which will be used primarily to increase accessibility in those in Rainy River District. “This is the first time Trillium has been open to libraries, at least in recent years,” noted Margaret Sedgwick, head librarian […]
Now that they have a team they can call their own, the Emo Esso PeeWee girls’ hockey squad has discovered the whole is greater than the sum of their parts. The players had been scattered among various Fort Frances teams over the years. But this past off-season, the wheels were […]
