After a successful season of action, the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League has only the championship and consolation finals to play. The Vianets and Rendez-Vous locked up their respective spots in the championship game with a pair of decisive victories Monday night. The Vianets continued their impressive season with an […]
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Monday, March 23 was the first meeting of 2008 for the Fort Frances Horticultural Society. Plans for the year include a bog walk and a visit to the Manitou Mounds—all part of our “Living Green” theme this year. Irene Hill-Haver was presented with the Golden Trowel Award for her contributions […]
Six Fort Frances bowlers helped the Sunset Country team earn a third-place finish overall at the Northern Ontario 5-pin Open Provincial Championships held in North Bay over the Easter weekend. The big news came in the mixed division as the Sunset Country squad, including local bowler Andrew Stamarski, captured the […]
Putting on a delightful show for all in attendance, the Border Skating Club held their 36th-annual ice show over the weekend, ushering family and friends into the musical cartoon world of Disney Magic. The season-ending show saw dozens of local skaters take to the ice in celebration of 75 years […]
The Fort Frances Badminton Club held its ninth-annual Invitational Junior/Adult Tournament last weekend, welcoming a host of visitors to Fort Frances High School. The tournament is the only one of its kind in Northwestern Ontario boasting both junior and senior play, with participants hailing everywhere from Stonewall, Man. to as […]
For the first time in its history, a junior rink captured the Alexander Keith’s Men’s International Bonspiel held over the weekend at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Club committee chair Tom Fry, also a longtime coach with the Muskie curling program, appeared to be only half-joking when he called it […]
After three days of battling on the ice, the Alexander Keith’s Men’s International Bonspiel at the Fort Frances Curling Club featured an ‘A’ final yesterday that was something of a surprise to nearly everyone. In more than 30 years of competition, tournament organizers could not recall a junior team ever […]
Head coach Shane Bliss has been behind the bench of the Muskie boys’ hockey team long enough to know that approaching the OFSAA tournament with anything more than cautious optimism may be a bad idea. “These teams are all champions of their leagues, and they’ve all earned the right to […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team has been seeded eighth out of the 20 squads competing at the ‘AAA/AAAA’ all-Ontarios running April 2-5 in Ottawa. The rankings, released this morning, mean the black-and-gold will play in Pool ‘B’ against four other teams from across the province. Fort High will open action […]
Four men from two district volunteer fire departments are off to the Canadian Firemen’s Curling Championship this week. The 10-day evening in Richmond, B.C. begins this Friday. “It is set up just like the Brier,” team skip Tim Nordin said Monday. Teams from all across Canada will be competing for […]
Here are the results from the Anishinaabeg of Naongashiing fishing derby that was held Saturday, March 15: •Walleye—1. Curtis Thunder ($1,000) 2. Leslie Morrison ($600) 3. Rose Prince ($500) 4. Diane Cobiness ($400) 5. Brenda Jodoin ($300) 6. Brandon Brigham ($200) 7. Merlin Sandy ($100) 8. Pat Gibbons ($100) 9. […]
Staff writer At the midway point of the 3-on-3 Spring Hockey League at the Memorial Sports Centre, the inaugural effort already is going better than organizers could have hoped. “The response was far greater than we thought it would be,” said Brent Tookenay, a member of the league committee. The […]
