Lucas Punkari With his eyes set towards 2016, Fort Frances Aquanaut Donovan Taylor planned to use the 2012 Olympic swimming trials last week in Montreal as a learning experience. Despite his best result being a 47th place in the 400m I.M. last Tuesday, the 17-year-old Taylor picked up numerous lessons […]
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Lucas Punkari The Fort Frances Girls & Women’s Hockey Association put the wraps on another season Friday night at the Memorial Sports Centre. “It’s bittersweet, in a way, to have this year come to an end,” FFGWHA president Ron MacKinnon said during the annual awards ceremony. “We’ve had a really […]
Lucas Punkari In a stark contrast from the first game of the SIJHL final, the Wisconsin Wilderness prevailed in a wild overtime affair last night, topping the Fort Frances Lakers 6-5 in Spooner to even the best-of-seven showdown at 1-1. Andrew Anderson beat Lakers’ goalie Tyler Ampe at the 4:18 […]
Lucas Punkari The Fort Frances Lakers finally earned a win in Spooner—and it couldn’t have come at a better time. The Lakers became the first team to defeat the Wisconsin Wilderness in their home rink this season by grabbing a 4-2 victory last night in Game 1 of the best-of-seven […]
Staff Former Fort Frances Aquanaut Alex Parent reached the podium at the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic swim trials in Montreal yesterday, coming away with a bronze medal in the multi-class Para swimmer 50m freestyle event. Parent, who competes in the S10/SB9/SM10 classification for swimmers with minimal weakness affecting their legs, […]
Staff Fort Frances curler Raymond Roy fell short of a berth in the final at the Dominion Curling Club Championships provincial playdowns in New Liskeard over the weekend, finishing in a tie for third with Alain Leduc (Espanola) with a 3-2 record in the round-robin. Russ Mellerup (Thunder Bay) captured […]
Staff The Raymond Roy rink will continue their quest to qualify for the 2012 Dominion Curling Club Championship when they vie for the provincial crown this weekend at the Horne Granite Curling Club in New Liskeard. Roy, who is joined by third Mark Broman, second Butch Wensley, and lead Patrick […]
Press Release The second-annual International Sportsman’s Expo will be held Saturday, April 14 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Evangelical Covenant Church in International Falls. The event, open to the public, brings together hunting, fishing, and outdoor enthusiasts with vendor booths, games, food, animal mounts, guest speakers, and prize draws […]
Shauna-Leigh Carlson The Fort Frances Atom ‘AA’ Canadians ended their tournament season just like they had started it—by winning. After capturing the season-opening Dryden Paper Kings ‘AA’ tournament back on Nov. 11-13, the Canadians wrapped up their campaign at the Neebing ‘AA’ hockey tournament March 16-18 at the Thunder Bay […]
Lucas Punkari Members of the Fort Frances Badminton Club left everything they had out on the floor at the Fort High gym over the weekend during their annual invitational tournament. “Everyone was playing to their best or above their limit, and we had many players coming off of the court […]
the MNR A tourist outfitter operating in the Hornepayne area has pleaded guilty to various offences relating to baitfish. The company was fined a total of $2,000 as a part of a negotiated guilty plea. Granitehill Resorts Inc. was fined $1,000 for unlawfully harvesting baitfish without a licence and $1,000 […]
Lucas Punkari With the snowy weather of this past winter nothing but a distant memory, the 2012 golf season already is underway here in Rainy River District. The first of the three area courses to open to local golfers was Kitchen Creek, which began its season last Thursday. “It’s certainly […]
