Lakers’ forward Bryce Lipinski (24) had a mostly empty net beckoning him—only to have English River’s Spencer Johnston (8) deny him the easy marker in the late stages of the third period of Saturday night’s 3-1 win over the visitors at the Ice For Kids Arena.
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Staff A team of Mine Centre School students, who competed in the Regional Elementary Cardboard Boat Race event hosted by Skills Canada-Ontario this past fall, will be recognized at the Rainy River District’s School Board’s regular meeting tonight. Under the direction of teacher Barbe Dennis, students Prudence Kabatay, Ziggy Skead, […]
Staff Mondays apparently don’t agree with the Tracy Horgan rink. The Sudbury-based team, which includes Devlin native Jenna Enge at second, fell 5-4 to Julie Reddick of Owen Sound yesterday in their opening game at the 2014 Ontario Scotties in Sault Ste. Marie. Horgan, who also has sister Jenn Horgan […]
Duane Hicks Micaela Jensen, a volunteer with the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts, and Mayor Roy Avis held up a banner yesterday at the Civic Centre yesterday to mark January as “Alzheimer Awareness Month” in Fort Frances. Alzheimer Society events this month include the “Forget Me Not” fundraiser dinner […]
Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Lakers can give themselves another high five. The Lakers maintained the No. 5 spot in the latest Canadian Junior ‘A’ Hockey League top 20 rankings announced yesterday. The Spruce Grove Saints of the Alberta Junior Hockey League remain in the top spot, followed by the […]
Joey Payeur Damon Nyberg of Fort Frances Canadian Tire was wide on this close-in chance against the Westfort Maroons (Thunder Bay) in the final of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s Bantam ‘A’ tournament yesterday at the Ice For Kids Arena, which the visitors won 2-0 to capture the title. […]
Staff Isaac Keffer got to see both sides of a three-game streak—but he could have done without the well-rounded perspective. The former Muskie, who now curls out of the Port Arthur Curling Club in Thunder Bay, followed a trio of victories with a three-pack of losses to finish in a […]
Duane Hicks Couchiching First Nations chief Chuck McPherson passed away suddenly at home yesterday. Co-worker and long-time friend of Chief McPherson, Christine Jourdain, said the news was a shock to the community. “Our community has a huge loss here and we just don’t know what to do,” she said tearfully. […]
Joey Payeur Kevin Kurm’s eye won’t win him any beauty pageants. Then again, the Fort Frances Lakers are more about fashioning win streaks than modelling this season. The Lakers (28-3-0-2) ran their winning streak to six games with a home-and-home sweep of the English River Miners (14-616-3), winning 7-4 there […]
Joey Payeur The Muskie boys’ hockey team stared the king of the mountain in the face and blinked—just barely. The St. Paul’s Crusaders (Winnipeg) hung on for a 3-2 win Friday in the quarter-finals of the fifth-annual Boston Pizza Piper Classic Tournament of Champions in Winnipeg. St. Paul’s, the defending […]
Joey Payeur The Muskie boys’ hockey team isn’t done dancing to the piper’s tune just yet. Fort High blanked the Garden City Gophers (Winnipeg) 6-0 this morning to finish in second place in Pool ‘C’ at the fifth-annual Boston Pizza Piper Classic High School Hockey Tournament there. That puts the […]
the OPP On Jan. 1 around 12:35 p.m., Rainy River District OPP officers, as well as local fire and ambulance personnel, responded to a two-vehicle collision at Portage Avenue and Fifth Street East here. Four adults were taken to hospital by ambulance but later released with minor injuries. As a […]
