It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of the Rev. Michael Henry Mitchell on Friday, Jan. 12, 2018. Born in Halifax, N.S. on June 3, 1953, Michael was the son of the late John Alfred Mitchell and Ruth Josephine Mitchell. Michael first served in the Roman Catholic […]
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Daniel Jones, of Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018. A traditional wake will be held on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. at the Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation gymnasium. A traditional funeral service will be held on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018 at 10 a..m. at the […]
It is with broken hearts that we announce the passing of Clay Chernaske on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017. Clay was an amazing husband, dad, brother, son, and son-in-law who was loved, is missed tremendously, and always will be remembered and cherished. Clay was born on Oct. 14, 1961 in Fort Frances, […]
Jamie Mountain Senior Muskie Cole Kowalski looked to drive his way to the hoop during Fort High’s 78-69 loss to the visiting Dryden Eagles in NorWOSSA action Monday afternoon. Kowalski poured in 14 points for the black-and-gold but it wasn’t enough as they saw their league record fall to 2-3. […]
Jamie Mountain Former Muskie Evan Woodland once again will be involved with the game he loves. The Lakehead University men’s basketball team announced earlier this month that Woodland would be joining its staff as an assistant coach. Joining Woodland on head coach Ryan Thomson’s staff will be Matt Erdman, also […]
Staff One more bowler from Fort Frances will join the Sunset Country contingent competing at the P.O.A. (pins over average) provincial championships Feb. 22-24 in North Bay. Mike Behan advanced after capturing top spot in the President Division of the Executive portion of the tournament at the zone roll-offs held […]
Jamie Mountain It looks like the Muskie curling teams will be hurrying hard all the way to Sioux Lookout. The boys’, girls’, and mixed rinks all won their NorWOSSA qualifiers that were held in Atikokan on Monday and Tuesday. In Monday’s action, the boys swept away the competition–routing the Whitefish […]
Jamie Mountain Neebing Hawks’ defenceman Keaton Cristofaro tried his best to knock the puck away from Noah McPherson of the Fort Frances Canadians during his team’s 3-1 win in Sunday’s final of the annual PeeWee ‘AA’ tournament held here. McPherson scored the Canadians’ lone goal as they settled for a […]
Jamie Mountain Junior Muskie Grace Petsnick looked to tip the ball over the net during Fort High’s straight-sets victory (26-24, 25-15, and 25-23) versus the visiting Dryden Eagles in NorWOSSA action Monday afternoon. The squad improved their league record to 4-1 with the win. The senior Muskies, meanwhile, needed four […]
Jamie Mountain It all started out so well for the Fort Frances Canadians. Noah McPherson scored on a clear-cut breakaway just 3:47 into the opening period to put the Canadians up 1-0 on the Neebing Hawks in Sunday’s final of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s annual PeeWee ‘AA’ tournament. […]
From the MNRF A Thunder Bay area man has been fined $1,000 for offences under the Forest Fires Prevention Act and ordered to pay the $5,940 cost to extinguish several fires. Stephan Schmidt pleaded guilty and was fined $500 for starting a fire and failing to leave a person in […]
Submitted Jeff Gustafson with a six-and-a-half pound bass he caught in Florida earlier this week.
