Joey Payeur Fort Frances resident Noah Armstrong was ready for his match against Mighty Mustangs’ teammate Hannah Anderson from International Falls at the inauguaral “Top of the Nation” wrestling meet yesterday at Falls High School. Armstrong, who defeated Anderson, went on to finish in third place in the 75- to […]
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English drama (Friday April 10) •Self-Composition Poetry, Grades 9 and 10—1. Mira Donaldson (Honours) •Humorous Prose Reading, Grades 7 and 8—1. (tie) Brianna Eldridge and Callahan Wiedenhoeft (Honours) •Serious Prose Reading, Grades 9 and 10—1. Mackenzie Wright (Honours) 2. Mira Donaldson (Honours) •Serious Prose Reading, Grades 7 and 8—1. Callahan […]
Joey Payeur Tatum Kielczewski-Ronmark, left, Montana Plasky, Jenna Bailey, and Samantha Halliday mixed fancy footwork with fabulous fashion as part of the tribute to “Around the World in 80 Days” during the Border Skating Club’s 43rd-annual ice show, entitled “From Books to Blades,” yesterday at the Ice For Kids Arena. […]
Press Release Karen Connelly is an award-winning author spanning the genres of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Her writing explores topics of language, life in other cultures, dissident politics, sexuality, and trauma. Connelly’s work includes the acclaimed novel, “The Lizard Cage,” winner of Britain’s Orange Broadband New Writers Prize, and “Burmese […]
Staff Unless the event is brought back to life, Jenna Enge will be one of four people who will be defending national champions for the rest of their days. The Devlin native, playing second, helped Northern Ontario capture the 2015 Canadian Postal Employees Curling Classic in Winnipeg with a 9-4 […]
Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Lakers’ post-game tradition involves the players blasting music inside their dressing room. On Friday night, it was the players who were getting blasted. The displeasure of Lakers’ head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan was made crystal clear to his team via a high-decibel and […]
Staff Cole Tymkin is going from being a King to a Knight—and he couldn’t be more thrilled about it. The 16-year-old forward from Fort Frances was selected in the fifth round—91st overall—by the London Knights in Saturday’s OHL draft in Toronto. “It’s a hard feeling to explain,” admitted Tymkin, who […]
Staff Town council will hear a presentation tonight from the Rainy River District Stewardship regarding the labelling of trees. Spokesman Tony Elders will address council regarding permission to affix small labels to local trees as part of cultural heritage tree project. While the stewardship was granted access to the town’s […]
Press Release The Border Concert Association will host its final show of the 2014-15 season on Monday (April 13) at 7 p.m. at the Backus Auditorium in International Falls. It winds up the season with a blockbuster performance by a cappella group “Six Appeal.” Swearing off instruments, this award-winning vocal […]
English drama (Thursday April 9) •Choral Speaking, Grade 7—1. J.W. Walker School (Honours) •Choral Speaking, Grade 2—1. J.W. Walker School (Honours) •Reader’s Theatre, Grade 2—1. J.W. Walker School •Choral Speaking, Grades 6-8—1. Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program (Honours) •Skit, Grades 6-8—1. Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program (First Class Honours) •Skit, Grades 11 […]
Joey Payeur Tyler Munro, centre, and the rest of the Muskie track-and-field team came out of the starting blocks for the new season yesterday with a nine-medal performance at the Bronco Booster Varsity Invitational at Falls High School.
Heather Latter Maureen LeMesurier shaved the head of St. Michael’s teacher Jeremiah McCart yesterday during a school assembly. The students had raised $500 for Development and Peace in order for McCart to go under the razor. Fellow teacher Cheri Whatley, meanwhile, had 10 inches of her long red locks cut […]
