Basketball is a game of runs and in the end the Muskie senior boys’ squad just didn’t have enough to match their opponents. The St. Ignatius Falcons (Thunder Bay) used a relentless full-court pressure and excellent second halves in both games to sweep the best-of-three NWOSSAA championship against the Muskies […]
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Florida State Seminoles senior diver Molly Carlson was selected as the Women’s ACC Diving Meet MVP for the third time in her career, after she nabbed the gold medal on platform back on Feb. 22 at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. Carlson, who originally is from Fort Frances and was competing […]
From the FFBC
Talk about coming through when the pressure was on! Sunset Country #2 snagged all 14 of the final 14 points up for grabs to capture the silver medal at the 2020 Cambrian Insurance P.O.A. Classic provincial championships held Feb. 20-22 at Mid-Town Bowl in Timmins. The quartet, comprised of Scooter […]
Jamie Mountain
One thing is for certain: the Muskie boys’ hockey team is ready to put two years of heartbreak behind them and advance to OFSAA. Fort High will face the second-place St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) in the best-of-three league final that gets underway this week. After back-to-back years of losing […]
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A new year led to a better result for the Fort Frances Chiefs at their annual home tournament over the weekend. Hanna Ledrew scored the winner with 6:14 to in the third period to lift the Chiefs to a 3-2 win over the Dryden 3rd Liners in the exciting championship […]
Jamie Mountain
Not much has separated the Muskie girls’ hockey team and the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) this season. What seemed to be the inevitable clash of the titans has come to pass as the first-place Muskies and second-place Saints will square off in the best-of-three NorWOSSA final this week to […]
Jamie Mountain
The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team has been the best in Northwestern Ontario now two years in a row. The black-and-gold was dominant in a sweep of the host Westgate Tigers in the best-of-three NWOSSAA championship on Friday, winning both matches in straight sets. Fort High now advances to the […]
The Associated Press TAMPA, Fla.–Boston Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale has soreness in his throwing elbow and has undergone an MRI. Manager Ron Roenicke said Sale felt the soreness yesterday, one day after batting practice. Sale threw about 18 pitches in batting practice Sunday, the first time he faced hitters […]
Sam Odrowski
Town council is hoping to work with the Riversedge Development’s numbered company, that owns the idle Fort Frances mill, as they work out plans for the Shevlin Wood Yard. Council hired HTFC Consulting out of Winnipeg in January to determine the best path going forward at the wood yard and […]
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The Red Lake Miners got three points apiece from Spencer Milne and Jordan Baranesky as they rolled to a 7-2 romp over the Fort Frances Lakers last night in SIJHL action at the Cochenour Arena. The Lakers saw their record fall to 18-27-3-2 with the loss and have now dropped […]
Mr. Brady gave a helping hand to some students in his Grade 5 French Immersion class as they learned about bridges and their structures before trying their hands at building one at the Fort Frances Library on Friday. The students used materials from the library’s Northern THINK Hub to test […]
Press Release
On Feb. 29, at approximately 9:13 p.m., officers from the Red Lake Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting regular traffic duties and initiated a traffic stop with a vehicle that was travelling at a high rate of speed on Highway 105, within the Municipality of Red Lake. […]
