When Darren Lowes got a call Saturday morning that 12 trailers, including his own, were sinking into Big Detroit Lake near Detroit Lakes, Mn., he didn’t believe it. The Rainy River man was still in shock when he arrived at the lake and saw thousands of dollars worth of his […]
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Assistant coach Ken Christiansen had envisioned some tough games ahead for the Muskie boys’ hockey team at the Tournament of Champions in Winnipeg. Unfortunately, he was right on the money. The black-and-gold went 0-4 to finish in fifth-place in their five-team pool and out of the medal round. “We knew […]
The Borderland Thunder faced a rejuvenated Thunder Bay Snowplowing Wolves team Sunday in Atikokan but the result was the same: a 5-0 win. The Thunder (14-7-7) now are just two points behind the first-place Dryden Ice Dogs in the Superior International Junior Hockey League standings, and with a game in […]
Stratton’s Angela Lee fell one win short of qualifying for the Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts after losing to Jodi Judd (Thunder Bay) 7-5 in the final draw of the ladies’ district playdowns over the weekend in Terrace Bay. The loss dropped Lee (4-3) to third-place in the eight-rink event […]
Registration for the second se-mester at the Fort Frances Gymnastics Academy will be held there tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with organizers looking forward to welcoming new faces to their programs. “Kids who’ve tried skating [or] swimming are perhaps looking for something else,” club administrator Chane Rissman said. […]
Angela Lee and her Stratton rink has jumped out to a 2-0 start at the Northwestern Ontario ladies’ playdowns in Terrace Bay. The first-year ladies’ dumped Leona Tarini (Fort William) 11-1 in eight ends this morning after downing Pierrette Lachance (Long-lac) 10-2 to open action last night. Lee currently sits […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team got off to a poor start at the Tournament of Champions in Winnipeg yesterday, losing both their games by large margins to sit at 0-2 in pool play. Defending champion Silver Heights Huskies (Winnipeg) first blanked the Muskies 9-0 and then the King’s Edgehill (Nova […]
Muskie football standout Adam McTavish has earned a berth on Team Canada at the Global Junior Championship VI, which will be held during Super Bowl weekend in New Orleans. And just like the game of football itself, the process of making the squad was quick and hard-hitting. “I got the […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team is off to Winnipeg to defend their consolation at the annual Tournament of Champions, which runs Thursday through Sunday. The defending ‘A/AA’ all-Ontario champs are the only team from NorWOSSA that will compete in the 10-team, two-pool tourney. Also playing will be seven Manitoba-based schools […]
“Hockey Day in Canada” definitely is coming to Fort Frances this Saturday, a CBC spokeswoman said Monday morning. “It’s absolutely going ahead in Fort Frances as planned,” said Ruth-Ellen Soles. Earlier this month, CBC had said the broadcast might not include Fort Frances due to a three-week strike by technicians. […]
The Borderland Thunder are relishing a three-week break between action after an up-and-down stretch of 27 games to start their inaugural Superior Inter-national Junior Hockey League season. “It’ll be a welcome break, especially after we’ve played 27 games in this four-month stretch,” said Thunder defenceman Jay Phillips. “After that, we’ll […]
“Hockey Day in Canada” definitely will air Jan. 5 on CBC but it still isn’t clear Thursday whether Fort Frances would be part of the broadcast. The broadcast had been threatened by a technicians’ strike at CBC, but a tentative deal reached last Friday afternoon appears to have saved the […]
