I came all the way from Wolfville, N.S. to Dawson City, Yukon, travelled the 7,392 km, to hear the extraordinary music of Beòlach, a multi-talented group performing the magic of Cape Breton music. I didn’t come all that way just for the music, of course. But had that been the […]
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Back in the early 2000s, Northwestern Ontario emerged as one of the top deer-hunting destinations in North America. At the north end of the whitetail deer range, several favourable factors contributed to an explosion in the deer population. Multiple winters without major snow, low hunting pressure, and a surplus of […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Aquanaut Swim Team is gearing up for the 2017-18 season. Head coach Dawnn Taylor said the squad is taking a slower approach as it kicks off the summer rust. “We start out real slow to get everyone back into the working aspect of it again, […]
Staff The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team didn’t go down without a fight last Tuesday in Kenora. After going winless during the eight-game regular season, the black-and-gold battled the Dryden Eagles in their NorWOSSA semi-final match before bowing out 28-20. “It was a good game and team effort,” head coach […]
Jamie Mountain Muskie curlers already are hard at work preparing for the 2017-18 season, as seen in this photo taken during practice Friday afternoon at the Fort Frances Curling Club.
Jamie Mountain It’s been some tough sledding lately for the Fort Frances Lakers but things got a little brighter Friday night. Forward Jack Bernie had a big night as the Lakers downed the Minnesota Iron Rangers 5-3 at the Ice For Kids Arena to snap a five-game losing streak. After […]
Brendon Loney and Chad Jack of the Borderland Snowmobile Club were out Monday just outside of Emo trying to pack some swamps and fill in a few creeks to get a base ready to groom for the season. Once they get the big swamp outside of Fort Frances packed with […]
Jamie Mountain Members of the Muskie boys’ and girls’ curling rinks are sure excited to get their seasons going. And why wouldn’t they be? For the first time since 1981, Fort Frances will host the 2018 OFSAA boys’ and girls’ curling playdowns this March, with both Muskie squads having a […]
of Steph Wrolstad Fort Frances Canadians PeeWee ‘AA’ player Dylan Tessier broke past Brock Stevenson of host Dryden while teammate Royce Allan (#8) looked on from just over the blueline during a tournament there earlier this month. Both the PeeWees and the Bantam ‘AA’ Canadians came home as the tourney […]
Here are the sunrise and sunset times for Nov. 16-22: •Nov. 16–7:24 a.m. and 4:32 p.m. •Nov. 17–7:26 a.m. and 4:31 p.m. •Nov. 18–7:27 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. •Nov. 19–7:29 a.m. and 4:29 p.m. •Nov. 20–7:30 a.m. and 4:28 p.m. •Nov. 21–7:32 a.m. and 4:27 p.m. •Nov. 22–7:33 a.m. and […]
Press Release “Curling Across the Nation” is touring through Manitoba, Saskatchewan, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Northwestern Ontario from Nov. 14-27 as a way of supporting and promoting the sport of curling. Rob Swan, who has curled in more than 270 different curling facilities in 10 countries in three years through […]
Press Release Several Fort Frances Lakers were named to the teams that will compete in the SIJHL all-star game set for Nov. 29 at the Hippodrome in Eveleth, Mn. The contest, which features a “Border Battle” format, will see the Canadian all-stars taking on the American all-stars. The players for […]
