Staff On a night when four teams couldn’t play, and their closest pursuer was held pointless, Alliance reasserted itself as the team to beat in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League. As the only team to gain the maximum six points in its two matches in the final night of […]
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the OPP The victim of Tuesday’s fatal crash on Highway 11 east of Atikokan has been identified as Fredrick James Munro, 76, of Atikokan. Munro was pronounced dead at the scene, which was about 1.5 km east of the Highway 633 junction. The collision involved an eastbound Chevrolet Lumina driven […]
Joey Payeur The Red Lake Rams girls’ hockey team found a nauseating sight awaiting them on their bench here yesterday afternoon. They left the arena with a different kind of sick feeling in their stomachs. The Muskie girls got two-goal efforts from Shilo Beck, Rachel Jean, and Jessica Coran to […]
Staff Getting pounded hurts—but pounding those who hurt you does wonders for the spirit. A week after taking it on the chin in their NorWOSSA regular-season opener in Dryden, the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team paid back the Eagles with a convincing 70-48 triumph in Fort High’s home-opener Tuesday. Caleb […]
It will be mostly clear tonight, with an overnight low of minus-26 C (15 below zero F) and light west winds. Look for some sunshine tomorrow, with a high of minus-14 (seven) and low around minus-19 (two below). Expect southwest winds at five-10 m.p.h. Light snow is possible Saturday, along […]
Heather Latter Aiden Moen received a gift from Santa yesterday as jolly St. Nick visited with children at the Fort Frances Nursery School.
Heather Latter Samaria Smith, a student in Michelle Cain’s Early Learning class at Robert Moore School, decorated a gingerbread house yesterday as a holiday activity. With no school for district students tomorrow, today marked the final day of classes until the New Year.
Heather Latter Declan McCart, three, climbed up on Santa’s lap yesterday as the jolly old elf stopped by “Storytime” at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre.
Joey Payeur Brad Gushulak’s Grade 4/5 class performed “Feliz Navidad” as part of the “Christmas Around The World” holiday concert at Crossroads School in Devlin on Tuesday. The event, which played to a standing room-only crowd, featured songs performed in English, French, and Ojibwe.
Heather Latter Early Learning students at Robert Moore School rang their bells as they performed “The Lights on the Tree” during a dress rehearsal yesterday morning for their Christmas concert, which was staged there last night.
Joey Payeur The last time they met the Dryden Eagles in tournament play, the Muskie girls’ hockey team experienced tremendous disappointment. Fort High was bound and determined there would be no encore. Claire Sandelovich scored in the seventh round of the shootout, then watched teammate Kate Parsons deny Dryden’s Leah […]
Joey Payeur They’re one year older and they are counting on being at least one place better in the standings. That’s the goal for the Christopher Silver rink from Fort Frances, which captured the Northern Ontario Curling Association’s Bantam regional qualifier over the weekend in Sioux Lookout. Silver and his […]
