Jamie Mountain As former Muskie Hailey Beaudry puts it, “there’s only room to improve.” Her Lakehead University Thunderwolves’ women’s curling rink–consisting of fellow ex-Muskie Erin Tomalty (lead) of Nestor Falls and Thunder Bay-based Kendra Lemieux (third) and Emily Cooney (second)–earned a hard-fought fourth-place finish at the Ontario University Athletics women’s […]
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Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers will need to invest in some battle armour if their last game against the English River Miners is any indication of what’s in store for the upcoming first-round SIJHL playoff series between the two squads. The Miners are a hard-working, in-your-face style of team […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Youth Fishing Team would like to be a successful program within the next few months. But they’ll need some help from the community if they are to accomplish that goal. Organizer Jason Cain held an information session Monday night in the Fort High cafeteria for […]
Jamie Mountain English River Miners’ forward Cody Milgate looked to capitalize on this scoring chance on Fort Frances Lakers’ goalie Ismael Ralsten during his team’s 5-1 loss Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. Ralsten turned this shot aside, along with 34 others, to earn the win and help […]
The Canadian PressPeter Goffin A man whose mother, brother, and grandmother died in what the Ontario provincial police is calling a triple murder-suicide said yesterday that his loved ones were killed by a neighbour who had been “stalking” his parent. Thomas Theoret said his mother, Ulla Theoret, 55, brother, Paul […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Patrick Brown’s quest to lead Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives ended yesterday with the Barrie, Ont. politician saying the leadership race had taken a toll on his family and distracted from the party’s ultimate goal of defeating the Liberals in the spring election. Brown’s short-lived leadership campaign, which […]
An article in yesterday’s Daily Bulletin stated Game 1 of the best-of-three NorWOSSA girls’ hockey final between the Muskies and Dryden Eagles would take place tonight at 7:15 p.m. at the Ice For Kids Arena. In fact, the game now will take place tomorrow (Feb. 28) at the same time […]
The Canadian PressLee Berthiaume OTTAWA–The military currently is wrestling with the implications of marijuana legalization, Canada’s top general says, including time restrictions on using the drug before going on duty. “We’re going to try to be smart about it,” chief of defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance said yesterday. “But in […]
The Associated PressJohn Wawrow Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman now has something in common with Boston Bruins’ counterpart Don Sweeney. They both tapped the N.Y. Rangers before the NHL trade deadline yesterday. A day after the Bruins landed power forward Rick Nash from New York, the Lightning followed […]
The Canadian PressAdam Burns The OPP say they will “slowly begin scaling back” their search for a missing three-year-old boy who was swept into a swollen river in southwestern Ontario. In a release yesterday evening, police said they will be “continually reassessing” the conditions along the stretch of the Grand […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances is reminding residents with a history of frozen water service lines to keep running those taps. Over the last about three weeks, the town has gone from having five reported frozen water lines to 29, Operations and Facilities manager Travis Rob told council […]
The Canadian PressStephanie Levitz OTTAWA–Conservative leader Andrew Scheer says if his party forms government in 2019, it will follow Donald Trump’s lead and recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Scheer’s declaration comes in the form of a pledge posted to the Conservative party website designed to gather signatures from […]
