Press Release The Backus Community Center in International Falls is pleased to announce a new addition to its “Icebox Days” festival: a family movie night showing a winter classic about the Jamaican bobsled team. The film will be shown on Thursday, Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium on […]
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Jamie Mountain The second half of the NorWOSSA schedule for the Muskie boys’ and girls’ hockey teams kicked off this week. Both squads faced the host Kenora Broncos last night (results unavailable as of press time) before returning home to face the Dryden Eagles today at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). […]
Jamie Mountain The Sunset Country Squash Club’s annual La Place Rendez-Vous tournament held over the weekend marked its 31st year by proving to be one of the most competitive of them all. More matches went the full five-games this year than ever before. The men’s ‘A’ Open final differed in […]
Press Release Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath issued the following statement Monday on the issue of hospital overcrowding in Thunder Bay: “The hospital overcrowding crisis is all too familiar to the people of Thunder Bay,” she noted. “Just last month, I stood in front of Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences […]
Jamie Mountain Fresh on the heels of an impressive performance at the U21 provincial curling playdowns held here in late December, the Hailey Beaudry rink is ready for a new challenge. That challenge comes this weekend when the team, comprised of former Muskies Beaudry (skip) and Erin Tomalty (lead), along […]
Staff Members of the Border Figure Skating Club fared well at the first-ever Northwestern Ontario Futures competition held back on Dec. 9 in Kenora. Rachel Ste. Croix claimed gold in the STAR 1 freeskate. In the STAR 2 freeskate, Jordyn Seguin took home gold while Whitney Williamson snagged silver and […]
Jamie Mountain After narrowly falling 4-3 in a shootout to the host Dryden GM Ice Dogs on Saturday night, it was a much different story when the Fort Frances Lakers headed back up there last night. The outcome was never in doubt this time around as Lakers were dumped 8-0 […]
Jamie Mountain For the second-straight game, a shootout was needed to decide the outcome. And once again it didn’t go the Fort Frances Lakers’ way. Two points from Hunter Buzzi weren’t enough as the Lakers fell 4-3 to the host Dryden GM Ice Dogs on Saturday night to extend the […]
Jamie Mountain Wins were hard to come by for the Muskie girls’ hockey team over the weekend in Thunder Bay. The squad was there to play a trio of exhibition games Friday and Saturday–coming away from with a tie and two losses. The Muskies kicked off action Friday night with […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie boys’ hockey team used a late push to come back and stun the Kittson Bearcats 6-5 in overtime in an exhibition game last night. With the Bearcats leading 5-3 in the third period, Byron Stewart brought the black-and-gold back within a goal with a blast off […]
Jamie Mountain Well, you can’t say it wasn’t entertaining. Despite a valiant comeback effort, the Fort Frances Lakers dropped their 11th-straight game with a 7-6 shootout loss to the last-place Minnesota Iron Rangers last night at the Ice For Kids Arena. Jaedin Ness scored twice for the Lakers (6-19-1-2) in […]
Staff The 31st-annual La Place Rendez-Vous squash tournament is set to take place this weekend at the Memorial Sports Centre here. Club president Bob Tkachuk said 55 players, including 14 juniors, are scheduled to take part in the tournament, which runs Friday through Sunday. Divisions include men’s ‘A,’ ‘B,’ and […]
