Jamie Mountain Grace Smith was locked in as she got ready to complete a lay-up opportunity during the second half of the Muskie junior girls’ basketball team’s 33-16 win over the Kenora Broncos in NorWOSSA action last Wednesday afternoon at Fort High. Smith led all scorers with 10 points in […]

Jamie Mountain Muskie defensive back Dale Berg (49) helped to tackle a Tec Voc Hornet to the ground to limit the opposition’s ground game during Fort High’s decisive 32-0 win in its annual Homecoming game on Friday afternoon here.

Jamie Mountain Muskie quarterback Brady Meeks looked to have a step on his Tec Voc Hornets’ opponent as he tried to rush for a gain during Fort High’s 32-0 rout in its annual Homecoming game here on Friday afternoon. Meeks rushed for 90 yards on 11 carries and punched in […]

Jamie Mountain Muskie defenders Eli Vandermeer (62) and Wyatt Richards (42) closed in as fast as they could to hurry a throw from Tec Voc Hornets’ quarterback Brendan Tokarz during the second half of Fort High’s 32-0 win in its annual Homecoming game here on Friday afternoon. The Muskie defence […]

Jamie Mountain Local girls’ hockey players were able to learn and enjoy the sport over the weekend here. The Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association hosted an Esso Fun Day program in conjunction with the IIHF’s World Girls’ Hockey Weekend on Saturday morning at the ’52 Canadians Arena that helped to […]

Submitted Honorary Lieutenant General Richard Rohmer presented Kimberly Ann Wright (Myers) with the Governor General’s for 20 years of exemplary service in the field of paramedicine during a ceremony on Sept. 26 in Windsor, Ont. Wright is employed with the Dryden EMS. Her proud parents are Frank and Evelyn Myers […]

Ken Kellar CBC Thunder Bay’s Jeff Walters, right, spoke with new Fort Frances Public Library CEO Joan MacLean this morning at the library during the public broadcaster’s on-location segment of “Superior Morning.” Walters and fellow CBC journalist Matt Vis were in Fort Frances this morning as part of a trip […]

Staff It was a day of mixed results for the Muskie court sport teams against the host Sioux Lookout Warriors yesterday in NorWOSSA action. Both girls’ basketball teams came away victorious while the boys’ volleyball squads both suffered losses. The junior hoopsters improved to a league-best 5-0 with a 47-37 […]

Tonight will be clear to partly cloudy and mild with a low of nine C (48 F). Tomorrow will have sunshine with areas of high clouds and then a bit of rain rolling through at night. Expect a high of 18 (64) and a low of 10 (50). Thursday will […]

Press Release

Canadian Tenor Ken Lavigne has hit the road with a new show. “Three Knights with a Tenor,” an admittedly cheeky title, features the music of Sir Elton John, Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. Lavigne has returned to northern Ontario with six shows. He opened in Kirkland Lake […]

The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Reaching a deal with education workers that put a cap on wage increases was a “significant success” for the Ontario government, the province’s education minister said yesterday. Stephen Lecce said the tentative agreement with Ontario’s 55,000 education workers, which averted a strike that would have seen […]