Press Release Hockey Northwestern Ontario, in affiliation with Hockey Canada and Lakehead University Thunderwolves, is pleased to announce that select members of Canada’s national men’s sledge hockey team will be coming to Thunder Bay on March 27-29 in conjunction with the 2009 Cavendish University Cup. The players will be participating […]
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the MNR Three Mine Centre residents have been ordered to pay fines totalling $6,400 following two incidents of illegal hunting. Byron Burkholder, 25, and Ewan Burkholder, 22, each were fined $700 for illegally hunting a cow moose. The moose was killed in the Atikokan area back on Oct. 18. Both […]
Staff Here are recent results from YBC action at Plaza Lanes: March 7 Bowlasaurus •Girls’ high single—Kora Lee Cook (104) •Girls’ high single (w/hdcp.)—Kora Lee Cook (214) PeeWees •Girls’ high single (flat)—Alina Eldridge (117) •Girls’ high single (w/hdcp.)—Alina Eldridge (207) •Girls’ high triple (flat)—Alina Eldridge (294) •Girls’ high triple (w/hdcp.)—Alina […]
Staff The local Bantam boys’ curling rink will be without skip Isaac Keffer when they jet off to Sudbury today for the provincial championship. Keffer is still in Italy with the Fort Frances High School band, but Ethan Jordbro will step in and skip the team, which also includes Peter […]
Mitch Calvert Registration has come and gone for the upcoming Fort Frances Youth Soccer season, with nearly 500 players registered for the eight-week season that’s scheduled to kick off April 27. FFYS is still accepting a limited number of late registrations until March 31, with an additional $20 late fee. […]
Joey Payeur More races this Saturday The weather was warm and the action hot at the Northwest Bay ice track this past weekend—and there’s enough speed to spare for another event this weekend. The Naicatchewenin First Nation Radar Engine Drag Races were in full gear Saturday and Sunday as drivers […]
the MNR A Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 10 days in jail, fined $11,000, and suspended from hunting in Ontario for seven years for illegal deer hunting involving a power boat. Philip Borofka, 56, of Marshfield, Wis., was sentenced under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act to serve 10 […]
Staff A pair of Fort Frances Jr. Sabres were among the SIJHL’s regular-season award recipients announced over the weekend. Ryan Faragher followed up his player-of-month honours for February by being named winner of the Daniel Beardy Memorial Award as the league’s best goalie. Faragher led the SIJHL with a stingy […]
Fort Frances Muskies (15-1 in league play) League: NorWOSSA Seeding: 10th Skinny: The Muskies have been playing their best hockey of late, breezing through the NorWOSSA playoffs with four-straight victories. The black-and-gold have not suffered defeat since a pair of exhibition losses to Shattuck St. Mary’s back on Feb. 6-7. […]
Mitch Calvert By the time you’re reading this story, the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres either will have advanced to the SIJHL semi-finals against the Thunder Bay Bearcats or are getting ready for Game 4 of their best-of-five quarter-final showdown with the Sioux Lookout Flyers tonight in Ignace. After winning the […]
Staff A rookie-laden contingent headed to Dryden over the weekend for the annual Sunset Country “aggregate” bowling tournament. And when the dust settled Sunday afternoon, Fort Frances just missed winning the overall banner by a measly single point. Kenora was tops with 36 total points, followed by Fort Frances (35), […]
Press Release There will be a change in how teams competing in the 2009 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship will depart on Day 2. In previous years, the starting position on Day 2 was determined by the net weight ranking achieved on Day 1. In other words, the team with […]
