Joey Payeur Thunder Bay North Stars’ goalie Nathaniel Dupuis and defenceman Brandon Kaarela tried to take advantage of turned-around Fort Frances Lakers’ forward Mason Meyer during the first period of the visitors’ 3-2 victory here Saturday night.

Heather Latter Grade 10 students Connor Tibbs and Sheldon Jourdain got a start on their history exam this morning at Fort High. Exams started yesterday and wrap up this Thursday, with second-semester classes beginning Monday.

Staff The Accommodation Review Committee for Our Lady of the Way School in Stratton will make its recommendation on the future of the school during the regular meeting of the Northwest Catholic District School Board tonight at 6:30 p.m. The recommendation, which was posted to the board’s website earlier this […]

the OPP Yesterday around 3:10 p.m., the OPP responded to a motor-vehicle collision at Second Street East and Portage Avenue involving a school bus and passenger vehicle. The collision occurred when a Honda Civic was travelling westbound behind an unloaded school bus on Second Street East. Both vehicles stopped for […]

Heather Latter Mackenzie Kilgour used an over-sized magic wand to help “Mr. E” (Eric Leclerc) make toys appear in the wooden drawer yesterday evening during his magic show, “The Mysteries of MR. E,” which was part of the local “Kids & Co.” entertainment series at the Townshend Theatre. The next […]

Staff Two losses in three games last week didn’t affect the stature of the Fort Frances Lakers in the eyes of those analyzing the nation’s junior ‘A’ hockey teams. The Lakers remained at No. 7 in the Canadian Junior ‘A’ Hockey League top 20 rankings—despite dropping a pair of games […]

Duane Hicks The town won’t be paying to put in a sidewalk on the west side of Keating Avenue from J.W Walker School to First Street West. The town’s Traffic Safety Committee had asked that the town help pay for a sidewalk, citing students needed to be able to get […]

Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Lakers got caught Star-gazing here Saturday night and it cost them two points. Daniel Delpaggio’s second goal of the game with 3:11 to go gave the Thunder Bay North Stars a 3-2 victory over the Lakers at the Ice For Kids Arena. It also was […]

Joey Payeur Goalie Riley Stromlund of the Rainy River/Baudette Maroon thrust out his pad for a big save against Fort Frances Gillons’ Sharks forward Nathan Smith (14) during the second period of the ‘C’ final of the local Atom ‘A’ tournament yesterday at the Ice For Kids Arena. Rainy River/Baudette […]

Joey Payeur Taylor Whitehead of Fort Frances prepared to blast this serve during action yesterday in the men’s ‘D’ division at the 27th-annual Wesley Derksen LL.B Open squash tournament at the Memorial Sports Centre. A total of 79 players took part in the three-day event, which was hosted by the […]

Joey Payeur Thunder Bay North Stars’ captain Trevor Hynnes shared a lively discussion with Bryce Lipinski of the Fort Frances Lakers during the first period of the visitors’ 3-2 victory Saturday night at the Ice For Kids Arena

Staff The Coming Together for Kids Coalition is encouraging families to have “15 Minutes of Fun” learning together. The group is hosting a Children’s Services Fair, in conjunction with Family Literacy Day, next Monday (Jan. 27). “It’s a great way for people to get to know what’s available here,” noted […]