Staff How I set Your Mother and Kiss My Pass both garnered the maximum six points in Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League action Thursday night. The Volley Llamas were right behind, nabbing four points. Scared Hitless and Bumping Uglies each grabbed three while Take A Hit earned two. Duck and […]
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Submitted byBrittany Bowman The Rainy River Recreation Centre hosted its first annual ice-fishing derby on Saturday (Feb. 10), which drew 153 registered participants. The derby featured a 50 percent payout, with the other 50 going towards youth programming at the centre. Prizes (both cash and donated items) were given to […]
Staff The Fort Frances Bantam ‘AA’ Leafs finished in fourth place at the 16-team SCHEELS 15U tournament held in Fargo, N.D. on Feb. 2-4. After going 3-0 in round-robin play, the squad faced off against the Winnipeg Twins in the semi-finals. The Twins exploded for four goals in the second […]
Press Release The La Verendrye Hospital Auxiliary executive held its first meeting of the new year on Tuesday, Feb. 6 in the hospital boardroom. Social director Diane Glowasky advised the quarterly luncheon will be held at Knox United Church here on Monday, March 12. Tickets will be available for purchase […]
Jamie Mountain Talk about a close one. The Fort Frances PeeWee Venom almost let the game slip through their fingers but stayed composed to claim the gold medal with a 3-2 win over the Dryden B&B Blazers on Sunday at the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association’s PeeWee and Bantam “Showcase” […]
Press Release The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) and the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA) are pleased to learn the provincial government soon will be announcing calls for proposals for new bed developments in long-term care. The government had committed to creating 5,000 new long-term care beds by 2022, […]
Staff It was an impressive night of shooting with all the usual stars coming out to play in Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League action last Tuesday night at Fort High. The first game of the night had the Revco Renegades battling the senior Muskies. The black-and-gold only had four players […]
Staff All three Muskie curling teams have advanced to the NWOSSAA finals after an impressive showing Sunday and Monday at the NorWOSSA playdowns in Sioux Lookout. The mixed rink, consisting of Jordon Bazylewski, Mackenzie Taylor, Daffini Chabot, Kian MacEvoy, Brett Schram, and Sami Stone, nabbed gold over the two days. […]
Staff The 51st-annual church bonspiel has been cancelled due to a lack of interest. The event originally was set to run this Saturday at the Fort Frances Curling Club but event co-organizer Bill Gushulak noted only three teams had signed up to participate. “Unfortunately, due to a slow response from […]
Jamie Mountain Members of the Mighty Mustang Wrestling Club in International Falls recently had a solid weekend on the mat. The squad competed in a pair of tournaments earlier this month, including the North Shore Classic in Proctor, Mn. on Feb. 3 and then the Jaycee Open in Fertile, Mn. […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie junior boys’ basketball team has had an admirable season thus far. Wins against the host Kenora Broncos and Dryden Eagles last week earned it a league-best 7-1 record and a bye to Friday’s NorWOSSA final in Dryden. Against the Broncos last Wednesday, Caleb Allan scored a […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie junior and senior girls’ volleyball teams both have had impressive seasons so far. What better way is there to cap an already successful year than by adding a championship title? That’s what is at stake this Friday at the NorWOSSA playoffs in Dryden, as both teams […]
