Jamie Mountain It’s been a challenge, to say the least, for the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team so far this NorWOSSA season. Fielding a team with only 10 players on the roster is tough enough–and recent injuries have made things even muddier. But coach Duane Roen has been pleased with […]
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Jamie Mountain It’s not how you start but how you finish. That’s the best way to describe how the weekend unfolded for the Fort Frances Atom ‘AA’ Canadians at their annual home tournament. After dropping their first two games, the Canadians stormed back with three-straight wins to claim the six-team […]
Jamie Mountain The atmosphere was electric last night at the Ice For Kids Arena but the Muskie boys’ hockey team couldn’t capitalize on it. Playing in front of a large contingent of their raucous faithful, the International Falls Broncos skated to a 2-1 exhibition win over the black-and-gold in the […]
Jamie Mountain It was an impressive weekend for the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team in Kenora over the weekend. The squad won all three of its games en route to the Kenora Invitational Tournament title. The black-and-gold opened play Friday with a 44-8 romp over Whitefish Bay, who were filling […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers must have had their recent disappointments still fresh in mind when they laced up against the host Thief River Falls Norskies on Saturday night. After suffering a 7-1 rout to the Norskies here last Tuesday, the Lakers exacted some revenge on the SIJHL leaders […]
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 […]
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 […]
