Jamie Mountain At this rate, the Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team is starting to look like a dynasty. The black-and-gold capped an undefeated season with a 3-0 sweep of the second-place Kenora Broncos in the NorWOSSA final Friday afternoon in Kenora. It also was the second-straight league title for the […]
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Jamie Mountain Muskie forward Ashlyn Beck showed her face-off prowess as she won a draw at centre ice during the second period of Fort High’s 16-0 rout of the Sioux Lookout Warriors in their NorWOSSA regular-season finale last Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. Beck scored a goal […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–A convoy of angry Albertans and other westerners rolls into Ottawa today for a mass protest against federal energy and environmental policies that has also become a magnet for extremist, anti-immigrant elements. A couple of hundred vehicles are expected on Parliament Hill as part of the “United […]
Staff A local man was killed in a snowmobile collision in northeastern Minnesota on Saturday. The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office reported Sunday that Melvyn MacDonald, 35, of Fort Frances, crashed into a tree and died. He was riding with a group on the Cook Area Snowmobile Trail near Buyck, […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers were able to earn a split in their home games over the weekend. The undermanned Lakers weren’t able to keep up with the league-leading Thunder Bay North Stars in a 5-0 loss Friday night but then rebounded with a big 6-2 win over the visiting […]
Staff Town council is scheduled to vote on a resolution regarding the idled Resolute Forest Products mill during a special meeting tonight. The public is welcome to attend the meeting, which will start at 7 p.m. at the Civic Centre. Several stakeholders also are expected to speak in support of […]
There will be increasing cloudiness tonight, with an overnight low of minus-17 C (one F) and south winds gusting up to 15 km/h. Tomorrow will see snow, with a possible accumulation of one-three cm (about an inch) during the day and then an additional three-six cm (one-two inches) overnight. Look […]
The Canadian PressDonna Spencer CALGARY–Production from the foot soldiers has helped lift the Calgary Flames out of a funk. Austin Czarnik and Derek Ryan both scored in a 5-2 win over the visiting Arizona Coyotes yesterday afternoon. The two forwards had combined for a goal and three assists in Saturday’s […]
Jamie Mountain Nash Dolyny of the Fort Frances DC Giants looked take the puck to the Fort Frances Armstrong Crushers’ net en route to scoring a goal during the first period of his squad’s 6-4 win in the final Sunday morning of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s annual Novice […]
Staff It was a banner day for three of the four Muskie court teams on Friday at the NorWOSSA playoffs hosted by the Kenora Broncos. The junior and senior girls’ volleyball teams, as well as the senior boys’ hoops squads, all won their respective finals to finish as league champs. […]
Sam Odrowski Diane Maxey of the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club assisted members of the Builders Club at Robert Moore School in cooking and selling mini-doughnuts on Thursday to raise funds for those who are homeless in the community. To facilitate the event, the student-run organization used the Kiwanis Club’s doughnut-making […]
The Canadian PressMelissa Couto DUNEDIN, Fla.–Marcus Stroman is ready to embrace a leadership role with the Blue Jays this season, but he’s concerned the lack of veteran presence on the team’s roster will do a disservice to Toronto’s young stars. The 27-year-old right-hander, speaking to media on Sunday for the […]
