Jamie Mountain Don’t look now but the Fort Frances Lakers have themselves a bit of a winning streak. The Lakers swept a home-and-home series with the last-place Minnesota Iron Rangers over the weekend and now have won three-straight games. Adam Withers had a goal and two assists to help the […]
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From the OPP During the early-morning hours of Jan. 10, officers from the North Caribou Lake Police and the OPP responded to a disturbance at a residence in North Caribou Lake First Nation. A subject allegedly broke into a residence and assaulted one of the residents in the home. The […]
The Associated Press HONOLULU–When Jonathan Scheuer got an alert on his phone of a ballistic missile headed for Hawaii, he and his family didn’t know what to do. They went to their guest bedroom, then decided it would be safer on the ground floor of their Honolulu home. “What do […]
The Associated PressDave Campbell MINNEAPOLIS–As Case Keenum convened the Minnesota huddle with 10 seconds left last night, the situation staring down the Vikings was as simple as it was daunting. With the go-ahead field goal by the New Orleans Saints that silenced this deafening stadium still fresh in the air, […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances Fire Chief/CEMC Tyler Moffitt chucked another tree onto the trailer Saturday afternoon during the Fort Frances Fire Brigade’s annual Christmas tree pickup. Teams spent the afternoon collecting the trees, of which there seems to be fewer and fewer each year. The trees then were taken to […]
From the OPP On Saturday around 5:30 p.m., Dryden OPP officers responded to a multi-vehicle collision on Highway 17 in Machin Township, west of Vermilion Bay. An eastbound SUV lost control and collided with a westbound tractor-trailer unit. The Dryden & Kenora Ambulance and Machin Fire Department attended the scene […]
Jamie Mountain It was a dominant weekend for the Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team as they won the Kenora Invitational “Winter Blast” tournament without dropping a single set. The squad went 10-0 in round-robin play, defeating the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora), Kenora Broncos, Westgate Tigers (Thunder Bay), St. Ignatius […]
The Canadian PressNeil Davidson A year ago, Canadian forward Wojtek Wolski was in a hospital bed recovering from surgery on a broken neck. Today, he is an Olympian. “I look at the picture of me in the hospital and can’t help but cry,” the 31-year-old winger said via social media. […]
The Canadian Press LONDON, Ont.–Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is welcoming U.S. President Donald Trump’s newfound patience on NAFTA renegotiations. In an interview yesterday with the Wall Street Journal, the president indicated he’s open to extending the March deadline for concluding talks aimed at modernizing the North American Free Trade […]
Staff How I Set Your Mother garnered the maximum six points in Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League action last night. The Volley Llamas, Take A Hit, No Diggity, and Kiss My Pass all took five points. Gillons’ nabbed four points while Scared Hitless took three. Bump It Up managed to […]
From the OPP A Kenora man is facing drug-related charges following an ongoing investigation into drug-trafficking there. On Wednesday around 9:45 a.m., as a result of an ongoing investigation, police arrested a male in the north end of Kenora. A brief foot chase ensued before the male was taken into […]
Jamie Mountain A monster performance by senior Muskie Kobi Ward highlighted Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League action Tuesday night at the Fort High gym. In an intense–and at times testy–game, Ward scored 31 points to lead the Muskies to a 74-56 victory over the BDO Ballerz. The black-and-gold jumped out […]
