Staff Take A Hit and the Volley Llamas both garnered the maximum six points in Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League action last night. How I Set Your Mother and Gillons’ were right behind with five each. Scared Hitless and Duck and Dive both nabbed four points while Safe Sets and […]
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Jamie Mountain Arctic Cat fought hard throughout but came out on the wrong side of the scoresheet once again in Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League action Tuesday night at Fort High. Coming into the final game of the night at the bottom of the league standings, Arctic Cat was hungry […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers knew it wasn’t going to be their night early on in the first period. That was made quite evident to them by the front-running Thief River Falls Norskies, who stormed out to an early four-goal lead en route to a 7-1 romp Tuesday night […]
Staff Local members of the Border Figure Skating Club had an impressive showing during the “Icebox Days” competition on the weekend over in International Falls. Adalynn Seguin claimed third in the Basic 1 elements while Tayah Cumming nabbed second in Basic 2 elements. Aubrey Johnson, meanwhile, took second spot in […]
Press Release The Cardiovascular Surgery Program at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre got a significant boost early last week. Announced this past summer by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, the hospital has been given support to proceed with the development of a program to offer both […]
Jamie Mountain Opportunities like this don’t come around all that often. That’s the case for the Fort Frances Lakers who–for the first time in team history–were selected to host the annual SIJHL “Showcase,” which will run Jan. 30-31 at the Ice For Kids Arena. The event will see all six […]
Jamie Mountain It was a tale of redemption for the Tracy Fleury rink from Sudbury at the Northern Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts held there Jan. 11-14. Just a year removed from a heartbreaking 10-6 loss to Krista McCarville of Thunder Bay in the 2017 final in Nipigon, it was […]
Staff Look out Fort Frances, you have a winner! Priscilla Miller, a teacher with the Rainy River District School Board, clocked in at 21:48 to claim top spot in the female age 30-39 5K division at the annual “Freeze Yer Gizzard Blizzard Run” held Saturday in International Falls in conjunction […]
Jamie Mountain If there were any doubts that the Causeway Cougars were the best team at the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s annual Atom ‘A’ tournament over the weekend, those were quashed Sunday. Evan Wright scored twice to lead the Cougars to a 3-1 victory over the Fort Frances Rainy […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers had been on quite the run over the past two weeks. After Thursday night’s 9-2 romp over the last-place Minnesota Iron Rangers in Hoyt Lakes extended the team’s winning streak to a season-high four games, it appeared the Lakers were at the top of […]
There were more winners in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw. Winning $30 for Jan. 14-20 were Bill Teeple (Lorette, Man.), Joe Reynolds (Stratton), Pat Armstrong (Atikokan), Luke and Marissa Esselink (Devlin), Dave Beauregard (Sault Ste. Marie), Laura and Adam Fraser (Kitchener, Ont.), and Stephen […]
From the OPP The OPP responded to 27 snowmobile deaths during the 2016-17 season, marking the highest number of fatalities since the winter of 2003-04. Last season also was the worst on record for snowmobilers whose ride took a tragic turn while travelling on frozen waterways. One-third (nine) of last […]
