The annual Canada Day fastball tournament in Barwick featured plenty of sunny skies to complement the smiling faces seen on all who took part as the Fort Frances Sight & Sound team pulled off a hotly-contested 6-5 victory over Pinewood in the tournament final. But the real story of the […]
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Mark your calendars, because NHL all-star Duncan Keith is coming back to the town who gave him his hockey start, with a celebratory day scheduled in his honour on July 21. Keith will be entering his fourth full NHL season with the Chicago Blackhawks in the fall, and has proven […]
Despite retiring from his day job with the police service in March, 2000, Denis Barnard still rolls out of bed early most mornings for another day on the job—but there’s a new twist. His work these days involves a boat and fishing gear. “It’s a little piece of heaven out […]
The Superior Edge Hockey School Developmental camp is coming to Fort Frances for a third summer in-a-row, but may be the last time Fort Frances girls will have the opportunity to skate with an Olympian. “We can hold 60 players but right now we aren’t even halfway there,” said 2006 […]
The Sight & Sound Wolves have rattled off eight-straight wins to find themselves tied atop the Rainy River District Fastball League standings with Big Grassy at 8-1. “We lost our first game to Big Grassy, kind of had the early-season jitters, but we picked up a couple new guys [Logan […]
It was a fantastic day for a grand opening and people took full advantage as the Spruce Creek Golf Course near Morson was officially opened Saturday. About 100 rounds of golf were played and more than 120 people attended the grand-opening celebrations. Golfers came from all over the area including […]
Fort Frances Youth Soccer finally got a taste of summer weather Saturday—just in time to wrap up its 2008 season at the St. Francis Sportsfields. “We had a little trouble with weather all season, but thankfully we ended up with a nice day [Saturday],” FFYS president Sara Gould said. “Everything […]
The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres have signed returning defenceman Mario Boivin. The 5’10”, 185-pound rearguard hails from Sioux Lookout, and expectations from the coaching staff are high coming into his sophomore season. “Mario is a ‘D-man’ we received in October last season in a trade with the Fort William North […]
Registering your son or daughter for minor hockey just got easier. The Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association has updated its registration process, allowing interested players to sign up online on the FFMHA’s website at www.fortfranceshockey.com “FFMHA has worked with both Hockey Canada and Hockey Northwestern Ontario to be one of […]
The three-day District 1A Senior Games wrapped up Thursday at the Sister Kennedy Centre here with shuffleboard. Dryden’s Leona Church and Doris Soucie clipped Fort Frances’ Rita Bagacki and Freda Yuill in the final while another Fort Frances pair, Sylvia Beadle and Mary Clinker, took home the bronze medal. “That’s […]
The Sight & Sound Wolves have rattled off eight-straight wins to find themselves tied atop the Rainy River District Fastball League standings with Big Grassy at 8-1. “We lost our first game to Big Grassy, kind of had the early-season jitters, but we picked up a couple new guys [Logan […]
The perfect score of “25” has eluded the weekly skeet shooting crew at the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club range for a few weeks now, but a few of the veterans were right on the doorstep this past Tuesday evening. At one time it wasn’t uncommon to see shooters tally three […]
