Joey Payeur It’s a fair question–considering it’s regarding a team that went 0-7 last season and has had trouble getting even 20 players out for training camp practices so far. Can the Muskie football team win a game this season? The new starting quarterback’s eye instantly took on a glint […]
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Staff If there was any difference between the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs and the Mesabi Range Lady Norse, you would have needed a microscope to see it. RRCC’s visit to Virginia turned into a tug-of-war between two evenly-matched teams before Mesabi Range prevailed 3-1 in the MCAC regular-season opener […]
Joey Payeur Come next month, Jackie McCormick and Trevor Bonot will be two of a kind, workin’ on a full house–of curling rocks, that is. After mixing business with pleasure in Calgary this past week, which included six hours of intense curling practice and a Garth Brooks’ concert as a […]
From the MNRF Most hunters and anglers stopped during a recent road check station on Highway 502 were found to be obeying Ontario’s hunting and fishing regulations. Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry conservation officers conducted an enforcement blitz Aug. 18. Officers were checking for compliance with local and regional […]
Staff Instead of musical chairs, the Barwick Blue Knights initiated their own game of musical pitchers–and kept the Fort Frances Braves out of rhythm all night. A three-run second inning carried the Blue Knights to a 4-1 win over the Braves last Wednesday at Couchiching that tied the Rainy River […]
Press Release The SIJHL announced last week that it will be hosting an all-star game on Wednesday, Nov. 29 at the Hippodrome in Eveleth, Mn. Featuring a “Border Battle” format, the contest will see Canadian all-stars taking on the American all-stars, with the game being played in the same town […]
Staff One game to rule them all. That’s the scenario to decide this year’s champion of the Rainy River District Fastball League after the Fort Frances Braves and Barwick Blue Knights split the first two games of the best-of-three championship series at Couchiching. The Braves took the opener 7-2 on […]
Joey Payeur Local organizers of this year’s Terry Fox Run in Fort Frances are going retro to try and generate new levels of support. The annual event to raise money for cancer research, slated for Sunday, Sept. 17, will mark its 25th anniversary of being held here. Last year’s event […]
Staff After not having done so for almost a decade, the SIJHL once again will pit its best players against each other. And this time, a border battle element will be attached. The league yesterday announced it will hold its fifth-ever all-star game–but first since 2008–on Wednesday, Nov. 29 in […]
Joey Payeur Some well-known faces from hockey’s past will take to the ice here this fall on what promises to be a full day of activities and excitement. The “Slap Shots & Boot Stompin’ Tour,” put on by Legends All-Stars Hockey Events, makes it way to Fort Frances on Thursday, […]
Joey Payeur Laurie Pentney wanted to pay tribute to her late husband by taking the fight to the disease that robbed her of him. She found she had a legion of supporters willing to take up the cause with her, and hopes to have even more join the battle this […]
Staff For a sixth year, Tess Coish of Tess’ Kitchen here is opening her home to cyclists making the cross-Canada Sears National Kids Cancer Ride. But as something new this year, Coish wants to raise some money for their cause by offering a perogies and meatballs take-out dinner next week. […]
