Staff Two members of the Border Figure Skating Club have advanced to the Skate Ontario STARSkate Provincial/Skate Ontario Adult Championships being held March 16-18 in Kingston. Samantha Halliday booked her spot by finishing fourth in the STAR 6 women’s event with a score of 24.16 points at the Skate Ontario […]
Local Sports
Staff Members of the Fort Frances Aquanauts continue to reap the benefits of their hard work and dedication. Such was the story at the Prairie Winter Invitational meet held March 1-4 in Winnipeg. Coach Dawnn Taylor noted Anna Gagne finished within the top half of the athletes in the female […]
Jamie Mountain After cruising past their NorWOSSA counterparts, the Muskie girls’ hockey team is ready for a new challenge. That comes next Wednesday (March 21) when the third-seeded black-and-gold open play at the 16-team OFSAA ‘A/AA’ championships in Timmins. Muskie defender Hanna Ledrew is excited about the opportunity for her […]
Jamie Mountain Cole Allan and Eric Pitkanen didn’t have much time to think about what went wrong in the black-and-gold’s heart-breaking 4-3 double-overtime loss last Tuesday night to the visiting Sioux Lookout Warriors in the third-and-deciding game of the NorWOSSA final. That’s because the Muskie pair were donning new colours […]
From the MNRF A Wisconsin man has been fined $3,000 for an offence under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act. Brian Bates of Hortonville pleaded guilty, and was fined $3,000, for discharging a firearm without due care and attention or without reasonable consideration for people and property. He also received […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskies and Rainy River Owls are gearing up to showcase their skills at the OFSAA boys’ and girls’ curling championships set for March 20-24 at the Fort Frances Curling Club. It’s the first time since 1981 that Fort Frances has been selected to host the all-Ontarios in […]
Staff Kiss My Pass was the lone team to garner the maximum six points in Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League action Thursday night. Take A Hit, Gillons’, and Let’s Talk About Sets all grabbed five points. How I Set Your Mother and the Volley Llamas both snared four. Safe Sets […]
Jamie Mountain Home ice wasn’t kind to the Fort Frances Lakers over the weekend. The squad dropped both of its games at the Ice For Kids Arena, starting with a 4-2 setback to the Thief River Falls Norskies on Saturday night before falling by that same score to the English […]
Jamie Mountain Maybe it wasn’t the ending they had envisioned but the outcome certainly wasn’t due to a lack of effort. The Muskie boys’ hockey team saw its season come to a screeching halt Tuesday night as the Sioux Lookout Warriors pulled out a thrilling 4-3 double-overtime victory at the […]
Staff The SIJHL yesterday announced the rescheduling of last night’s game between the Fort Frances Lakers and visiting English River Miners. It now will be held this Sunday (March 11) at 2:30 p.m. at the Ice for Kids Arena. The cause of the postponement was issues with the Miners’ bus […]
Staff The Chiefs women’s hockey team exacted some revenge on the Emo Misfits at its fourth-annual home tournament over the weekend. The hosts fought back from a two-goal deficit after 40 minutes to pull out a 3-2 overtime victory Sunday afternoon in the championship game at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). […]
Jamie Mountain The local Borderland Soccer League needs more players and volunteers in order to keep running. That was the message delivered during the league’s annual general meeting held Feb. 25 at La Place Rendez-Vous here. To start 2018, the league had $8,992 in its bank account–a reduction of nearly […]
