Submitted The 1980 Muskie senior girls’ basketball team etched their place in Fort High lore by becoming the first NWOSSAA championship team from any sport in the history of the black-and-gold. The amazing achievers included, front row from left, Lori Gustafson (now Medhurst), Laurie Pearson (Moxham), coach Bob Barron, Marigold […]
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Joey Payeur Naicatchewenin First Nation members Lamar Lucas of Fort Frances, left, and Santino Smith from Northwest Bay are representing Ontario in the U16 boys’ soccer competition at this week’s North American Indigenous Games being held in Toronto and Hamilton.
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers have had plenty of off-ice news this past week. Yesterday, the local Junior ‘A’ squad revealed it signed 20-year-old forward Zach Pierce, who spent the last two sesaons with the Richmaond (Va.) Generals of the USPHL Elite league. Pierce, who hails from Mechanicsville, Va., had […]
Joey Payeur Cole Tymkin now has skated in front of an NHL head coach and done an interview with an NHL general manager. His mission to live the prototypical Canadian boy’s dream just entered a new and very real phase. The Rainy River native who now lives in Fort Frances […]
Staff Travis Tom keeps dealing–and the Fort Frances Braves keep winning. Tom handcuffed the defending champion Sight & Sound Wolves in pitching the Braves to a 5-1 victory in Rainy River District Fastball League action last Thursday at VanJura. The Braves (11-1) and Wolves (10-4) were tied for third entering […]
Joey Payeur Lamar Lucas is spending this week on the same team as Santino Smith. So he wasn’t getting baited into trash talking his relative when asked who was the better soccer player between the two of them. “I don’t know . . I can’t do that,” Lucas, a 15-year-old […]
Joey Payeur The anguish of coming within two points of making history became fuel for a valiant crew that was small in number but large in heart. Just 12 months later, that anguish became exhilaration–and history became reality. The 1980 Muskie senior girls’ basketball team, coached by Bob Barron, rode […]
From the MNRF Two Thunder Bay area residents were fined a total of $4,000 for moose hunting offences. Theodore Aho of Thunder Bay pleaded guilty and was fined $1,500 for hunting calf moose during the closed season and $1,500 for abandoning the moose and allowing it to spoil. He also […]
Joey Payeur Grace Petsnick will be live at Budokan but this is no “cheap trick.” After that, she’ll be mauling in Montreal. The 14-year-old member of the local Borderland Judo Club will have her skills evaluated by some of the top judo coaches in both the province and the country […]
From the MNRF The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry laid 28 charges, and issued 56 warnings, during a three-day enforcement blitz on Lake of the Woods. From June 22-24, conservation officers from the Kenora, Red Lake, and Fort Frances enforcement units checked 120 resident anglers and 747 non-resident anglers. […]
In my career as a certified Red Seal Chef, I am not only a food columnist but also a published author and culinary instructor. I also get hired as a host/emcee for various events. However, one of my greatest accomplishments is also being a culinary travel host, and I owe […]
Staff Sunday saw the season premiere of HBO’s wildly-popular “Game of Thrones.” The following night, the Fort Frances Her-icanes starred in “Game of Thrown Away.” It was not the ideal finish to the regular season for the defending champs, who committed a whopping 13 errors in a 17-7 loss to […]
