With the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship taking to the waters of Rainy Lake for its 12th year on July 23-29, board chair Jim Cumming appeared before council Monday night to ask the town to once again help out with the popular community event. Among the new initiatives this year, […]
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Francine MacDonald, the Invasive Species/Aquatics Biologist with the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters’ Invasive Species Awareness Program, was on hand here Tuesday night to speak about those species which threaten to invade our region. “We’ve been primarily focused on southern Ontario,” MacDonald admitted to about a dozen people at […]
Fort Frances High School hosted an exhibition badminton tournament last Thursday, inviting schools from Atikokan, Ignace, Sioux Lookout, and Pelican Falls. Both junior and senior teams brought singles, doubles, and mixed doubles to try their first tournament for the season before the NorWOSSA qualifier tomorrow (April 6) in Atikokan. Most […]
It was a success in everyone’s eyes. That was the message voiced by the OFSAA hockey tourney committee and town council when committee co-chairs Greg Ste. Croix and Terry Ogden appeared at Monday night’s council meeting to thank the Town of Fort Frances and all its residents for making last […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team was eliminated from the all-Ontario boys’ hockey championship with a 4-0 loss to the Grand River Renegades (Kitchener) during the quarter-finals here Friday night. The black-and-gold came out strong and outplayed the Renegades in the first period. However, a few lucky goals by Grand River—and […]
The North Iowa Outlaws’ players, coaches, and support staff were joined by relatives and friends for the team’s inaugural awards banquet held Sunday evening (March 19) in Clear Lake. Steve McLeod, from Atikokan, earned two honours for the Outlaws’ first season—Offensive Most Valuable Player and Team MVP. McLeod averaged a […]
Muskie hockey coach Shane Bliss can remember what it felt like to be in the exact position his team now sits in heading into the all-Ontario boys’ high school hockey championship. With action getting underway here today, Bliss said it’s a different feeling to be coaching the Muskies rather than […]
The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team may have gone winless in four matches at the all-Ontarios in Dryden last week but they are banking on the experience helping next year’s squad. “To be able to be [at OFSAA] and see how these teams play was a great experience,” said head […]
Now that the OFSAA boys’ hockey championship is almost ready to go, with last-minute loose ends being tied up, the schedule finished, and seeding determined, there’s only one question left that needs to be answered. How is the Muskie boys’ hockey team feeling about the upcoming event? Although most of […]
The Muskies have been seeded 12th for the 20-team all-Ontario high school boys’ hockey championship, which runs March 22-25 here and in Emo. The black-and-gold are in Pool ‘D’ with the Birchmount Park Panthers from Toronto (ranked fourth), defending champs Michael Power/St. Joseph’s of Etobicoke (fifth), 13th-seeded Uxbridge Tigers (Uxbridge), […]
The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team gave it their all but ultimately came away from the all-Ontario championship in Dryden earlier this week winless in four tries. Their final loss was a 25-18 and 25-13 sweep at the hands of Penetanguishene on Wednesday morning. “The girls did play a very […]
The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team came close to winning a few sets but ultimately finished with three losses on the first day of the all-Ontario championship in Dryden. Facing Embrun in their third and final match of the day, the black-and-gold lost the first set by a narrow 25-23 […]
