Jamie Mountain There is no doubt the Fort Frances Lakers want to finish higher in the SIJHL standings next season. After finishing fifth in the six-team league this past season with a 15-32-3-6 record, a lot of work will be involved to get the franchise back to the form that […]
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Jamie Mountain Goals have been hard to come by so far this season for the Muskie girls’ soccer team–a theme that continued to plague them over the weekend at the Broncos Challenge Cup tournament in Kenora. The black-and-gold only bulged the twine once ahead of Saturday’s seventh-place game, a 1-0 […]
Jamie Mountain It was a night of good food, good prizes, and good fellowship at the 34th-annual Ducks Unlimited banquet and auction held Friday at the Fort Frances Curling Club. About 190 people attended the event to help raise more than $30,000 for the Fort Frances branch of DU. More […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ and girls’ soccer teams kicked off the NorWOSSA regular season here yesterday with mixed results. The boys battled to a 1-1 draw with the Kenora Broncos in the morning game, then cruised to a 5-0 shutout over the Dryden Eagles in the afternoon. Goal scorers were […]
Staff The Team Ontario North boys’ and girls’ hockey teams have jumped out to good starts at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championship being held in Membertou, N.S. Fort Frances native Ethan Carlson-Jourdain, representing Couchiching, earned an assist on the game-winning goal yesterday as Team Ontario North cruised to a 5-1 […]
Jamie Mountain Both Rainy River Owls’ soccer squads know they’ll be in tough in NorWOSSA ‘A’ action this season. That was made pretty evident last Wednesday and Thursday by the visiting St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) and Sioux Lookout Warriors. The girls’ squad opened with a 2-0 shutout loss to […]
Carol Derksen of Fort Frances won $40 twice in the Alzheimer Society of Kenora/Rainy River Districts’ cash calendar draw for May. Other local winners included Joleen Helliar and Esther Halverson (Nestor Falls), Carol Fadden (Sleeman), and Diane Vandenbrand (Stratton). They were joined by Gale Cederwall, Lorraine Dietrich, Arlene Alcock (twice), […]
Press Release “Radio Icebox,” the sci-fi comedy podcast produced by the Icebox Radio Theater in International Falls, will wrap up its run after the May 15 episode. “Radio Icebox” debuted in 2015 as part of an effort by the IBRT to attempt a ongoing adventure series. At its conclusion, the […]
Jamie Mountain As his junior ‘A’ hockey career comes to a close, Fort Frances native Brandon Bodnar can’t help but look back fondly on all of his experiences. Making his third-career appearance at the Dudley-Hewitt Cup Central Canadian Jr. ‘A’ Championship last week in Dryden, the 20-year-old backstopped the Thunder […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskies and Rainy River Owls represented their schools extremely well at the OFSAA badminton championships last week in Windsor. Jackson Arpin of Rainy River had the strongest showing of all, nabbing a silver medal in the men’s ‘C’ flight. Facing Lai of TDSSAA, both players were evenly […]
From the MNRF A Brampton man has been fined $4,000 as a result of an unlawful moose hunt. Luigi Latini pleaded guilty and was fined $4,000 for discharging a firearm on a travelled roadway. Court heard that on Oct. 14, a conservation officer contacted several hunters as they were hanging […]
Staff Both the Fort Frances Aquanauts and Cyclone swim teams dazzled at the five-team “0-100” Sprint Relay Meet hosted by the Aquanauts over the weekend at the Memorial Sports Centre. Rather than the traditional format of having athletes of the same gender and age category squaring off against each other, […]
