It is with great sorrow that we announce the sudden passing of Michael Joseph Roy on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. Mike was born on Oct. 2, 1956 to George and Grace Roy in Fort Frances, Ont. Mike had many passions in his life and a great sense of humour. He […]
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Jamie Mountain Koda Radigan (#15) of the Fort Frances Bantam ‘AA’ Canadians looked to be the first to get to the loose puck during his squad’s 3-2 loss to the North End Flames (Thunder Bay) in the gold-medal game of their annual home tournament Sunday afternoon at the Ice For […]
Jamie Mountain Jill Calder was dialed in as she fired her first goal of the night off a rebound against Kenora Broncos’ goalie Trista Boulette to give the Muskie girls’ hockey team a 3-0 lead during the first period of their 14-1 romp in their NorWOSSA season-opener here last Tuesday […]
Jamie Mountain In the end they were simply overmatched, but it wasn’t for a lack of effort by the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team. The black-and-gold saw their impressive season come to an end as they were swept by the Hammarskjold Vikings at the best-of-three NWOSSAA championship held Friday and […]
Jamie Mountain Although it wasn’t showing on the scoreboard, Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach/general manager Wayne Strachan felt his squad was getting the better of the chances and dictating play Friday night against the visiting Red Lake Miners. The problem was the Lakers couldn’t bury their scoring opportunities while the […]
Staff The Fort Frances Canadians unfortunately felt the heat Sunday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena. Jett Mintenko scored twice to pace the North End Flames (Thunder Bay) to a narrow 3-2 win over the Canadians in the gold-medal final of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s annual Bantam […]
Staff With the season officially in the books, it was time to hand out some hardware. The Muskie football team held its annual awards banquet Monday night at the Copper River Inn. Taking home the Paul Renaud Most Valuable Player award was wide receiver Riley Argue. Argue had a stellar […]
Staff A Fort Frances resident will represent Sunset Country at the provincial pins-over-average (P.O.A.) roll-offs set for Thunder Bay in February. June McNally, who currently bowls out of Balmertown, earned a berth on Sunset Country Team #1 by finishing tops among the women competing in the zone round held there […]
Here are the sunrise and sunset times for Nov. 22-28: •Nov. 22–7:33 a.m. and 4:26 p.m. •Nov. 23–7:35 a.m. and 4:26 p.m. •Nov. 24–7:36 a.m. and 4:25 p.m. •Nov. 25–7:37 a.m. and 4:24 p.m. •Nov. 26–7:39 a.m. and 4:23 p.m. •Nov. 27–7:40 a.m. and 4:22 p.m. •Nov. 28–7:41 a.m. and […]
Jamie Mountain Wide receiver Riley Argue was handed the Paul Renaud Most Valuable Player award by assistant coach Lou Gauthier during the Muskie football team’s annual awards banquet Monday night at the Copper River Inn. Argue had an outstanding season for the black-and-gold, helping the squad finish with a 4-2 […]
Jamie Mountain Focus on the goal at hand and work to get better each day. That was the mindset of the Muskie girls’ hockey team as they headed into a busy slate of games this week. After opening their NorWOSSA regular season with a 14-1 rout of the Kenora Broncos […]
Staff The Fort Frances PeeWee Leafs claimed the title at the Mankato Meltdown 12U tournament over the weekend with a 4-3 shootout win over Shakopee in the gold-medal game. Piper Miller scored all three of the Leafs’ goals in regulation time while Julia Guertin and Hayden Allam both tallied in […]
