Press Release The Emo Hospital Auxiliary held its meeting on Sept. 14. We look forward to our year ahead, in which we will be raising money for projects to help our Emo health centre as well as other Riverside Health Care needs. We have 25 members but would love to […]
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Press Release The North West Local Health Integration Network board of directors on Friday announced the retirement of CEO Laura Kokocinski effective April 1, 2018. Kokocinski, who was appointed as CEO on Sept. 1, 2010, joined the organization in 2006 as a senior director, Planning, Integration and Community Engagement. During […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers’ slow start to the SIJHL regular season continued over the weekend. First-year forward Evan Walls tallied twice, and assisted on two more, to lead the Dryden GM Ice Dogs to a 5-1 win Saturday night at the Ice for Kids Arena here. The Lakers (1-3-0-1) […]
Staff Kiss My Pass and No Diggity both garnered the maximum six points last night in Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League action at Fort High. As a result, Kiss My Pass vaulted into top spot with 15 points. Take a Hit wound up with five points on the night while […]
Staff It wasn’t a masterpiece but two points aren’t always rooted in works of art. After a hot start, the Muskie junior girls’ basketball team slogged its way through the final three quarters for a 42-30 win over the visiting Dryden Eagles on Tuesday afternoon. Jamie Spencer and Grace Petsnick […]
From theSIJHL website The Fort Frances Lakers let a four-goal, third-period lead slip away late, including giving up two in the final minute of regulation, before prevailing 6-5 in a shootout over the host Dryden GM Ice Dogs on Tuesday night. The Lakers were flying to open the contest–jumping out […]
Joey Payeur Last year was the first attempt for Mark Thompson and Jerry Messer at winning the Rainy River Walleye Tournament–and it didn’t go so well. They obviously figured things out in a hurry. The duo from Sauk Centre, Mn. skyrocketed from 50th place last year to the top of […]
Submitted byDianne McCormack The sky was overcast and threatening rain, but that did not deter droves of young anglers aged three-13 from taking part in the kids’ fishing derby hosted by KidSport Rainy River in conjunction with the Rainy River Walleye Tournament. As it turned out, the cool, cloudy conditions […]
Staff If Wayne Strachan was going to draw up the perfect start to the SIJHL regular season, this isn’t what he would have had in mind. The head coach and general manager of the Fort Frances Lakers saw his team lose twice in a home-and-home series against the Thief River […]
Staff It took the Muskie junior girls’ basketball team some time to get acquainted with the pressures of playing on their home court for the first time. But the jitters wore off after two quarters and everybody else paid for it dearly. The squad easily was the class of the […]
John LaPlante forever will remain famous in the annals of Lakehead Thunderwolves’ history officially as of Saturday. The Emo resident will be added to Lakehead’s Wall of Fame as one of two inductees in the male athlete category. LaPlante played for the Thunderwolves men’s basketball team from 1984-87 and again […]
Joey Payeur Kendyn Faragher’s main rival is coached by none other than someone of his own kin. But while his relative’s protégé surpassed Faragher individually, the Muskie golfer can comfort himself with the fact he’s the top player on what is now the best boys’ team in NorWOSSA for the […]
