Jamie Mountain After forfeiting their WHSFL season-opener last week against the host Churchill Bulldogs due to inadequate practice time and not having enough players attending those practises, the Muskie football team is hopeful it will be able to play its next game this Friday when they face the host Tec […]
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Jamie Mountain The SIJHL announced last Wednesday that Fort Frances will serve as the host community for the league’s annual all-star game. The game is slated for Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ice For Kids Arena. Lakers’ head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan believes hosting the […]
Submitted Mike Reid and Jeff Gustafson held up part of their catch from “Bassin’ For Bucks” in Sioux Narrows over the weekend.
Staff Another fishing tournament culminated in yet another win for Jeff “Gussy” Gustafson. After claiming a second-straight International Falls Bass Championship title alongside Scott Dingwall last month, Gustafson of Keewatin teamed up with Kenora’s Mike Reid to nab the crown at the 23rd-annual “Bassin For Bucks” in Sioux Narrows over […]
Jamie Mountain Peyton Avis looked to direct the ball over the net during a Muskie junior boys’ volleyball practice Monday afternoon at Fort High. The black-and-gold were working on a wide range of skills ahead of their NorWOSSA regular-season opener next Thursday (Sept. 20) against the visiting Dryden Eagles.
Jamie Mountain The wins may not count just yet but don’t think for one second that getting off on a winning foot wasn’t a top priority for the Fort Frances Lakers. The squad kicked off its SIJHL pre-season schedule in style over the weekend by claiming both games of a […]
Jamie Mountain Zak Kellar wound up to unleash a serve while teammate Joe Hardy looked on during a Muskie junior boys’ volleyball team practice Monday afternoon at Fort High. Members of the black-and-gold worked diligently on getting their serves right for a portion of the practice.
Jamie Mountain It’s that time of year again and you can bet both the Muskie junior and senior girls’ basketball teams are itching to get their seasons started. Led by head coach Angela Petsnick and assistant Gord McCabe, the junior squad has seen higher numbers try out than for the […]
Staff Dayton Brady of Devlin nabbed the checkered flag in the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds feature at the new Lake of the Woods Speedway in Kenora on Sunday. Former Emo resident Christopher Leek was second while other local driver, Ritchie Lapointe, was fourth and newcomer Brendan Morand finished sixth. In the […]
Novalee Kabatay (Fort Frances team) and John Everson-Corriveau (Kenora team) worked together to pass the net to Rianna Roach (Fort Frances) at the Experimental Lakes Area near Dryden. –Photos courtesy of the MNRF
Caleigh Payne, left, Avery Cates, Scotia Biloski, Bethany Harrison, and Angel Nixon helped with the extension of the Cranberry Peatlands Interpretative Trail in the Township of Alberton.
Hello and Boozhoo from the Fort Frances Stewardship Youth Rangers! This last month of the program has flown by with so many exciting projects! With the only “rain day” being our last day, we were super busy for the entire month. Although we didn’t get a lot of rain, we […]
