Muskies Andrea Schram and Ashley Payne swept their rock towards the house during their squad’s 7-5 loss to Timiskaming District SS in the bronze-medal game of the OFSAA curling championships Saturday afternoon at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The black-and-gold settled for “antique bronze” with the loss to cap a […]
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Sam Odrowski Canada’s largest indigenous youth writing and arts contest is accepting applications until March 31. All Canadians age six to 29 who self-identify as aboriginal are eligible to enter their art or written work into the “Indigenous Arts and Stories” contest and win prizes up to $2,000. In addition […]
From the MNRF A Keewatin woman has been fined $2,600 for fishing-related offences. Ingrid Parkes pleaded guilty and was fined $1,600 for possessing an over-limit of walleye and $1,000 for packaging the fish in a manner so that the number could not be easily counted. The fish were forfeited to […]
Submitted Fort Frances native Vai Lockman broke his opponent down during a match at a tournament in Virginia, Mn. on Saturday. The Mighty Mustang youth wrestling program member, which is based out of International Falls, finished in top spot in the 55- to 60-pound division.
Sam Odrowski Inga Friesen of “Inga’s Kitchen” set up a colourful display of cupcakes for her booth at the annual bridal show presented by Northwood Gallery & Gifts last Wednesday evening. About two dozen brides had registered for the event, which featured a wide variety of vendors offering just about […]
Robin McCormickDevlin correspondent The Guthrie United Church will hold its annual “Spring Fling” on April 7 from 2-2:30 p.m. Adults pay $3 admission, $2 for kids age six-12 years. Children under 5 free. There will be a penny table, bale table cake walk and a lot of old fashioned fun. […]
Sam Odrowski Christy Herr of the Northwestern Health Unit gave a presentation with Katy Esselink regarding the health unit’s harm reduction strategies. They discussed all the strategies the health unit uses to reduce harm from drug use, with Herr noting how the health unit uses a non-judgemental approach to build […]
Monika Ruppenstein, above left, proudly showed off her science experiment, “Gender Stereotypes,” which earned her first place in the Grade 7/8 Fort Frances High School science fair there Monday afternoon. Above right, Kade Oster showed off this science experiment, “It’s Not The Hype, It’s the Hoop,” while below left, Emerson […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers may have been the underdog heading into their best-of-five quarter-final playoff series against the English River Miners, but they sure didn’t make it look that way. English River (28-23-1-4) finished the regular season in fourth place, 22 points ahead of the fifth-place Lakers (15-32-3-6). […]
Jamie Mountain Muskie girls’ skip Tory Beaudry was locked in on where she wanted to place her shot while Katrina Slomke looked on during their rink’s 8-1 win over Bear Creek SS at the OFSAA curling championships last Wednesday afternoon at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Beaudry skipped her squad […]
Jamie Mountain English River Miners’ forward Jacob Siebega fired a backhander on Fort Frances Lakers’ goalie Ismael Ralsten as defenceman Jack Dunnell tried to get his stick in the way during the second period of the visitors’ 2-1 overtime loss in Game 3 of the best-of-five quarter-final playoff series Saturday […]
Sam Odrowski Donna Lowey, above, held a booth for her flower services at the annual bridal show presented by Northwood Gallery & Gifts last Wednesday evening. Those who came to her booth had a chance to view her wedding flower displays on an iPad. Below, Linda Plumridge of the Fort […]
