Joey Payeur The badminton teams for the Muskies and Owls had such a great time away from home the past two weeks, many of the members chose to make another road trip. There are plenty of representatives from both schools at the NorWOSSA finals being held today in Kenora after […]
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Joey Payeur They have come by the dozens–spanning six grades and even coming from other sports. There’s no pigeon-holing the roster of this year’s Muskie track-and-field team as roughly 40 athletes have arrived on scene to give coach John Dutton his largest and most multi-dimensional contingent in many seasons. “Last […]
The fourth stop of the 2017 FLW Tour took place this past weekend at Lake Cumberland, Ky. and I now find myself in a little bit of a slump after these last couple of events. After cashing a cheque in nine-straight tournaments, my 72nd-place finish gives me a pair of […]
Joey Payeur Matt Spence has spent the last two seasons seeing hockey from different perspectives. And he’s become very good at both playing the puck and policing the play. The 13-year-old Fort Frances resident was informed he’s this year’s recipient of the Hockey Canada Officials Program Award/Hockey Northwestern Ontario “Most […]
Allan Gushulak of Fort Frances was among the $50 winners in the Alzheimer Society of Kenora/Rainy River Districts cash calendar draw for April. Other winners include Al and Judy Johnstone (Sioux Narrows), Camilla Halverson (Nestor Falls), Heather & Brent Anderson and Rudy Chalifoux (Rainy River), and Janice Deport, Denis Caron, […]
Joey Payeur Raymond Roy made the shot he needed to. Unfortunately for him, he also provided the blueprint Steve Gushulak needed to make the same and most crucial shot. Gushulak pulled off a carbon copy of Roy’s final delivery by running Roy’s stone back far enough to score the clinching […]
Staff They started their respective days against each other and finished them the same way. The outcomes, however, were markedly different. Jevonte Phillips powered the defending regional champion Donald Young All-Stars to an 18-10 victory over the Sturgeon Creek Sturgeons in the final of the season-opening Grade 8 boys’ basketball […]
Staff Les Kaun believes if his group of players had as much time together on the ice as their eventual conqueror this past weekend, it might be a whole different story. The Borderland Rage 16U girls’ hockey team made it to the final of the “Opener” ‘AAA’ tournament in St. […]
Press Release The Rainy River District School Board and Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities (“Jumpstart”) are pleased to announce their new partnership, with the RRDSB joining the Fort Frances Jumpstart Chapter as a community partner. “Jumpstart” is a national charity that helps kids from families in financial need participate in organized […]
From the MNRF Seven Ontario men have been fined a total of $19,250 for moose hunting offences. Michael Glofcheskie of Barry’s Bay pleaded guilty and was fined $3,000 for hunting moose without a licence, $1,500 for attaching a calf game seal to a cow moose, $1,000 for possessing illegally-killed wildlife, […]
Staff Katelyn Brown not only had the most points but the most important ones. Brown’s late-game bucket pushed the Riverview Royals past the host Robert Moore Mustangs 14-12 in the gold-medal game of the Rainy River District Athletic Association’s season-opening Grade 8 girls’ basketball tournament held April 1. It was […]
Staff It seemed like it would go on forever. Then Adyson Wilson-Hands and Katie Stearns decided it was time to go home. Wilson-Hands had the game-winning goal in an incredible 16-round shootout, and Stearns made the last of 14-straight saves, as Goal Diggers capped a remarkable playoff turnaround with a […]
