The local B•Macs ‘AA’ Bantam hockey team lost 8-2 to Shattuck-St. Mary’s (Minneapolis) in the semi-finals of a tournament in Brandon on Sunday. Shattuck, a private school coached by former NHL’er J.P. Parise, jumped out to a 4-0 lead before Clayton Windigo and Jordan Wilson got the B•Macs back in […]
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The senior girls’ bowling team, representing Plaza Lanes at the 4-Steps to Stardom zone competition in Dryden last weekend, won the gold medal and now will represent Sunset Country at the provincials March 18-19 in Thunder Bay. They finished with a 2,804 pin total–just 34 ahead of Timber Lanes (Dryden). […]
Hillary Morgan received the top mark at the women’s provincial level in the qualifier last weekend at the Confederation College “Bubble” with an overall score of 53.1 for the total of her optional and compulsory routines. She received the 2000 gold medal award competing against seven other prov. 2 athletes […]
The Aquanauts had an excellent meet at the regionals in Thunder Bay last weekend, breaking three club records and finishing with several medals en route to a third-place finish overall. “It was probably our best finish at a meet in a long time,” head coach Debbie Murray said, admitting she […]
Westfort NAPA skated away with an impressive 5-1 win over Kenora Red Esso to capture the Emo Legion ‘A’ event at an Atom tournament last weekend in Emo. Leading 2-1 after two, Westfort iced the victory with three unanswered goals in the third. Joseph Zewiec and Jeremy Puhalski each scored […]
Despite the unusually mild weather that’s melted all the snow and weakened the ice on area lakes, the first-annual Canadian Kitty Cat championships are still slated to run here Saturday. The event–which is part of the KC Pro East Racing Club circuit–will go on Sand Bay in front of Rusty […]
Although the sixth-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship is still more than four months away, the committee already is looking for volunteers–the veritable backbone of the event. “We’re kicking into high gear now,” said Ray Engelbertink, director of media relations. “You hear about 400 volunteers helping out last year. Well, […]
Dear sir: It is a well-known fact that the Anglican parish in Fort Frances is in a state of turmoil with a serious dispute taking place between some members of that congregation and the Diocesan authorities. I have remained neutral in this matter, and have no intention of becoming involved […]
Council passed the town’s 2000 budget with no levy increases but it did include a $299,925 net reduction in municipal spending. Amendments to the “controllable” portion of the budget were in the form of cuts and fee increases. These were needed to compensate for higher “non-controllable” costs, which account for […]
More than 40 people lined the benches at Monday night’s council meeting to oppose the possibility of an escort service being established in Fort Frances. They were there in support of Salvation Army envoy Eric Alcock, who presented a petition with more than 300 signatures to council asking it prevent […]
Municipal tax bills will be in the mail by the March 10 deadline after council agreed Monday night to have the billing prepared externally rather than risk waiting to see if the town’s faulty software will be ready in time. “In the interest of being sure that we can get […]
“If you build it right, it will float.” Okay, okay, that’s not exactly how Archimedes, the ancient Greek mathematician, would have described his principle of “mass equals buoyancy.” But it does sum up what three grade eight science classes at Robert Moore School learned about cardboard boats last week. Under […]
