Staff The Border Skating Club snared 14 top-three finishes at the Sunset Country regional championships in Kenora over the weekend. Here is a list of the club participants (some placements unavailable): •Star 3 Free Skate-Hallee Nugent, Mya Scott-Thompson, and Brooklin Hayes; •Star 4 Free Skate U13- Awnley Jacobsen (3rd) and […]
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From the MNRF The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is seeking the public’s help in identifying the individual(s) responsible for abandoning gill nets in Lake Superior. On Jan. 19, conservation officers responded to a report of gill nets set in the vicinity of the Montreal River. The officers located […]
Staff They were few but they were mighty. Just two members of the Canadian-born contingent on the Mighty Mustang Wrestling team from International Falls made the trip Saturday for the Blackduck Elementary Wrestling Tournament. But both came away with impressive performances as the Mustangs qualified six of its 12 competitors […]
Staff The young phenom who learned his craft on the ice at the ’52 Canadians Arena here officially has earned a place among the best to ever don the blades in the NHL. Chicago Blackhawks’ defenceman Duncan Keith was announced as one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players on Friday […]
Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Lakers walked into Dryden on Monday thinking they were facing a pack of pitiful puppies. Instead, they found a kennel of Dryden GM Ice Dogs, who ignored their wounds and tore a strip off the three-time defending SIJHL champs in an opening period that left […]
Staff It wasn’t a wave of relief that washed over the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team–it was a tsunami. Mike Vanderaa had a game-high 18 points as the squad notched its first win this season with a 50-39 triumph over the Sioux Lookout Warriors in the seventh-place final at the […]
Joey Payeur The Muskie girls’ hockey team was working for the weekend–and it worked out well for them. Fort High eked out a gritty 3-2 overtime victory over the host Duluth Marshall Hilltoppers on Friday, then downed the host Eveleth-Gilbert Bears 4-1 on Saturday to sweep the two-game exhibition set. […]
Joey Payeur A Maritime excursion a year ago was not a postcard-worthy experience for Lisa Penner and her rinkmates. They have different plans for their next visit. As the third for Kenora skip Peggy Taylor, Penner now can lay claim to being a reigning three-time defending Northern Ontario senior women’s […]
Staff Megan Carlson celebrated her younger sister’s return to good health and competition by going for a golden walk through the “Park.” The Fort Frances native, now a sophomore at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla., swam the anchor leg for the Fighting Knights women’s 4x200m freestyle relay team that […]
Staff It was a roundabout way to get back to where he started. But Ryan Faragher no doubt is pleased with the outcome. The 26-year-old Fort Frances native had a tumultuous day last week, which culminated with the goalie signing a new one-year, two-way deal with the Anaheim Ducks. Faragher […]
Staff With one period to go, the Fort Frances Atom ‘AA’ Canadians were envisioning a gold-medal celebration. They got to see one–but it took place at the other end of the ice. The West End Bruins (Thunder Bay) scored three times in the third period to pull out a 4-3 […]
Press Release Ontario has lowered the maximum total cost of borrowing for a payday loan from $21 to $18 per $100 borrowed as of Jan. 1. The province also has introduced legislation to strengthen protections for consumers who use financial services such as payday loans, instalment loans, rent-to-own services, and […]
