Staff The Chiefs women’s hockey team exacted some revenge on the Emo Misfits at its fourth-annual home tournament over the weekend. The hosts fought back from a two-goal deficit after 40 minutes to pull out a 3-2 overtime victory Sunday afternoon in the championship game at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). […]
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Jamie Mountain The local Borderland Soccer League needs more players and volunteers in order to keep running. That was the message delivered during the league’s annual general meeting held Feb. 25 at La Place Rendez-Vous here. To start 2018, the league had $8,992 in its bank account–a reduction of nearly […]
Staff Members of the Borderland Judo Club had an impressive day on the mat back on Feb. 24. Five competitors earned gold-medal finishes in their respective divisions at the local organization’s third-annual home meet held at the Couchiching multi-use facility. Top honours went to Mia Woolsey (U12/U14 39 kg combined), […]
Jamie Mountain Both the Muskie boys’ and girls’ curling rinks will be heading into OFSAA here on a positive note. Skipped by Chris Silver, the boys went 4-0 en route to capturing gold at the NWOSSAA championships held Sunday and Monday at the Fort Frances Curling Club. They opened with […]
Jamie Mountain It’s becoming a regular theme for the Muskies to be the best there is in NorWOSSA girls’ hockey play. That was evident last week in Fort High’s impressive two-game sweep of the Dryden Eagles in the league final. Captain Annalise (CC) Hayes and Siobhan Mackintosh each notched a […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie boys’ hockey team came out a little flat in their 5-4 overtime loss to the Sioux Lookout Warriors in the opener of their best-of-three NorWOSSA final Thursday night at the Ice For Kids Arena–much to the chagrin of head coach Jordan Sinclair. Cortez Favot scored four […]
Jamie Mountain With their first-round playoff showdown looming, the English River Miners exacted some revenge against the Fort Frances Lakers with a 5-2 victory Saturday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. This came after the Lakers had beaten the Miners by scores of 6-1 and 5-1 in their previous […]
By Katie Workman The Associated Press Salmon is my No. 1 favourite fish in the ocean, and I am not alone. The rich and sometimes slightly sweet flavour, the velvety texture, the appealing colour, and the fact that it takes so well to all kinds of preparations and seasonings make […]
The Associated PressLauran Neergaard WASHINGTON–It’s pretty extraordinary for people in their 80s and 90s to keep the same sharp memory as someone several decades younger, and now scientists are peeking into the brains of these “superagers” to uncover their secret. The work is the flip side of the disappointing hunt […]
Staff The Revco Renegades pulled out an impressive upset during their Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League semi-final against the second-place RBC Lions on Tuesday night at the Fort High gym. This game had the potential to be a tight match-up as Revco had a number of three-point shooters who caught […]
The Canadian PressPaige Kreutzwieser REGINA–Team Canada’s Brad Gushue showed the form that won him last year’s Tim Hortons Brier last night, edging Mike McEwen’s wild-card rink 6-5 in Draw 8 of Canada’s men’s curling championship. Gushue, from St. John’s N.L., came into the game as the skip with the most […]
The Associated PressJohn Wawrow BUFFALO, N.Y.–Don’t tell Jason Pominville and the Buffalo Sabres they have nothing to play for. For a team all but mathematically out of playoff contention, the Sabres continued making a dent in in the Eastern Conference playoff race with a 5-3 win against their cross-border and […]
