Press Release The province has launched a better way for hunters and anglers across the province to get their Outdoors Cards, as well as hunting and fishing licensing products. “Our government is making life easier and allowing you to get outdoors quicker,” said Natural Resources and Forestry minister John Yakabuski. […]
Local Sports
Jamie Mountain A year later and the mindset is still the same for the Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team: win NorWOSSA gold. The black-and-gold head into this season having done exactly that back in February, when they swept the host Dryden Eagles 3-0 in the final to cap an impressive […]
Jamie Mountain It’s all systems go for the Muskie senior and junior boys’ basketball teams. Both teams were able to get in some game action recently in order to fine-tune their skills ahead of their NorWOSSA regular-season opener next Tuesday (Dec. 4) against the host Kenora Broncos. The seniors hosted […]
Staff Isaiah Allam’s goal with just 1:28 to go lifted the Current River Comets to a 2-1 win over the Westfort Rangers on Sunday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena in the ‘A’ final of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s annual Midget ‘A’ tournament. After a scoreless first […]
There were more winners in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw. Winning $30 for Nov. 18-24 were Renee Perry (Atikokan), Peter Neilson (Emo), Kendall McClain (Fort Frances), Bill Galusha (Fort Frances), Doug Moynhan (Thunder Bay), Terry and Cheryl Beadle (Devlin), and Vance Hemphill (Devlin). Winning […]
Staff It’s been some trying times of late for the Fort Frances Lakers. A pair of 5-2 losses to the visiting Thunder Bay North Stars and Red Lake Miners over the weekend extended the Lakers’ losing streak to four games. Bryce Young and Ethan Stuckless each scored twice in the […]
Press Release The SIJHL announced Thursday the coaches and officials for its all-star game and skills competition, which is slated for this Wednesday (Nov. 28) at the Ice For Kids Arena. Wayne Strachan of the Fort Frances Lakers was named as head coach for the Team Canada. Strachan, a five-time […]
Staff It was a weekend of very different results for the two Muskie hockey teams. The Dryden Eagles used a late three-goal outburst in the third period to down the Muskie girls’ squad 4-1 yesterday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena. After a scoreless first period, Hailee Lundmark opened […]
Staff The surging Thunder Bay North Stars used a hat trick from Keighan Gerrie to skate to their seventh-straight win in a 6-3 decision over the Fort Frances Lakers in SIJHL action last night at the Fort William Gardens. The Lakers (9-10-0-0) actually opened the scoring when captain Nick Lucas […]
Staff Games in the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League continued the early trend of being low-scoring on Tuesday night at Fort High. The first game of the night featured the Muskies battling the BDO Ballerz, which was an exciting match between what seemed to be two evenly-matched teams. League newcomer […]
Staff It was the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints who went marching in to victory on Tuesday in Kenora. Jill Calder tallied a second-period goal but it wasn’t enough as the Muskie girls’ hockey team lost 3-1 to the host Saints to see their NorWOSSA record drop to 1-1. Chloe Skead […]
Jamie Mountain In the end they were simply overmatched, but it wasn’t for a lack of effort by the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team. The black-and-gold saw their impressive season come to an end as they were swept by the Hammarskjold Vikings at the best-of-three NWOSSAA championship held Friday and […]
