Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The Sturgeon Creek School hosted an archery competition on Saturday, March 2. A total of 35 archers in Grade 7/8 boys and girls from surrounding Sturgeon Creek, Crossroads and Donald Young Schools attended the archery competition. Each archer shot 30 arrows (3 Rounds from an 8m distance and three rounds […]
As the Window and Door Store’s Chemo Bag initiative moves into the final phase, the team got a heartwarming injection of help from the Fort Frances Muskies. A Chemo Bag is a collection of comfort items, which have been assembled through countless donations from local businesses, organizations ands individuals. Once […]
As their first season gets closer to wrapping up, the Rainy Lake Gymnastics Elite team has come home from their first ever meet with several top finishes across various events. Elite team head coach Stephanie Mann was very pleased with the group’s performance. “Overall I think they did really well,” […]
It made for an exciting if anticlimactic ending to the Fort Frances High School hockey teams’ seasons this year as NorWOSSA changed playoff formats to a four-team single game elimination tournament over the course of two days. On Friday night both teams played semi-final games against the Sioux North Warriors. […]
Starting on Wednesday the Curl Fort Frances Community Centre will host 16 curling teams from across Northern Ontario for the Northern Ontario Curling Club Championships. “These Championships cater specifically to club-level curlers who may not have the time or resources to compete at the professional level but who have the […]
Community Living Fort Frances and District teamed up with the Fort Frances Lakers to host a fun afternoon at the East End Hall and ice rink over Family Day Weekend. The Lakers enjoyed shinny with local kids and did some colouring, poster making and auto- graph signing inside the East […]
The Lakers lost a close one after a big comeback in the third period at Ice For Kids Arena in their Family Day afternoon game. A pair of second period shorthanded goals were too much to overcome, even with a five goal third period. Brady Krentz scored a pair including […]
Over a hundred people enjoyed family skate, shinny hockey, children’s crafts, hot dogs, pop and hot chocolate at the Emo-Lavallee Arena on Family Day in Emo. Thanks to Emo-Lavallee Community Centre, JF Electronics, True Line Construction, McQuaker Enterprises, Emo Drugs, Tompkins Hardware, Emo EarlyON, Oriental Express and Township of Emo.
Minnesota has long been a hotbed for curling in the United States, 2018 olympic gold medalist John Shuster is from a few hours south in Chisolm. But what do you do when you don’t have a curling rink? In the case of the International Falls Curling Club, you hop across […]
THUNDER BAY – Four players from Manitoba teams recently returned to Northwestern Ontario for the Border Battle. The four-day event at the Tournament Centre was held from Feb. 15 to 18, featuring a pair of defencemen on the Pilot Mound Buffaloes: Carter Perrault from Migisi Sahgaigan, which is 22 kilometres […]
As Hockey Canada and hockey culture continue to come under scrutiny, David A. Robertson’s newest middle school novel, The Kodiaks: Home Ice Advantage, tackles the ugly experience of racism at the minor hockey level. “If we say that it’s not there then how are we ever going to make it […]
The Fort Frances House League Heroes were victorious over the Thunder Bay Fury in the final on Sunday. The U15/U18 team went undefeated to take the championship. The tournament featured teams from Fort Frances, Thunder Bay, Nipigon, and Kenora. Fort Frances U13 also won on their side.
