It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing for out husband and father, Sid Ross, who was born on April 28, 1920 to Gladys and Alex Ross in Blackhawk, Ont. He is survived by his wife, Eva Ross (Armstrong), and son, Delbert Ross. He also is survived by […]

From the OPP Rainy River District OPP officers responded to a call for assistance at a residence in the Lakeview Trailer Park yesterday morning. When they arrived, they found two deceased people in the residence. Their identities are not being released at this time pending positive identification and notification of […]

Joey Payeur Brody Calder, centre, and his Fort Frances Flyers and International Falls White brought a rousing end to the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s IP1 Jamboree in the final game of the day at the Ice For Kids Arena. A total of eight teams took part in the annual […]

Staff Police still were on the scene at the Lakeview Trailer Park late this morning following an incident there. No details had been released by police as of press time at noon as to just what was transpiring at the east-end site.

Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Aquanauts had much more company than usual over the weekend. A recent Swim Canada rule change limiting the window for athletes to qualify for national championship events meant more than 500 swimmers congregated in Winnipeg for the Prairie Winter Invitational. “Because Swim Canada now says […]

Joey Payeur Amy Wilson-Hands refuses to believe her team had any reason to take a backseat to anyone it faced this past week when it comes to talent. Rather, it was the psychology of the big stage that led to her squad’s demise. The co-coach of the 16th-ranked Muskie senior […]

Joey Payeur Muskie captain Janelle Kaemingh muscled this shot through St. Thomas Aquinas Saints’ goalie Sarah From, where linemate Annalise (CC) Hayes poked home the loose puck to give Fort High a 3-2 lead in the third period of its 4-2 victory in Game 1 on Friday night at the […]

Joey Payeur Muskie Annalise (CC) Hayes had St. Thomas Aquinas Saints’ goalie Sarah From at her mercy while notching her second goal of the game in the third period of Monday night’s 7-2 win in Kenora to sweep the best-of-three NorWOSSA girls’ hockey final and advance to the all-Ontarios later […]

Joey Payeur Ian Jarvis of the Lakers, right, apparently read up on the scoring talents of the Dryden GM Ice Dogs’ Jacen Bracko as he tried to contain the SIJHL’s second-leading scorer during the visitors’ 6-1 win Saturday night at the Ice For Kids Arena.

Joey Payeur Chiefs’ goalie Shanleigh Fryer held her breath as the puck rolled dangerously close to the goalline, with teammate Danielle Jean and Kelsey Craven of the Emo Misfits close by, during the Misfits’ 5-3 round-robin win as part of the third-annual Chiefs Invitational Women’s Hockey Tournament at “The Duke” […]

Staff The freshman phenom is ready to take on all comers in the U.S. college diving ranks. Fort Frances native Molly Carlson placed fifth in the 3m event for the Florida State Seminoles at the Zone ‘B’ Qualifier on Monday at Auburn, Ala. That result was good enough to earn […]

Joey Payeur Bryanna Dustin (18) of the Fort Frances Screaming Eagles took her frustration out on the crossbar as Shannon Legacy celebrated her overtime game-winner in a 3-2 victory by the Thunder Bay Sabres in the gold-medal game of the Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association’s Midget girls’ tournament Sunday at the […]