Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers might be off to an 0-2 start to the SIJHL pre-season but head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan is pleased with the effort he has seen so far from his players. The Dryden GM Ice Dogs beat the Lakers by scores of 6-3 […]
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Jamie Mountain The local bowling alley will be seeing a plethora of changes over the coming year. Plaza Lanes has welcomed in a new manager, Jesse Carmody, who is sprucing up the place and hopes to increase membership. Carmody has a degree in Business Management from Fanshawe College and, upon […]
Press Release TORONTO–The Ontario Government is giving drivers more choice and convenience when it comes to their proof of auto insurance. Ontario is enabling drivers to carry electronic proof of auto insurance on their mobile device, including their smartphones, as part of the Putting Drivers First blueprint announced in the […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie football team has had a good number of athletes attend its training camp so far, meaning things are looking good as they attempt to kick-off another Winnipeg High School Football League season this week. Muskie co-coach Vic Davis noted that roughly 40 students on average have […]
Jamie Mountain You could view the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team as the favourites to claim NorWOSSA gold this year. The squad has eight returning players from last year’s championship roster as well as a talented group of girls moving up from the junior ranks. But Muskie coach Gord McCabe […]
Submitted byLarry PatrickMilt Strachan The Dudley-Hewitt Cup Tournament 2020 will be held in Fort Frances on April 28 to May 2, 2020, at the Ice for Kids Arena. A significant event, soon to be recognized by the Town of Fort Frances, the Fort Frances Lakers and the Dudley-Hewitt Cup Tournament […]
Staff The Fort Frances Tennis Club hosted an impromptu men’s doubles tournament on Saturday at the Multi-Use Tennis Courts here. A total of four teams played a round robin doubles format, with the first to reach eight games winning the set. Taking first place were Al Cesuinas (Dryden) and Al […]
Staff It was a tough weekend to start the SIJHL pre-season schedule for the Fort Frances Lakers. The Dryden GM Ice Dogs beat the Lakers by scores of 6-3 and 3-0 to sweep the weekend home-and-home series. Six different skaters tallied for the Ice Dogs to help them double the […]
Jamie Mountain An abundance of early interest in the new Rainy Lake Gymnastics Academy has the club excited for its future. The RLGA held its first registration night last Tuesday at the Fort Frances GM office here, with just over 200 athletes signing up for its programs. “We were amazed […]
Jamie Mountain There will be one less swimming option in Fort Frances for the foreseeable future. The Fort Frances Aquanauts Swim Team (FFAST) has officially gone on a hiatus as they couldn’t find a new coach for the 2019/20 swim season. Former head coach Dawnn Taylor said she stepped down […]
Staff After a tough start to the season, things got a little brighter for the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs women’s volleyball team last Wednesday. The squad, which includes former Muskies Hailee Barnard and Alex Spuzak, split its games to improve its record to 1-5. After dropping their first game […]
Jamie Mountain Further and further into uncharted waters they go. Marissa Kerry pitched a complete game, two-hitter as the third-seeded Fort Frances Her-icanes eked out a 2-1 win over the top-ranked Renegades in the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League championship final last Wednesday night at the St. Francis Sports […]
