Staff The Fort Frances Lakers earned a split in their games at the SIJHL’s annual “Showcase” held at the Hoyt Lakes Arena. Fort Frances was blanked 3-0 by the red-hot Thunder Bay North Stars in its opener Tuesday afternoon, but then rebounded with a 7-3 win over the host Minnesota […]
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Press Release Many of Ontario’s thousands of lakes across the province are host to excellent ice-fishing opportunities, and many of Ontario’s angling enthusiasts are taking advantage of the great conditions after the recent cold weather. As such, the Ontario Conservation Officers Association (OCOA) would like to remind anglers–and anyone venturing […]
Jamie Mountain Meeting your hockey heroes isn’t something that happens every day. So you can imagine the shock and excitement of local youth hockey player Cohen Johnson when he was given hockey tickets for his birthday to see the Winnipeg Jets take on the visiting Vegas Golden Knights back on […]
Staff The Fort Frances Attack went 3-0 en route to capturing the title at the Two Harbors 12UB tournament held there over the weekend. The Attack opened tourney with a 7-3 win over the Eveleth Golden Bears on the strength of four goals by Piper Miller. Julia Guertin tallied twice […]
Staff An aptly-named competition, entitled “Fort Frances Freeze–Super Series,” took place here Friday and Saturday. The local Border Skating Club hosted skaters from seven other clubs at the province-wide meet, which is a qualifying event for the Ontario Provincial Championship slated for March 7-10 in Mississauga. Even though it was […]
Jamie Mountain The recent cold snap has made things difficult across Northwestern Ontario–and the Fort Frances Lakers experienced some of that over the weekend. Bus issues for both teams forced the postponement of the Lakers’ home-and-home series against the Dryden GM Ice Dogs that had been scheduled for Friday and […]
Staff A seven-goal outburst in the third period helped the Fort Frances Atom ‘AA’ Canadians to storm all the way back and claim the gold medal with an 11-5 win over the Dryden Paper Kings in the final of their annual home tournament Sunday afternoon at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). […]
Staff Five local bowlers now know how they’ll be spending the week of Easter: competing at the provincial Open five-pin bowling championships in Sudbury. Jeff Watts once again topped the 19-bowler men’s field, finishing the 20-game zone roll-offs held Saturday and Sunday in Dryden with a 5,262 total (262 average). […]
Jamie Mountain The new year has brought with it some new opportunities for the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club. It applied for a grant through the Ontario Trillium Foundation, which recently was approved. “The club is so grateful for this Ontario Trillium Foundation grant money,” club president JoAnne Formanek Gustafson […]
Staff Legion Br. #29 here will host a mixed team darts tournament in honour of Arlan Scott this Saturday (Feb. 2). Register by 1 p.m. and play will begin once organized. The focus of the tournament is fun and to encourage players of all levels–even those who have not ever […]
Staff The Fort Frances Age Friendly Committee is hoping to create drop-off areas in downtown Fort Frances where older adults can be dropped off and picked up safely. Following up on its 2017-2020 action plan, the committee has reviewed the issue and is recommending to town council that two drop-off […]
Staff Bus issues for both teams forced the postponement of the Lakers’ home-and-home series against the Dryden GM Ice Dogs that had been scheduled for Friday and Saturday nights. Make-up dates for each will be announced by the SIJHL once they are finalized. The fifth-place Lakers (12-21-1-1) resume action tomorrow […]
