Jill Calder slipped in behind the International Falls Broncos’ defence and had a glorious scoring chance on Broncos’ goalie Macey Marcotte during the first period of the Muskie girls’ hockey team’s 7-0 rout in the finale of their annual two-game “Border Battle” exhibition series on Monday night at the Ice […]

Boden Councillor of the Emo Express Green did his best to settle the puck down during first-period play of the ‘B’ final on Sunday afternoon.

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The bragging rights belong to this side of the border this season. Captain Jill Calder and Abbie Kenny both scored twice to pace the Muskie girls’ hockey team to an impressive 7-0 romp over the International Falls Broncos in the finale of their annual two-game “Border Battle” exhibition series on […]

Leah Seguin (16) and Emma Yerxa formed a brick wall on defence to execute a perfect block on a kill attempt during the first set of the Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team’s 2-0 win over the Kenora Bronocs in NorWOSSA action last Thursday afternoon at Fort High.

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Teamwork makes the dream work and it was all hands on deck for the Muskie boys’ hockey team last Tuesday night against the visiting Kenora Broncos. The Muskies flexed their offensive muscles, getting goals from 10 different skaters as they cruised to a 16-1 rout of the Broncos in their […]

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Manny Allam single-handedly willed the Westfort Rangers to the title at the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s annual Atom ‘A’ tournament this past weekend. The Rangers’ sniper scored a whopping five times as the Rangers pulled out a 6-4 win over the Neebing Blackhawks in the ‘A’ final on Sunday […]

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Hard work and dedication generally gets athletes rewarded and the members of the Muskie Nordic skiing team was full of smiles after reaping the benefits at the NorWOSSA championships held at the Mount Evergreen Ski Club Trails in Kenora on Friday. The six-member contingent that competed for Fort High were […]

Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers have been at the mercy of Mother Nature of late and have had plenty of time to rest and work on any weaknesses in their game. Both of the squad’s games were postponed over the weekend due to a winter storm, which included a […]

Jamie Mountain The Muskie junior and senior boys’ basketball teams are aiming to get better each and every game they play and so far both squads have enjoyed success more often than not this season. The juniors rebounded from their first loss of the season, a 49-41 setback to the […]

Jamie Mountain The local Northern Lights School of Skating had 12 figure skaters participate in the ninth-annual Ice Box Days Competition, sponsored by the International Falls Figure Skating Club, held at Bronco Arena on Sunday. A total of four skaters from the Pre-StarSkate (which is a modified learn-to-skate program with […]

Ashton Barnes turned on the jets as he cut towards the basket with the ball during the second half of the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team’s 46-38 win over the Kenora Broncos in NorWOSSA action last Thursday afternoon here.

The Canadian Press MONTREAL–Quebec’s immigration minister has acknowledged the province’s system to sponsor refugees needs reform after hundreds of people camped out in his department’s Montreal offices over the weekend, hoping to claim one of the few available applications. The government said it would only accept 750 privately-sponsored refugee applications […]