Staff Ryan McMahon will perform three free nights of comedy at From the Grind Up here next week. The Fort Frances native will take the stage nightly at 7:30 p.m. from Monday to Wednesday. From the Grind Up owner Ben Morelli said McMahon is preparing a brand new hour of […]
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Submitted Reo Walton, from the United Native Friendship Centre, and other local drummers visited the students at the Zaagi-Idiwin Aboriginal “Head Start” program last Wednesday. The youngsters enjoyed drumming and singing with their guests.
Staff Caleb McIntosh brought his shooting touch to the gym on Monday night but needed one more shot in the end. McIntosh drained a game-high 27 points for Taggs, but his squad fell just short as La Place Rendez-Vous held on for a 61-60 win in Fort Frances Men’s Basketball […]
Staff The defending champions are rounding into form just in time for what they hope is another outstanding playoff run. Scared Hitless gained the maximum six points for the second-straight week in Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League action last Thursday. The big night moved third-place Scared Hitless up to 74 […]
Duane Hicks In honour of the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Fine Line Art Gallery here, artists Pam Cain, Solly Santiago, Paulette Henttonen, and Jean Richards recently collaborated on this artwork. In accordance with the theme “20 Years on a Shoestring,” the artwork includes shoelaces and reproductions of […]
Joey Payeur Muskies Janelle Kaemingh (#5) and Kaily Greengrass provided plenty of traffic in front of Dryden Eagles’ goalie Jacquie Grandmont during the first period of Fort High’s 4-3 win in Game 1 of the best-of-three NorWOSSA final there Tuesday night.
Staff So much for tying regular-season history. The Fort Frances Lakers’ quest to match their club record for victories last season is over following a 6-3 loss to the host Dryden GM Ice Dogs last night. Fort Frances (37-10-0-1) already has clinched first place in the SIJHL, but needed to […]
Duane Hicks Say good-bye to the wheel rutting along the stretch of King’s Highway from just east of York Avenue to Wright Avenue. The Town of Fort Frances has received $2 million towards road reconstruction, as well as upgrades to water, storm, and sanitary sewer systems, thanks to the Ontario […]
Joey Payeur Paul Cousineau was seconds away from leaving the Memorial Sports Centre on Monday when the Muskie boys’ hockey team trainer suddenly remembered he had one more pair of skates to sharpen. That extra cutting edge on Lauren Vold’s blades just might be one of the reasons the Muskie […]
Duane Hicks ENGAGE, the local young professionals network, is inviting individuals aged 20-35 to go ice-fishing on Rainy Lake this Saturday. Rainy River Future Development Corp. intern Jamie Petrin said a group will be meeting at 2 p.m. at The Great Bear, located on Highway 11 east of Fort Frances. […]
Joey Payeur Jason Cain could have given the famous “win one for the Gipper” speech, but he didn’t have to. The Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team wasn’t about to let down their coach—even if she was more than 1,000 km away. The squad captured its first league title since 2012 […]
Joey Payeur The Dryden Eagles’ net resembled The Alamo on Monday night, with the visitors in the role of the undermanned Texans and the Muskies serving as the Mexican army. Playing the part of Davy Crockett was a man not with a coonskin cap but a metallic mask. Brady Desserre […]
