Lucas Punkari Any advantage the Fort Frances Lakers had from hosting the first two games of their best-of-seven semi-final showdown with the Dryden Ice Dogs has been lost. After being blanked 4-0 on Friday night, the Lakers put up a much better fight last night at the Ice For Kids […]
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Staff The provincial ‘AAA’ Bantam hockey championship, which gets underway today at the Fort William Gardens in Thunder Bay, will have a local flavour to it. Goalie Brandon Bodnar, defenceman Carter Brown, and forwards Brody McPherson and Rory Keith are joining players from Dryden, Kenora, and Sioux Lookout on the […]
Lucas Punkari For the second-straight season, the Fort Frances Lakers and Dryden Ice Dogs are squaring off in the SIJHL semi-finals, with their latest seven-game clash getting underway tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Ice For Kids Arena here. While only a single point separated the two squads in the […]
Staff With the aim of being bigger and better each year, the district’s annual Gun and Hobby Show is set to move to Fort Frances this year. After initially being held in Barwick, the show will switch to the Fort Frances Curling Club on Saturday, May 7 from 10-4 p.m. […]
the MNR Three Ontario residents have been fined a total of $2,750 for charges related to illegal moose hunting. Jim Martin of Owen Sound was convicted under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act and fined $2,250 for discharging a firearm across a highway, possessing illegally-killed wildlife, and providing false information […]
Lucas Punkari Over the last 12 years, the darting community throughout Northwestern Ontario has made its way to Fort Frances every March for two purposes. To take part in friendly competition, and to also pay their respects to one of their friends. The local Legion once again hosted the annual […]
Lucas Punkari Usually March Break means rest, relaxation, and possibly some fun in a warm locale for many students in Rainy River district. Instead, it’s time for fine-tuning and hard work for the Muskie boys’ hockey team as it gets ready to head down to the provincial ‘AAA/AAAA’ showdown in […]
Staff Having watched the Gillons’ Sharks capture two Atom tournaments this season, the M.E.C. Bulldogs were determined to get some revenge in the playoffs this past week. Which is exactly what they did last Thursday evening at the ’52 Canadians Arena. The Bulldogs skated away with a 4-2 victory in […]
Staff Club gearing for ice show Two members of the local Border Skating Club were in Mississauga over the weekend for the Ontario Trillium Cup and Trillium StarSKATE provincial championships. Michael Nelson finished in eighth overall in the Trillium Cup’s Pre-Novice Men event, which was won by Thunder Bay skater […]
Lucas Punkari Usually March Break means rest, relaxation, and possibly some fun in a warm locale for many students in Rainy River district. Instead, it’s time for fine-tuning and hard work for the Muskie boys’ hockey team as it gets ready to head down to the provincial ‘AAA/AAAA’ showdown in […]
Duane Hicks Facing a tough budget year, the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship is asking the town for support and hoping to work together to make the event a success. FFCBC chair Gord Watson spoke briefly to council Monday night, at which time council agreed to meet again with the […]
Lucas Punkari A year after being knocked from the top of the ACHA Division II women’s hockey ranks, the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs are queens of the heap once again. The Voyageurs captured their third national title in the last four years Sunday afternoon in Kalamazoo, Mich. after a […]
