Staff The Northwestern Ontario All-Stars will wrap up their appearance at the All-Ontario PeeWee championship in St. Marys today. With the playoffs already out of reach, the All-Stars (0-5) will look to finish the tournament on a winning note against the 2-3 Nickel City Sons (Sudbury) this afternoon. Nickel City […]
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Press Release A Rainy River man has been fined $1,000 for illegal deer hunting. James Armstrong pleaded guilty and was convicted under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act for unlawfully shooting a firearm across a road. Ministry of Natural Resources conservation officers seized Armstrong’s firearm. It will be returned once […]
Staff The Fort Frances Girls Hockey Association handed out the hardware at its annual awards banquet last night. The league presented awards to players on 12 teams, ranging from the Timbit level through to Midget. The Timbits, coached by Darwin and Michelle Woods, recognized five players. Kamryn Singleton was named […]
Staff The Northwestern Ontario All-Stars PeeWee ‘AAA’ team, which boasts a solid local contingent, is in tough early in the round-robin of the 2010 all-Ontario championship. The All-Stars, featuring Fort Frances products Tyler VanUden, Jared Bethune, Brandon Bodnar, Carter Brown, and Claire Sandelovich, lost both games Monday by 6-1 scores, […]
Staff If your child is the next Albert Pujols or Tim Lincecum, starting out in youth baseball is one step to finding out. Registration for players aged seven-12 is ongoing. Forms are available at Taggs Source for Sports and Skates & Blades. Boys and girls aged seven and eight play […]
Staff Erika Anderson, captain of the Muskie girls’ hockey squad, was named the team’s most valuable player for the 2009-10 season. Anderson was the backbone of the Muskie defence when she was healthy. She missed the final seven weeks of the NorWOSSA regular season with a broken collarbone, but returned […]
Dan Falloon The times are a-changin’ for the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. The biggest difference for this year’s event, scheduled for July 18-24, is that the tournament’s main hub is moving from the Sorting Gap Marina to the Memorial Sports Centre. “It’s going to be a big change, moving […]
Dan Falloon Faye Flatt used to think golfing was almost the equivalent of a bizarre ritual. “I used to drive by every day to work, and every morning I’d see people out there hitting the ball, and going and running to look for it,” she noted. “Every night when I […]
Dan Falloon Most new players joining the Borderland Soccer Association will be subject to a draft this season as a move to create parity between teams. Returning players will have the option of throwing their name into a pool, noted association president Tristan Hutton. “We decided to go for a […]
Dan Falloon The circus is coming to the Memorial Sports Centre this weekend. It’s not the Shriners, though, but rather the Border Skating Club, which is set to host its 38th-annual ice show, entitled “Under the Big Top,” with about 90 skaters performing. The show will take place this Saturday […]
Dan Falloon Memo to opponents of the Thunder Bay Bantam Kings: don’t let Jordan Larson feel at home. Not many teams figured out that wisdom as the 14-year-old Fort Frances product busted out for 125 points in 64 games with the Kings this season. Things were a little different early […]
Dan Falloon The times are a-changin’ for the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. The biggest difference for this year’s event, scheduled for July 18-24, is that the tournament’s main hub is moving from the Sorting Gap Marina to the Memorial Sports Centre. “It’s going to be a big change, moving […]
