Joey Payeur They’re going down to Toronto for fun and games, but are approaching the task like it’s serious business. Five volleyball athletes and one coach from Rainy River District will pack their bags later this month to represent Team Ontario at the North American Indigenous Games from July 16-23. […]
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Samantha Mueller of Fort Frances won the $1,000 up for grabs for Canada Day in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw for June 25-July 1. Randy and Cathy DeGagne (Fort Frances) and Alice Bremault (Rainy River) won the $100 on June 30 and July 1, […]
Joey Payeur If her plate was any more full, Amy Wilson-Hands would be asking for a to-go container. Not that the Fort Frances Fire ‘n Ice head coach is upset about recently being selected as an apprentice in the “Changing the Game–Changing the Conversation” program put on by the Coaches […]
Staff Jamie Davis decided to pay tribute the best way he knows how–drive fast, win, and repeat. The Devlin native, who now lives in Fort Frances, once again left two different groups of rivals choking on his exhaust fumes as he continued his remarkable run of success at the Emo […]
Joey Payeur Adyson Wilson-Hands is going to have a bash at the beach–and then probably several hundred more. The Fort Frances teen recently became the first Region 1 athlete, along with Dryden’s Emily Heil, to be named to the Team Ontario U16 girls’ beach volleyball roster. “It is a honour […]
Staff The Fort Frances Her-icanes have just one blemish on their record this season. On Monday night, the defending champs let the team that put it there know they hadn’t forgotten. Charity McMahon scored four runs in helping spark the ‘Canes to a 19-8 rout of the Fort Frances Mud […]
Staff Step right up! The Centra Pipeline circus is about to begin, featuring Max Williams in the role of ringmaster. Williams set a new league-high for goals in one game this season with five in Centra’s 8-1 romp over Pharmasave in Borderland Soccer League men’s division play Monday night. Williams […]
From the MNRF A Sault Ste. Marie man has been fined $1,000 for failing to attach a game seal to a deer. David Burmaster pleaded guilty to failing to immediately attach his game seal to a white-tailed deer. Court heard that on Oct. 23, a conservation officer on patrol on […]
Staff At least two familiar faces will suit up again for the Fort Frances Lakers this coming season. Defenceman Connor Keith and forward Jack Bernie became the first two players from last year’s squad to have their return confirmed by the team earlier this week. Keith, an 18-year-old from Kenora, […]
Staff It was tough to tell what was causing Sheldon Kelly Sr. more agony: his injury or watching his son struggle for the first time in taking his place. On the other side, it was the opposite scenario as the father replaced the son with positive results. The Stratton Eagles […]
Staff They had some flash in their splash. The premiere performers for the Fort Frances Aquanauts were justly rewarded for another great season at the squad’s annual year-end awards banquet last Wednesday at Sha Sha Resort east of International Falls. The award winners included: •Freestyle–Callum Galusha and Ayiana Gagne •Breaststroke–Edward […]
Press Release Four athletes and two builders make up the 2017 slate of inductees to enter the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame at the 36th-annual induction dinner and ceremonies set for Saturday, Sept. 30 in Thunder Bay. They include: Athletes •John Jones of Thunder Bay enjoyed a successful auto […]
