Lucas Punkari It wasn’t the result his rink was hoping for, but the Dominion Club Curling provincial playdowns in Sault Ste. Marie last week was something Stratton’s Maury Nielson certainly will remember for years to come. “It was an excellent experience,” said Nielson, who arrived back home Monday night. “To […]
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Lucas Punkari The Fort High curling rinks, skipped by the brother-and-sister duo of Isaac and Tirzah Keffer, made a double dose of history last Thursday night during the annual club championships here. The squads not only were the first high school rinks to capture the ‘A’ title in both the […]
Lucas Punkari It was a frustrating 10-day span for Emo’s Luke Judson as the 2010-11 OHL season drew to a close. He badly wanted to help out his teammates on the Belleville Bulls but his body just wouldn’t allow him to do so. Judson, who served as team captain again […]
Lucas Punkari In a game that was a lot closer than the final score indicated, the Fort Frances Thunderhawks came out on the losing end of a 6-3 score to the South East Prairie Thunder (Manitoba) yesterday afternoon in Kenora in the opening game of the 2011 Allan Cup tournament. […]
Lucas Punkari After all of the practices and all of the exhibition contests, the real competition is now underway. The Fort Frances Thunderhawks began their quest for the 2011 Allan Cup this afternoon in Kenora, where they took on the South East Prairie Thunder (Manitoba) starting at 2 p.m. at […]
Staff Rainy River District will not be representing Northern Ontario for a second-straight year at the Dominion Club Championships. Maury Nielson’s rink from Stratton failed to nab the provincial crown over the weekend in Sault Ste. Marie. Looking to follow in the footsteps of Raymond Roy’s Fort Frances foursome that […]
Staff Maury Nielson’s rink from the Stratton Curling Club will resume their quest towards the 2011 Dominion Curling Club Championship this afternoon in Sault Ste. Marie as they open play at the provincial playdowns. Nielson, along with third Neil Haw, second Andrew McCormick, and lead Tyler Nielson, began the round-robin […]
Lucas Punkari For the first time since 2001, the Muskies are on top of the heap in the local men’s basketball league. The squad captured the title last night at Fort High with a convincing 65-45 over defending champion Boston Pizza. The Muskies capitalized on a number of steals in […]
the MNR A Balmertown resident must pay $1,600 for caching boats on Crown land without authorization. Matthew Kehoe was convicted under the Public Lands Act and fined a total of $1,000 for unlawfully caching six aluminium boats on Crown land. He also was fined $600 under the Provincial Parks and […]
the MNR This winter, the Ministry of Natural Resources once again conducted aerial caribou surveys throughout Northwestern Ontario. These surveys help the ministry to monitor the population health of forest-dwelling woodland caribou, as well as determine caribou distribution during winter across the surveyed areas. Last year, surveys were flown out […]
Staff Faced with the threat of being canned, the 2011 Borderland Soccer Association season is back on after a new board of directors was elected last Thursday night during the annual general meeting at the ’52 Canadians Arena boardroom. Victor Sousa was elected president for this season, replacing the outgoing […]
Lucas Punkari All in all, it was a fairly successful first season for Ron MacKinnon in his role as president of the Fort Frances Girls Hockey Association. “It was a good year,” MacKinnon said as the association held its annual year-end awards banquet Friday night at the Memorial Sports Centre. […]
