Jamie Mountain When you’re a team lacking an explosive offence, keeping games to low scores is vital to succeed. Fortunately for the Muskie girls’ soccer team, they’ve done that–although it hasn’t translated into very many wins so far this season. Head coach Sara Roach is pleased with how her young […]
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Staff The Borderland Soccer League season is set to kick off next week but could use more people to sign up. Due to the low numbers, the league will be going with two women’s and three men’s teams this season. It also has decided to waive the $25 late fee […]
Staff Rallycross racing star Steve Arpin will be taking his career to another level starting Friday. Loenbro Motorsports and its world-class driver are teaming up with Ken Block and his Hoonigan Racing Division to compete in select events of the new Americas Rallycross Championship (ARX). Arpin has been a rising […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie track-and-field team has had a strong season so far, which continued into last week. Multiple personal bests and top finishes were recorded by the black-and-gold at the Harry McMaster Classic meet in Dryden on Thursday. Head coach John Dutton has liked how his squad has progressed […]
Press Release Organizers have confirmed a slate of 15 different events for the District 1A Senior Games, which will be held in Fort Frances on June 5-6. New to the roster this year are pickleball, which will be held at the Memorial Arena, carpet bowling, which will be held upstairs […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie boys’ soccer team set out with one goal in mind at the beginning of the season: make it to OFSAA for the eighth-straight year. They squad is well on its way to achieving that. Fort High nabbed a pair of 2-1 wins over the host Eagles […]
Sam Odrowski Serena Cousineau was one of the many Crossroads School students who visited Lowey’s Greenhouse to pick out plants for the Devlin school’s community garden last Thursday. The field trip to Lowey’s was part of the OPP-led program “Project Sunset,” which focuses on strength-based experiential learning and youth empowerment.
Stephanie Hagenaars Despite the chilly air, Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Club members Greg Thorstad, left, Kim Ondo, Annely Armstrong-Thorstad, Sherry Wood, Leona Jones, and Nicole LePine gathered in front of Safeway for a barbecue Friday. The team sold burgers, hotdogs, chips and pop courtesy of Safeway and Old Dutch, which […]
Jamie Mountain Michelle Cain of the Fort Frances Mud Dogs narrowly beat out the tag of the Couchiching Lady Raiders’ catcher during her squad’s 11-7 victory in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League play last Wednesday evening at the St. Francis Sports Field. It was the Mud Dogs first win […]
Sam Odrowski St. Francis School student Izzy Meeks received an award from local Liberal MP Don Rusnak last Thursday for her submission to a poster contest his office initiated entitled, “What does it mean to be Canadian.” Rusnak then stayed after he presented the award to answer students’ questions about […]
Press Release The Riverside Foundation for Health Care is excited to announce the winner of this year’s Canada Day Cash Lottery early-bird prize is Kevin Busch of Fort Frances! The draw was made at Flint House on Thursday to kick off the long weekend. Busch won an all-inclusive fishing trip […]
From the OPP The OPP and its municipal law enforcement partners have received and rendered safe hundreds of weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition during a month-long gun amnesty. During April, the OPP: •received 592 gun amnesty calls for service, 86 (14.5 percent) of which were received through the […]
