Jamie Mountain Wyatt Richards showed off some great hops as he tried to win the opening tip-off against Jordan Maki of the St. Ignatius Falcons during Game 1 of the best-of-three NWOSSAA championship at Fort High on Friday afternoon. The Falcons won that game 70-48 over the Muskies before taking […]
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One thing is for certain: the Muskie boys’ hockey team is ready to put two years of heartbreak behind them and advance to OFSAA. Fort High will face the second-place St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) in the best-of-three league final that gets underway this week. After back-to-back years of losing […]
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A new year led to a better result for the Fort Frances Chiefs at their annual home tournament over the weekend. Hanna Ledrew scored the winner with 6:14 to in the third period to lift the Chiefs to a 3-2 win over the Dryden 3rd Liners in the exciting championship […]
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Not much has separated the Muskie girls’ hockey team and the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) this season. What seemed to be the inevitable clash of the titans has come to pass as the first-place Muskies and second-place Saints will square off in the best-of-three NorWOSSA final this week to […]
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The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team has been the best in Northwestern Ontario now two years in a row. The black-and-gold was dominant in a sweep of the host Westgate Tigers in the best-of-three NWOSSAA championship on Friday, winning both matches in straight sets. Fort High now advances to the […]
Jamie Mountain Peyton Avis was dialed in on where he wanted to shoot the puck on Red Lake Rams’ goalie Kyle Gelderland on a first-period scoring chance during the Muskie boys’ hockey team’s 5-0 win in Game 2 of their best-of-three NorWOSSA semifinal series on Saturday afternoon at the Ice […]
Jamie Mountain Muskie goalie Jaden Cooper tried to pounce on a loose puck in front of his goal before Red Lake Rams’ forward Connor Gravelle did during the second period of Fort High’s 5-0 win in Game 2 of its best-of-three NorWOSSA semifinal series on Saturday afternoon at the Ice […]
Mr. Brady gave a helping hand to some students in his Grade 5 French Immersion class as they learned about bridges and their structures before trying their hands at building one at the Fort Frances Library on Friday. The students used materials from the library’s Northern THINK Hub to test […]
The Canadian PressNeil Davidson Canada is no stranger to facing the U.S. at the women’s youth soccer level. It’s just happening earlier than usual at the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship. The two North American rivals face off Wednesday in the Dominican Republic in quarterfinal action. With only the semifinal winners […]
The Canadian Press WHISTLER, B.C. – The RCMP say nine snowmobilers who were stuck in the Brandywine Mountain area south of Whistler, British Columbia, have been found and are safe. The Mounties say in a news release Monday that the snowmobilers have returned to their vehicles cold and hungry, but […]
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The Red Lake Miners got three points apiece from Spencer Milne and Jordan Baranesky as they rolled to a 7-2 romp over the Fort Frances Lakers last night in SIJHL action at the Cochenour Arena. The Lakers saw their record fall to 18-27-3-2 with the loss and have now dropped […]
The Canadian Press WINNIPEG — Veteran defensive Jovon Johnson signed a one-day contract with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Tuesday to retire as a member of the CFL club. Johnson, 36, spent six of his 12 CFL seasons with Winnipeg (2008-13). During that time, Johnson was twice a CFL all-star […]
