the MNR Two Minnesota residents have been fined a total of $1,300 after trying to smuggle live bait into Ontario through the Canada Customs entry station on Sand Point Lake in Rainy River District. Arthur Eggen, of Crane Lake, and Thomas Bergman, of North Oaks, were fined $900 and $400, […]
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Press Release The local Taggs Bantam ‘AA’ squad competed in the International Falls Hockey Classic on Feb. 5-7. Their first game, against the Norwest Stars (Thunder Bay), saw both teams played tight defensively as the score remained 0-0 through two periods. The Stars then drew first blood on a goal […]
Press Release Safety on and around Ontario’s lakes and rivers should be everyone’s top priority when outdoors this Family Day Weekend. To encourage families to get outside and try ice-fishing, Ontario residents who don’t have a licence can fish without one from Feb. 13-15. These anglers must follow the conservation […]
Staff The Fort Frances Canadians Midget ‘AA’ team found itself in unfamiliar territory last weekend in Duluth. The squad was unable to advance out of its pool at the Duluth Jr. Gold tournament, finishing with a 1-1-1 record after the round-robin portion. Fort Frances had opened the tournament with a […]
Staff The Muskie junior boys’ basketball team was unable to beat their cross-border rivals in three tries this week, falling 37-20 and 51-29 on Saturday before slipping 42-30 last night. The black-and-gold, however, did redeem themselves with a pair of wins over Littlefork on Saturday, winning 42-32 and 48-34. Coach […]
Staff The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team learned to get up for the big games at the Lakehead University Classic in Thunder Bay over the weekend. In the preliminary round, the Muskies split sets with two of the city’s top teams in the La Verendrye Vipers and St. Ignatius Falcons. […]
Dan Falloon For Chris Lindberg, Olympic reminders are never too far away. The 42-year-old Fort Frances native now lives just minutes away from Calgary’s Olympic Park, which commemorate the 1988 Winter Games held in that city. But now, with the 2010 Games getting underway Friday in Vancouver, Lindberg’s memories of […]
Dan Falloon Luke Judson is hot property in a “Bull” market. After getting a long look at the San Jose Sharks’ camp back in September, the Emo native was given full reins as captain of the OHL’s Belleville Bulls last month. Judson, who will turn 19 this Sunday, explained that […]
Dan Falloon Steve Arpin wasn’t quite as shifty as he needed to be in his opening race of the 2010 ARCA Racing Series season. The local driver finished 10th at the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 on Saturday at Daytona. It was an improvement from his 26th place finish at […]
Dan Falloon Heading into the final stretch of the NorWOSSA season, Muskie girls’ head coach Mel Langtry is a little reserved about the state of his team. “We’re winning, but it’s not pretty,” he admitted. The black-and-gold won both games after a lengthy 19-day break, pounding the Sioux Lookout Warriors […]
Dan Falloon Fort Frances Lakers’ defenceman Ryan Presthus had been in coach Wayne Strachan’s good books going into Saturday night’s game at Sioux Lookout. But he may very well have earned a volume to himself in the squad’s 5-4 comeback win over the Flyers. Presthus notched a season-high three points, […]
Dan Falloon Thieves often go for a big heist instead of several small robberies. Isaac Keffer’s local rink was the victim of such a crime last weekend, allowing only one steal in the final of the 2009-10 Nexcap Bantam boys’ provincial playdowns in Longlac. But Tanner Horgan, of the Idylwylde […]
