Staff Couchiching had everything it wanted–momentum, home crowd support, and a chance to win hockey gold. The Borderland Selects took it all away. Borderland beat Couchiching 5-1 on Sunday in the Bantam division final of the fourth-annual Chuck McPherson Youth Memorial Hockey Tournament at the Couchiching Arena. Jarren Mullner scored […]
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Submitted byCaroline Spencer The 16U Fort Frances Vipers travelled to Kenora on Sunday to compete in the Northstars 16U girls’ invitational tournament. Their first match was against a familiar opponent in the 15U Dryden Whiskeyjacks. The scoring was back and forth in the first game before the Whiskeyjacks edged ahead […]
Staff Alex Booth handled the clutch scoring; Hayden Beckett looked after the big-time stopping. Booth made good on his chance in the fourth round of the shootout while Beckett thwarted four of five shooters to lead the Fury to a 3-2 triumph over the Borderland Hawks in the Atom division […]
Staff Long-time local bowler Rick Stamarski is now a Lifetime Member of the Sunset Country 5-Pin Bowling Association. He was presented with the prestigious award Sunday evening during the closing banquet for the 2017 Aggregate tournament, which Fort Frances hosted this year. Stamarski was recognized for four-and-a-half decades of dedication […]
Joey Payeur The fiery passion of many hockey fans instinctively leads them to dismiss any suggestion from outsiders that it is, after all, just a game and not life or death. There is no possible way for the Fort Frances Lakers to ignore such a premise after they experienced a […]
Joey Payeur For the Fort Frances Aquanauts, it was like having Oprah Winfrey show up at their swim meet over the weekend in Thunder Bay. “You get a medal, you get a medal, everybody gets a medal!” The eight-person contingent racked up podium finishes left, right, and centre–coming away with […]
Nicholas Donaldson Adjudicator Loren Hiebert gave some pointers to Anna Schwartz at the Townshend Theatre this morning on Day 2 of the annual Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts. Jacob Erickson, Abigail Gerber, Mika Kooistra, Katelyn Bruyere, and Brianna Eldridge watched and waited for their adjudication after their […]
Joey Payeur Dryden GM Ice Dogs Garrett Graham wound up being too much of a distraction for Fort Frances Lakers’ goalie Brandon Bodnar, who watched this puck fired by Cory Dennis whip over his shoulder and in. That put Dryden up 3-1 in the second period of their eventual 5-1 […]
The Canadian Press PORT COQUITLAM, B.C.–The mother of a B.C. teenager who took her own life after enduring cyberbullying says it’s “just surreal” that the Dutch man charged in her daughter’s case has been approved for extradition to Canada. “Today is my birthday and this is the best birthday present […]
The Canadian PressLee Berthiaume OTTAWA–Upstart Conservative and New Democrat candidates gave their heavily-favoured Liberal rivals a bit of a scare yesterday in a pair of byelections in Ontario where some of Justin Trudeau’s policies and promises played a central role. In the Toronto-area riding of Markham-Thornhill, Liberal candidate and former […]
The Canadian PressLaura Kane VANCOUVER–The national missing and murdered indigenous women’s inquiry has failed to adequately reach out to loved ones and survivors, says a coalition of advocacy groups and families less than two months before hearings are set to begin. The Coalition on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and […]
