Heather Latter Sarah Kivimaki’s Early-Years class from Robert Moore School recited the poem “Our Teacher Sings The Beatles” by Kenn Nesbitt there yesterday during the opening session of the English drama portion of the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts. The drama division continues today and tomorrow, with […]
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Staff With its leading scorer held off the sheet, Main Street Mayhem turned to some alternate offensive sources to get the job done. Nicole Renberg and Katie Stearns each scored twice as the Mayhem took a 5-0 mercy rule win over the U15 Borderland Lightning in Fort Frances Women’s Indoor […]
Staff It’s getting down to the wire in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League. The top six teams from the regular season will square off tonight in playoff action at Fort High, with only two moving on to battle in the final next Thursday (April 16). Top-seeded One Hit Wonders […]
Staff Jenna Enge and her rink have yet to mail it in. The Devlin native, playing second for Northern Ontario under Thunder Bay skip Ron Rosengren, already knew after last night that her team had first place locked up at the 2015 Canadian Postal Employees Curling Classic in Winnipeg. Northern […]
Cameron Penney Jess Steele, left, along with Shanleigh Fryer, April Morrison, and Jaden Bump, marched through the halls of Fort High yesterday during the Pink Day Parade organized by the “Best Buddies” group. Afterwards, students danced to the tunes of Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” and “True Colours,” by Artists […]
Staff There will be more games for both teams after this series. But the SIJHL final will be far from meaningless for the Fort Frances Lakers and Dryden GM Ice Dogs. The best-of-seven showdown for the Bill Salonen Cup gets underway tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Ice For Kids […]
Duane Hicks “Going Local” paid off in a big way for Don Larson. Larson was the winner of 5,000 “Go Local” points after having his card swiped at Leon’s on Saturday while purchasing a new couch and loveseat there. His purchase helped “Go Local” reach its one millionth point. For […]
Joey Payeur If body checking in high school boys’ hockey in Ontario goes the way of the dinosaur, high school boys’ hockey in this area won’t be far behind. That’s the stance of Muskie head coach Jamie Davis in light of a motion to remove intentional body contact from that […]
Staff The Sunset Country men’s team brought home the silver medal from the annual Open provincial championships held April 1-4 in Sudbury. Featuring local bowlers Mike Behan and Jeff Watts, along with Kevin Blake (Kenora) and Dryden bowlers Tim Gadd, Darryl Rollins, and Jason Rousseau (formerly of Fort Frances), the […]
Joey Payeur Cole Tymkin prides himself on keeping his focus while in the heat of on-ice competition. But he’ll be dealing with an understandable distraction this weekend when he hopes to become an official Major Junior hockey player. The Fort Frances resident, who turned 16 on Sunday, is eligible for […]
Joey Payeur The Thunder Bay North Stars’ endless parade through sick bay this season concluded with the Fort Frances Lakers pulling the plug on their title hopes. Colton Spicer and Nolan Ross each scored twice, and Cody Antonini chalked up five assists, as the Lakers rolled to an 8-3 win […]
Staff A visit from the Grand Exalted Ruler (president) of the Elks of Canada last week has sparked the local organization to seek out new members. Duane Felt met with the group that has been reduced to just a handful of members of late. “Each lodge is different,” Felt remarked. […]
