Staff The Soo Thunderbirds will be flying home well before they wanted to. Fort Frances native Davis Ross notched his first point of the tournament to help the Portage Terriers dump the Dudley Hewitt Cup champion Thunderbirds 7-2 on Tuesday at the 2015 RBC Cup in Portage la Prairie, Man. […]
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Staff Anyone in need of a prom or special occasion dress might want to stop by “Curvy Chick” here Saturday. Owner Jennifer Horton said she still has dresses left over from last year’s prom dress drive and thought people might be looking for some at this time of year. “I […]
Staff Weather woes continue to affect both local fastball leagues. The host Big Grassy Lynx and Northwest Bay battled to a 9-9 tie last night in the only game to get off the ground so far this week in the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League. The game had to […]
Staff The Boston Pizza Ball Blasters are queens of the hill. Sydney Radigan scored twice, and Becky Selman went end-to-end to net the game-winner with five minutes left, as the Ball Blasters doubled the Wright Physiotherapy Rockettes 4-2 in the final of the Borderland Women’s Indoor Soccer League last night. […]
Staff Wayne Strachan’s shopping list just got a little longer and much tougher to fill. The Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach and general manager will have to adjust to life next season without high-scoring forward Lucas DeBenedet, who signed with the NCAA Division III Northland College Lumberjacks (Ashland, Wis.) of […]
the OPP The search for a missing elderly man has been expanded to include members of the OPP’s Emergency Response Team (ERT), as well as the K-9 unit and the OPP helicopter. Also assisting in the search for Florent Trottier, a.k.a. “Flo,” is the Lakehead Search and Rescue Team. Trottier […]
Submitted Betty Newman got a hand planting a flower from her mom, Cat, during the Fort Frances Nursery School’s visit to Hammond’s Nursery here Tuesday. The youngsters were able to take part in a scavenger hunt, as well as pick out a flower to plant.
Staff The local riverfront will be open for business just in time for the May long weekend. The “Hallett” and lookout tower along the La Verendrye Parkway open for the season tomorrow, as will the Sorting Gap Marina. The “Hallett” took on some water last year due to the high-water […]
Staff That didn’t take long. The Muskie boys’ soccer team already knows it will have an easier day than its league rivals at the NorWOSSA playoffs here May 27. That’s because Fort High clinched first place—and a bye to the final—after sweeping its two games yesterday in Dryden for the […]
Joey Payeur Expansion teams usually take on the role of the lovable loser—the one that gets welcomed to the house-warming bash and then asked to go keep an eye on the fish tank while everybody else takes part in the limbo contest. But the Fort Frances MudDogs don’t intend to […]
Joey Payeur Three members of last year’s Muskie boys’ hockey team seemed quite similar in regards to receiving a favourable evaluation from their possible next hockey employers. Which direction each of the three is heading after the evaluation, however, is markedly different. Forwards Tyler VanUden and Jarred Taylor, along with […]
Staff The sky seems to be the limit for the Muskie track-and-field team—but only if there’s no low cloud cover. Head coach Ilka Milne was glowing with pride after her squad set a new school record for total points with 245.25 to finish second overall at the 2015 Northwest Invitational […]
