Three generations of the Faragher family signed up for the 36th annual Open. Grandpa Mark Faragher, centre, is flanked by his son, Chris and daughter-in-law Sarah Noonan Faragher, with grandson Theo Faragher in front. Missing is Mark’s other son Chad Faragher. All five family members competed over the weekend.
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Siblings Trevor Bonot and Jackie McCormick, left, took the top spot in the NOCA Mixed Doubles Provincials for Northern Ontario over the weekend at their home rink of the Stratton Curling Club. They had three wins and one loss in round robin play. Coming in second were Chris Silver and […]
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One local hockey parent and coach noticed that young goaltenders were struggling with the basics of playing the position and decided to develop a program which he is offering to all young goalies in the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association (FFMHA). One of John Homer’s sons and his daughter have […]
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The 36th year edition of the Clubs Annual home tourney this past weekend is now in the books. 64 players entered in 12 different divisions Thursday through Sunday’s afternoon finals. The tourney was once again successful with both adult and 24 juniors entered. Players were from Thunder Bay, Sioux Lookout, […]
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Windspeaker.com
Victor Linklater is pleased the Toronto Maple Leafs franchise is doing its bit towards advancing reconciliation. The National Hockey League team staged its second annual Indigenous Celebration Game on Jan. 13. “As we move towards reconciliation, we’d like to see more events like this across the country,” said Linklater, the […]
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The Fort Frances Lakers have traded last year’s top scorer to the Red Lake Miners. Ryker Watt led Lakers scoring last year with 43 points, 24 goals 19 assists and was fourth in team scoring so far this season. In return the Lakers have acquired forward Brody Lindal from the […]
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Move over Hockey Night, it’s curling time! The Longlac Curling Club recently hosted the Northern Ontario Curling Association’s provincial playdowns for players under 18. The games were held from Jan. 3 to 7. With chaperones in tow, 16 teams (10 teams of girls and six teams of boys) from across […]
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abradbury@fortfrances.com
The Fort Frances Lakers have traded last year’s top scorer to the Red Lake Miners. Ryker Watt led Lakers scoring last year with 43 points, 24 goals 19 assists and was fourth in team scoring so far this season. In return the Lakers have acquired forward Brody Lindal from the […]
Emo Green #13 Rickie Copenace and #20 Orin McCormick defend against a shot attempt from Holmlund Leafs #88 Warren McFayden, while goalie Rylan Sabbe prepares to make a save during last weekend’s U15 A tournament. Other teams involved in the tournament included the Green’s Brand Source Predators from Fort Frances, […]
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Windspeaker.com
Justina Di Stasio, a member of Norway House Cree Nation in Manitoba, took another step toward fulfilling her lifelong dream of representing Canada in the women’s wrestling competition at this year’s Paris Olympics. In mid-December she took top honours in her weight class at the Canadian team trials held in […]
The Fort Frances Lakers Player of the month Sponsored by Boston Pizza is Defensman Caige Starr. In 12 games with the Lakers so far this season Starr has two goals and three assists in addition to another goal and assist from seven games with the Dryden Ice Dogs before joining […]
Boxing Day Squash Tournament A handful of passionate contenders turned out to the Memorial Sports Centre on Boxing Day to take part in the Sunset Country Squash Club’s 40th Annual Boxing Day Tournament. With dozens of games played, only a few players could come out on top. Clockwise from top […]







