It will become clear tonight, with an overnight low of minus-two C (28 F). Tomorrow will see plenty of sunshine, with a high of 10 (50) and low around minus-two (28). Partly sunny skies are forecast for Friday, along with a high of 14 (57) and low dipping to four […]
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Nicholas Donaldson The Rainy River District Regional Abattoir, along with the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture, will be running a “Catch the Ace” fundraiser. Proceeds from the event (also known as “Chase the Ace”) will go towards the local 4-H association and “Ag in the Classroom” programs. The fundraiser works […]
By P. Solomon Banda The Associated Press DENVER — A man trying to eat a half-pound glazed doughnut in 80 seconds as part of a Denver doughnut shop’s eating challenge choked to death, one of two people who died in such contests this past weekend. Travis Malouff, 42, died early […]
Joey Payeur Volleyball obligations have had Amy Wilson-Hands going to so many different places, she could have sold tour T-shirts. The head coach of the Fort Frances Fire ‘n Ice volleyball club and Muskie senior girls’ squad has experienced quite the life on the road of late with a variety […]
Staff It’s now official if it wasn’t already obvious. When it came to the Atlantic Coast Conference this past diving season, there wasn’t another female who could hold a candle to Molly Carlson. The Fort Frances native, in her freshman year with the Florida State Seminoles, capped an outstanding rookie […]
Staff It was no easy task to determine who were the best of the best in the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association this past season. But decisions had to be made and those considered the most deserving were given their just rewards at the FFGWHA’s year-end banquet Sunday at the […]
Joey Payeur All early signs point to it being a boffo season for the Muskie badminton brigade. The black-and-gold stood tall on top of four different divisions at the lone exhibition tournament of their NorWOSSA season, which continues today back in Atikokan with the qualifier event. The top three in […]
Staff Tyler Miller saw the train coming but kept his team standing on the tracks anyway. The head coach of the Fort Frances Canadians squad that took part in the Bantam ‘AAA’ Division at the Ontario Hockey Federation Championships in Thunder Bay last week knew beforehand that his squad likely […]
Joey Payeur Brett Pickler’s aggression may be masked as affection at first glance of this pat on the head for Trey Palermo (22) of the Dryden GM Ice Dogs. But the Lakers’ forward definitely was in a temperamental mood during the second period of the visitors’ 5-1 win in Game […]
Submitted Adyson Wilson-Hands of Fort Frances, second from right, was in some elite company hanging out with the likes of Canadian Olympic beach volleyball players Heather Bansley, left, Kristina Valjas, and Jamie Broder during her recent trip to the U Sports Canadian university women’s volleyball championship in Toronto
Staff Taking top spot in two divisions helped propel Balmertown to a second-straight Aggregate banner at the annual tournament held this year at Plaza Lanes in Fort Frances over the weekend. It was a runaway as Balmertown finished atop the aggregate standings with 42 total points. Host Fort Frances wound […]
Staff The only out-of-town hockey team almost came away with a trophy. Windey’s Warriors were done in by Daimon Gardner of Eagle Lake First Nation, whose goal with 3:16 to go boosted the Thunderhawks to a 3-2 win Sunday in the PeeWee division final at the fourth-annual Chuck McPherson Memorial […]
