A sure sign spring is right around the corner is the Border Skating Club’s annual ice show. The ice show has become a major attraction in the Fort Frances area and one of the most entertaining spring events. This year’s extravaganza will be no exception. The club has continued its […]
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There is an old saying that practice makes perfect. While the individual talent undoubtedly was present, the lack of practice time which creates team unity definitely cost the Northwest Knights PeeWee ‘AAA’ team last weekend in Schreiber. Despite high expectations going in, the Knights—which featured 12 members of the local […]
Three games that went to extra ends were the story of the 2004 Canadian Police Curling Championships in Hamilton for Scott Gobeil and his Manitoba teammates. “If we’d have won those two extra-end games, we’d have made the playoffs,” Gobeil said of Manitoba’s 7-4 loss to Alberta and 9-8 setback […]
The Borderland Thunder staved off elimination last night with a 2-0 win over the host Dryden Ice Dogs to force Game 6 of their best-of-seven SIJHL semi-final series here tomorrow night. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. at the Ice for Kids Arena. Should the Thunder win that game, the […]
The fourth-ranked Muskies erased a three-goal deficit to earn a 3-3 tie with the 13th-seeded Orangeville Bears this morning to open play at the all-Ontario boys’ hockey championship in London. Despite outshooting the Bears 7-5 in the first period, the black-and-gold found themselves trailing 2-0 at intermission. Orangeville then added […]
While the 2004 user fee schedule went through first and second readings last night, with the likelihood council will pass it March 31, an amendment will mean local swim clubs won’t be seeing the 100 percent hike they thought they were. Council decided to make the amendment last night after […]
The Borderland Thunder go into Dryden tomorrow night facing elimination, down 3-1 in their bestof- seven semi-final series after losing both games to the Ice Dogs here ice over the weekend. The Thunder had split the first two games in Dryden earlier this month. “It was a great game, best […]
The Borderland Thunder go into Dryden tomorrow night facing elimination, down 3-1 in their best-of-seven semi-final series after losing both games to the Ice Dogs here ice over the weekend. The Thunder had split the first two games in Dryden earlier this month. “It was a great game, best game […]
The Scott Gobeil rink finished round-robin play at the 2004 Canadian Police Curling Championship in Hamilton with a 5-5 record, but that wasn’t good enough to qualify for the playoffs. Gobeil, representing Manitoba, wrapped up play with a 9-4 win over Nova Scotia yesterday afternoon, leaving them tied for fifth […]
The Scott Gobeil rink finished round-robin play at the 2004 Canadian Police Curling Championship in Hamilton with a 5-5 record, but that wasn’t good enough to qualify for the playoffs. Gobeil, representing Manitoba, wrapped up play with a 9-4 win over Nova Scotia yesterday afternoon, leaving them tied for fifth […]
The Scott Gobeil rink, representing Manitoba, lost 9-8 in an extra end to Newfoundland this morning to fall to 4-5 at the Canadian Police Curling Championships in Hamilton. Gobeil wrapped up round-robin play this afternoon against Nova Scotia (the outcome was not known by press time) because Manitoba has the […]
It was sensory overload on Sand Bay last weekend as 64 racers descended on Fort Frances for the fifth-annual Canadian Kitty Cat Championship. Gas was flowing, the engines were roaring, and six snowmobiles at a time blurred past spectators in an event that gets larger every year. “It was the […]
