Press Release The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) maintains a commitment to providing information to rural, remote, indigenous, and Francophone youth about health careers. This year marks the 14th time that NOSM has hosted week-long summer camps for high-school students interested in a career in health care. Formerly known […]
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Jamie Mountain What was setting up to be a promising season ended in disappointment for the Rainy River Owls’ junior girls’ volleyball team. The Owls saw their title hopes come to a crashing halt with a four-set loss to the host St. Thomas Aquinas Saints in the NorWOSSA ‘A’ semi-finals […]
Jamie Mountain Hudson Mann had a weekend to remember at the Adam Long Memorial Open in Superior, Wis. The Grade 8 wrestler, originally from Fort Frances, wrestled his way to a first-place finish in the 130- to 136-pound class. The meet in Superior featured about 250-275 wrestlers even with the […]
Staff There will be one more local rink competing at the U18 curling provincials here next month. The Ashley Payne rink of Fort Frances went 3-1 at the last-chance West Qualifier in Kakabeka Falls on Friday and Saturday to earn a berth to the provincials that will be hosted by […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie boys’ hockey team knows it will have to be a lot more disciplined moving forward. For now, though, the squad is going to enjoy advancing to another league final. Matt Spence scored twice to pace the Muskies to a narrow 5-4 win over the fourth-place Saint […]
Jamie Mountain After not winning a single game against the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) during the regular season, the Muskie girls’ hockey team was the author of a new story in its best-of-three NorWOSSA semi-final series last week. The third-seeded Muskies claimed the series 2-1 with a 6-4 road […]
Staff The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team had the “Fish Tank” rocking over the weekend. The black-and-gold swept the best-of-three NWOSSAA championship against the St. Ignatius Falcons (Thunder Bay) held at Fort High and now advance to the all-Ontarios slated for March 4-6 in Amherstburg. Fort High beat the Falcons […]
Staff Alex Gartzke netted a hat trick to pace the Muskie girls’ hockey team to a 6-4 win over the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints in Kenora yesterday afternoon in the third-and-deciding game of the NorWOSSA semi-final series. The third-ranked Muskies now advance to the best-of-three NorWOSSA final against the top-ranked […]
Staff Matt Spence scored twice to pace the Muskie boys’ hockey team to a narrow 5-4 win over the Saint Thomas Aquinas Saints in Kenora in Game 2 of the best-of-three NorWOSSA semi-final series Thursday afternoon. With with win, the top-ranked Muskies swept the series and now advance to face […]
Staff Defenceman Ryan Brandt had a season-high four assists, while forward Cameron Coutre tallied twice and set up two others, to pace the host Dryden GM Ice Dogs to an 8-2 romp over the Fort Frances Lakers last night. The fourth-place Ice Dogs (24-17-4-2) stormed out to a 4-0 lead […]
Staff For the first time all season, there were three lopsided wins in the regular-season finale of the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League on Tuesday night at Fort High. Some of those weren’t really wins, however, as the trend of low turnouts and forfeit games continued. That being said, there […]
Staff Jill Calder scored the winner with 17.7 seconds left in overtime to lift a determined Muskie girls’ hockey team to a 4-3 win over the host Saint Thomas Aquinas Saints in Kenora on Tuesday afternoon in the opener of the best-of-three NorWOSSA semi-final. The third-seeded Muskies had lost all […]
