The Canadian Press WINNIPEG–A memorial has grown outside the Winnipeg home where a three-year-old boy was allegedly stabbed as he slept last week, while political leaders add their voices to those offering condolences to the child’s grieving family. Hunter Haze Straight-Smith suffered severe brain damage during the incident on Wednesday, […]
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Jamie Mountain Fort Frances Lakers’ centre Nick Swain, donning a “Pink The Rink” jersey for breast cancer awareness, lined up for a faceoff against Evan Nicholas of the Thunder Bay North Stars during the third period of the hosts’ 5-1 loss on Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. […]
Staff Fort High was represented well by the 17 athletes who made the trip to Sudbury for the OFSAA cross-country championships on Saturday. After winning every NorWOSSA race this season, Trent Wilson again was a star for the Muskies at the all-Ontarios as he ran to a fifth-place finish in […]
Staff The Muskie girls’ hockey team played well in its first tournament game action of the season over the weekend. After finishing round robin play with a 3-1 record, a title just wasn’t to be for the Muskies as they dropped a 4-0 decision to the Lakehead University Thunderwolves in […]
Staff The second week of Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League action featured plenty of great matchups on Thursday night at Fort High. In the early game, the BDO Ballerz squared off against the Muskies. This contest was tight from beginning to end, with BDO (2-0) relying on the post-up game […]
Tonight will see a few flurries with a low of minus-11 C (12 F). Tomorrow will continue the chance of flurries through the day and overnight, with a high of minus-five (23) and a low of minus-ten (14). Wednesday will see more chance of flurries through the day and overnight, […]
The Canadian PressStephanie Levitz OTTAWA–A long-awaited legal look into whether the U.S. remains a safe country for refugees began today at a Federal Court in Toronto. At issue is the Safe Third Country Agreement that prohibits people from entering Canada from the U.S.–and vice versa–at official border crossings and asking […]
Staff The Muskie football team will get another crack at the Maples Marauders. The third-ranked Muskies routed the last-place Neelin Spartans 47-9 in WHSFL Currie Division (‘A’) quarterfinal playoff action on Thursday afternoon at Investors Group Field in Winnipeg. With the win, the black-and-gold advance to the CanadInns Bowl semifinals, […]
Jamie Mountain Nolan Mann sent his Thunder Bay Midget ‘AAA’ Kings’ opponent flying as he delivered a thunderous body check during the Muskie boys’ hockey team’s 4-2 loss yesterday morning at the ’52 Canadians Arena. The Kings claimed the three-game exhibition series by a 2-1 margin.
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team proved its mettle against some tough competition here over the weekend. Fort High got its first taste of game action as it hosted the Thunder Bay Midget ‘AAA’ Kings in a three-game exhibition series, coming away from it with a 1-2 record. In the […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers were taken to school over the weekend by the defending SIJHL champs. After dropping a 5-1 decision to the league-leading Thunder Bay North Stars on Friday at the Ice For Kids Arena, the Lakers didn’t fare much better the following night as they fell 4-1 […]
Jamie Mountain Craig Mahoney of Sioux Lookout lunged to get a forehand on the ball during his match against Josh Councillor of Fort Frances at the second-annual Northern Cup Squash Challenge on Saturday morning here. This year instead of total points scored, total games won decided the eventual winner. Sioux […]
