Submitted Jeff Gustafson posed with his boat for the 2018 tournament season.
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Jamie Mountain If there were any doubts that the Causeway Cougars were the best team at the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s annual Atom ‘A’ tournament over the weekend, those were quashed Sunday. Evan Wright scored twice to lead the Cougars to a 3-1 victory over the Fort Frances Rainy […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers had been on quite the run over the past two weeks. After Thursday night’s 9-2 romp over the last-place Minnesota Iron Rangers in Hoyt Lakes extended the team’s winning streak to a season-high four games, it appeared the Lakers were at the top of […]
There were more winners in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw. Winning $30 for Jan. 14-20 were Bill Teeple (Lorette, Man.), Joe Reynolds (Stratton), Pat Armstrong (Atikokan), Luke and Marissa Esselink (Devlin), Dave Beauregard (Sault Ste. Marie), Laura and Adam Fraser (Kitchener, Ont.), and Stephen […]
Jamie Mountain Fort Frances Lakers’ forward Nick Lucas jostled for position with Thunder Bay North Stars’ defenceman Kyle Auger during the third period of his team’s 5-4 loss Saturday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. The Lakers saw their season-high four-game winning streak come to an end with the […]
From the OPP The OPP responded to 27 snowmobile deaths during the 2016-17 season, marking the highest number of fatalities since the winter of 2003-04. Last season also was the worst on record for snowmobilers whose ride took a tragic turn while travelling on frozen waterways. One-third (nine) of last […]
Press Release For many people, the thought of navigating through a collapsed and burning building is the stuff of nightmares. But for the students in Confederation College’s Pre-Service Firefighter program doing firefighter survival training, it’s just another Friday afternoon. Program co-ordinator Shane Ferguson calls the training “boot camp”–and it’s exactly […]
Jamie Mountain It was quite the ride for Hailey Beaudry’s Northern Ontario rink during the Canadian Junior Curling Championships that ran last week in Shawinigan, Que. The squad, which curls out of the Fort William C.C. in Thunder Bay, did qualify for the four-game championship round after finishing preliminary play […]
The Canadian Press DAVOS, Switzerland–Investing in Canada and women’s rights were expected to be central themes of a speech by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Trudeau, who arrived there yesterday for his second appearance at the world forum as prime minister, will […]
The Canadian PressTerri TheodoreBeth Leighton VANCOUVER–A tsunami warning issued for coastal British Columbia was cancelled this morning after people living along parts of the province’s coast evacuated to higher ground when a powerful earthquake struck off Alaska. Residents in some coastal communities were woken by warning sirens shortly after the […]
The Associated PressJohn Pye MELBOURNE, Australia–An injured and visibly struggling Rafael Nadal retired while trailing in the fifth set of his Australian Open quarter-final match against Marin Cilic. The top-ranked Nadal fended off five break points in the last game before Cilic broke his serve, then the 16-time major winner […]
Staff The SIJHL yesterday announced a make-up date for the game between the Fort Frances Lakers and English River Miners that was postponed back on Dec. 19. This contest now will be held Wednesday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ice for Kids Arena. The cause for the original […]
