Local News from Across the Rainy River District
One of Canada’s biggest financial institutions has expanded a program aimed at targeting potential Olympic athletes to Indigenous athletes as they prepare for the 2023 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG). The RBC Training Ground program will work with provincial delegations to host custom testing events with a number of provincial […]
The U13 A Boston Pizza Royals from the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association traveled to Dryden to compete in their annual hockey tournament. After losing their opening game 3-1 the Royals rallied with six wins and were successful in capturing gold with an exciting 2-1 victory in the final game […]
Forward Clark Scaddan carries the puck behind the net in the Miners’ end on Saturday night. The game was a tightly-contested affair which was riddled with penalties. The Lakers lost 5-4 but most fans in the building will tell you it should have been at least 5-5 with multiple Lakers […]
Cross-country skier Jesse Bachinsky has returned home to Kenora from the Para Nordic World Cup in Finland with his best results ever. Bachinsky is on the Canadian National Para ski team and competed in the visual impaired classification at the 10-day event in mid-December in Vuokatti, Finland. This is the […]
Sensei Randy Ball and Gordon Witherspoon at Borderland Judo Club have been practicing the unarmed modern Japanese martial art for almost 50 years. Last weekend on January 7 they hosted a Judo Clinic where teachers and students from judo clubs in Kenora, Dryden and Thunder Bay gathered to uphold a […]
After only being able to play a fraction of their usual schedule last year the Fort Frances High School Muskies hockey teams are back to playing a much busier schedule and are seeing success in NORWOSSA play. The teams have had significantly expanded seasons this year over last which saw […]
Fort Frances Lakers players returned from the Christmas break to a new interim head coach. Formerly an assistant coach for about a year, Tyler Miller was promoted to interim head coach with the firing of the Lakers head coach Paul MacLean. Miller first came on under Ron MacKinnnon when MacKinnon […]
Jeff Wright runner up, Bob Tkachuk and winner Jeff Gustafson enjoy a laugh after the com- petition at the Boxing Day Squash Tournament. The match-up was one of several scheduled to take place over the winter. – Submitted photo
Fort Frances will be sending two teams to the 2023 U18 Provincial curling championships, to be held January 11-15 at the North Bay Granite Club. Left is Team Tolton, made up of Shae Sinclair, Emilia Saciuk, Sadie Tolton, Grace George, Emma Tucker and Kim Beaudry (not shown). Right is team […]
Two players from the Fort Frances Greens (white jerseys) battle for the puck, in last weekend’s U15 A tournament, held locally over the weekend. Although neither Fort Frances team were in the medal running, they put up a tough fight. – Allan Bradbury photo
Both Muskies hockey teams topped their Beaver Brae Broncos counterparts last week in NORWOSSA action. The boys stayed undefeated in league play with a 7-1 win and the girls took an 8-0 decision. Both teams will be back in action this Wednesday for away games in Dryden. –Allan Bradbury photos
Last week members of the Fort Frances Girls and Women’s Hockey Association (FFGWHA) were invited by the Winnipeg Jets and Tim Hortons to take to the ice at a Canada Life Centre, home of the Winnipeg Jets. A post on the FFGWHA Facebook page says they were given 26 tickets […]
