Staff The hockey equipment drive at Source For Sports stores will be extended for one more week, meaning local donors now have until this Friday (Sept. 23) to bring in gently-used hockey equipment to Taggs Source for Sports here. As previously reported, Source For Sports stores in Northern Ontario, the […]
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Lucas Punkari With their 2011/12 SIJHL schedule set to get underway tonight at 7:30 p.m. against the Thunder Bay North Stars at the Ice For Kids Arena here, the Fort Frances Lakers have made a couple of roster moves prior to the start of the season. The Lakers first traded […]
Heather Latter For the past 30 years, Fort Frances resident George Walsh has participated in the Terry Fox Run in Thunder Bay—both as a member of the colour party that makes its way to the starting line from the Terry Fox Memorial, and in the run itself. But this year, […]
Press Release Hunters who are travelling out-of-province to hunt moose, caribou, deer or elk can help protect Ontario from a fatal disease that affects these animals. In Aug. 2010, Ontario introduced new regulations to help prevent the entry of chronic wasting disease into the province. The disease has never been […]
Staff It was another night of tight competition at the Emo Go-Kart track on Friday night, as AJ Keller and Wyatt Boyum were able to come away with the checkered flags in the feature races in the Novice and Advanced categories respectively. Keller was chased to the line by Justin […]
Staff Len Noonan once again proved to the top shooter at the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club on Saturday, as he captured the Hiram Walker Trophy in the annual skeet shoot at the club. After finishing up with a score of 80 last year, Noonan bounced back with a score of […]
the MNR A Saskatchewan resident has been fined a total of $2,500 for several hunting-related offences. Richard T. Pesola, of Estevan, pleaded guilty and was fined $500 for possessing a void hunting licence, $1,000 for moose hunting without a valid licence, and $1,000 for making a false statement on a […]
Lucas Punkari Though the scoreboard may not have shown it, the Fort High Muskies football team were able to take away a lot of positives from their 36-0 loss here against the St. Norbert Celtics in the WHSFL season opener on Friday afternoon. “We went from 19 guys in practice […]
Lucas Punkari Following three days of tryouts last week at the Ice For Kids Arena, the coaching staff of the Muskie girls’ hockey team, led by new bench boss Scott Clendenning, had a tough task on their hands. Following the final scrimmage Thursday evening, they had to decide which of […]
Lucas Punkari It’ll be nearly a month and a half since Steve Arpin last ran in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series when he returns behind the wheel of the #32 Mike’s Hard Lemonade Chevrolet Silverado on Friday night for the Fast Five 225 at the Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, […]
Lucas Punkari With the first games of the NorWOSSA court sports season not taking place until next Thursday in Dryden, the senior girls’ basketball and senior boys’ volleyball teams at Fort High weren’t going to spend their weekend just sitting around waiting for the season to get underway. Both teams […]
Lucas Punkari For a team that wasn’t set in stone until two weeks before the start of the 15th-annual “Bassin’ for Bucks” on Friday in Sioux Narrows, it didn’t take long for the pairing of Bryan Gustafson of Fort Frances and Winnipeg’s Darrin Bohonis to make their presence known. The […]
