Skates and Blades (Fort Frances) dominated a novice boys’ hockey tournament in Ignace last weekend, skating away with a 4-0-1 record. After opening with a 1-1 tie against the North End Flames on a goal by Cody McCool (assisted by Wade Perusse), Skates and Blades downed the Dryden Canadians 3-1. […]
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The Muskies have been on a roll so far this young season against NorWOSSA opponents. And they passed a big test with flying colours last night with an 8-3 romp over the International Falls Broncos in their annual exhibition clash here. The Broncos actually opened the scoring when Chris Nagurski […]
Four locals headed to Winnipeg last weekend for the St. Boniface Open Judo Championship. And they all had strong showings, Alex Ricordo Rosalina stood out among the crowd. Rosalina brought home a gold medal after winning all of his fights in the 81-kg (black belt) division, defeating his first opponent […]
The Rainy River District School Board said it is committed to keep working at improving local student achievement after seeing some grade three and six scores drop below–and some rise above–provincial standards. The announcement came Tuesday with the board’s release of the results of testing done by the Education Quality […]
Barbara Forsyth drove in this week from Dawson City, where they know how to bring history alive. A member of a former well-known Fort Frances family, and once a Homecoming queen at Fort High, Forsyth said she was intrigued by local plans to stage a centennial celebration in 2003. Part […]
The sixth-annual Lake of the Woods invitational girls’ hockey tournament was held last weekend and both the local Novice and PeeWee teams had strong showings. Pollard’s Scarifiers went unbeaten through pool play in the Novice division, and then won their semi-final match against Dryden, but fell 1-0 to the St. […]
Tryouts for the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team are now done and the head coach said he’ll be putting a strong squad on the court this season. “[Tryouts] were really good–we had over 30 kids try out,” enthused Dave Ashworth. “There was a lot of interest.” Ashworth also admitted it […]
The Emo Cowboys took top honours in the Bantam division while the Atikokan Voyageurs captured the Midget trophy at a tournament in Emo last weekend. After a scoreless first period, the Cowboys exploded for five goals in a six-minute span in the second en route to a 5-0 win over […]
Minor hockey action was shortened at Emo-La Vallee Community Centre last weekend due to the Bantam/Midget tournament. In one of the first games played, Emo Hawks scored with less than two minutes to play to earn a 3-3 tie with the Emo Selects in Atom action. Mike Badiuk led the […]
Public health nurse Heidi Ivall was in Barwick last Thursday morning to present Jackie Champagne, owner/operator of Roseberry Runway, with the provincial “Eat Smart!” award. “This award-winning restaurant promotes healthy living in the community,” noted Ivall, by meeting exceptional standards in food safety, non-smoking seating, and healthier food choices. “At […]
Well over 400 students from Fort Frances and Rainy River high schools, as well as Big Grassy, Big Island, Lac La Croix, and Saskatcheway-Anishnabe, flocked to the Red Dog Inn here last Thursday for the Seven Generations Education Institute’s annual career fair. Focused on getting kids to think about what […]
In just over five months of active campaigning, “Care Close to Home” is closing in on its goal of $3.5 million for two major renovation projects at La Verendrye hospital in Fort Frances and the Emo Health Centre. The $8.3-million projects will provide much-needed improvements to both facilities, focusing primarily […]
