Joey Payeur Muskie centre Tyler VanUden skated away from Thunder Bay Minor Midget Kings’ defenceman Cole Turbide during the black-and-gold’s 5-3 loss yesterday at the Couchiching arena. The Muskies lost all three games of the weekend exhibition series to the Kings—also falling 3-2 in overtime in Atikokan on Friday and […]
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Joey Payeur Muskie Cassandra Moffitt didn’t let Kenora Broncos’ defender Skye Schott bother her while making an outlet pass to teammate Hannah McLeod during the NorWOSSA senior girls’ basketball final Friday in Dryden.
Joey Payeur Fifteen wins in a row, 10 days off, one happy first-place team. That sums up the Fort Frances Lakers after they completed a home-and-home sweep of the Dryden Ice Dogs with a 5-2 win there Saturday night. “I think the break is welcomed by the team,” head coach […]
Joey Payeur The Muskie senior and junior girls’ basketball teams made themselves right at home in the “Eagles’ Nest” on Friday—and took some gold with them when it was time to leave. The seniors put a defensive stranglehold on the Kenora Broncos in the second half to fuel a 44-26 […]
Duane Hicks CN crews were busy today cleaning up spilled grain near Fort Frances after 39 freight cars jumped the tracks around 5:45 p.m. yesterday. The derailment took place in an isolated area about 25 km east of town. The train, which had a total of 184 cars, was headed […]
Heather Latter FORT FRANCES—The “I Am Awesome! (And I Know It!)” self-esteem and empowerment retreat for young women has made it to the semi-final round of the Aviva Community Fund competition. “I thought it was pretty exciting how the community rallied together—from my friends to complete strangers who all of […]
Staff The road to Sochi is closed for one local curler and heading through a dangerous intersection for another. Former Muskie Tirzah Keffer never got a chance to get into the action as the fifth for Thunder Bay’s Krista McCarville, who was eliminated last night in a 10-3 loss to […]
Duane Hicks Jean Richards, seen here holding a Vi Plumridge print, got the silent auction ready for the Fine Line Art Gallery’s “Christmas Extravaganza” open house next Thursday (Nov. 14). From now until then, art lovers are urged to drop by the gallery at 529 Mowat Ave. and get in […]
Joey Payeur A ceremony in honour of Remembrance Day was held prior to last night’s game between the Lakers and Dryden Ice Dogs.
Heather Latter Pat Basaraba checked out some of the silent auction items displayed at the Fort Frances Museum during the Friends of the Museum’s second-annual fall wine-and-cheese fundraiser gala last night. The event, which was deemed a success by organizers, also featured music by the Rainy Lake Community Orchestra, Shannon […]
Joey Payeur With only 16 skaters to start, and with a quarter of those gone by the end of the game for various reasons, the Dryden Ice Dogs had no business hanging with the fourth-ranked team in the country. But it was only after, in their opinion, getting the business […]
Submitted Captain C.M. Johnston-Brown, Area Cadet Officer of Northwestern Ontario, presented the 908 Rainy Lake Air Cadet Squadron with the Proficiency Award last week. CV Cathy Richards was on hand to accept the award, which is given out annually to the organization that best exemplifies the co-operative efforts between the […]
