Jamie Mountain It was a tough outing for the Confederation College Thunderhawks’ men’s curling rink at the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association national curling championships that were held Friday through yesterday in Fredericton, N.B. The rink, which includes former Muskies Kurtwood McGuire (skip) and Jason Bazylewski (second), went 0-7 to finish […]
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Staff A group of Treaty #3 First Nations’ girls came together to form a PeeWee Warriors hockey team that recently competed at the Little Native Hockey League held March 11-14 in Mississauga. Nine of the girls were from Treaty #3 territory (Couchiching, Nigigoonsiminikaaning, Big Grassy, Dalles, Rainy River First Nations, […]
Brett Hahkala of the Fort Frances Lakers and Red Lake Miners’ defenceman Matt Krawiec looked to knock down a bouncing puck during the third period of the visitors’ 5-3 win Saturday night in the SIJHL regular-season finale for both teams at the Ice For Kids Arena. Hahkala scored once and […]
Jamie Mountain Fort Frances Lakers’ goalie Jacob Gnidziejko looked to get his body fully in front of the puck while teammate Nate Drobnick tried to prevent Dryden GM Ice Dogs’ forward Jacob Siebenga from getting to the rebound during the second period of the hosts’ 6-5 shootout win Friday night […]
Jamie Mountain Cordell Boyko of the Dryden GM Ice Dogs lunged to check Jaedin Ness of the Fort Frances Lakers off the puck during the third period of the hosts’ 6-5 shootout win here Friday night. Ness forced overtime in that one after notching the equalizer in the third period.
Jamie Mountain It’s probably starting to feel a little like déjà vu for the Fort Frances Lakers when it comes to the SIJHL playoffs. Each year, the squad’s road seemingly leads them to the Dryden GM Ice Dogs–and that’s the case once again as the Lakers will square off against […]
Jamie Mountain Goalie Jacob Gnidziejko was presented with the most valuable player award by head coach/general manager Wayne Strachan on Saturday afternoon. He also took home the team’s leadership award.
Staff The Fort Frances PeeWee ‘AA’ Canadians went 5-1 en route to claiming the HNO Branch championship title for a third-straight year. Held March 8-10, the Canadians opened tourney play on the Friday morning with a narrow 2-1 shootout loss to the KC Sabres. After a scoreless first period, Dakota […]
Sam Odrowski A group of Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club members gathered in the chalet at the Rocky Inlet trails for a pancake breakfast last Thursday to celebrate the club’s approval for a $40,000 Ontario Trillium Foundation grant.
I have been a culinary instructor in British Columbia for more than 16 years and I love sharing tips and tricks to help people improve the results of their cooking. One suggestion I’ve been preaching for years is to cook topless. Now before we get too carried away, I am […]
This past weekend found me in Knoxville, Tenn., site of the 2019 Bassmaster Classic tournament on the Tennessee River. The “Classic” is the most prestigious bass-fishing tournament in the world, with 50 of the top anglers from the Bassmaster Elite Series and Bassmaster Opens tournaments competing for a $300,000 first-place […]
Staff Resolute Forest Products has declined an offer from Repap to acquire the Fort Frances paper mill. In a letter sent to Mayor June Caul earlier today, Resolute president and CEO Yves Laflamme said the bid from Repap “fell short on multiple fronts.” “Over the past two months, Resolute made […]
