Staff Alina Eldridge shone brighter than the lights she was playing under. Eldridge exploded for a hat trick to lead Breakaway Fashionista to a 6-2 thumping of Glitter Gals in the Borderland Soccer Fall League women’s division Monday night at the east-end rink. Sara Kellar added a pair of goals […]
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Heather Latter Students at St. Michael’s School ran and walked around the grounds yesterday as part of the Terry Fox National School Run Day. Other local schools also participated in the event, raising money for the Terry Fox Foundation for cancer research.
Staff The girls’ basketball teams kept soaring, the junior boys’ volleyball squad was jumping, but the senior boys remained grounded. That was the day in a nutshell for the Muskie court teams yesterday in Kenora as the black-and-gold posted three wins in four tries against the host Broncos. The senior […]
Staff The Rainycrest Auxiliary will celebrate its 60th anniversary next Wednesday (Oct. 2) with a tea from 2-3:30 p.m.—and all are welcome to attend. Admission is $4 and annual memberships will be available for $5. There will be a variety of delicious home baking for purchase in the Activation Room, […]
Joey Payeur The first road trip of the season for the Muskie football team ended up being nothing to write home about. The black-and-gold fell 16-14 to the host College Lorette Collegiate Scorpion yesterday to drop to 2-2 in the Andy Currie Division (‘A’) of the Winnipeg High School Football […]
Duane Hicks Mail posted in the mailbox at the Fort Frances post office now is being sent to Thunder Bay for sorting. John Caines, a spokesperson for Canada Post in Ottawa, said yesterday that Canada Post has been in the process of “de-twinning” here and elsewhere across the country. While […]
Joey Payeur Junior Muskie Amber Williams fired away during the first half of the squad’s 42-20 win over the visiting Dryden Eagles to open the NorWOSSA season Tuesday.
Joey Payeur The NorWOSSA season for the Muskie court teams began Tuesday with plenty of boffo basketball and a variety of vanquished volleyballers. The senior girls’ hoops squad blasted the visiting Dryden Eagles 51-26—using a big early lead to douse the Eagles’ hopes in short order. “We talked before the […]
Joey Payeur Carter Kinnear, left, and A.J. Kellar battled wheel-to-wheel during go-kart action in the Junior 2 Division on Sunday at the Emo Speedway. Winners included Kellar, Jason Williamson (Senior), Justin Besch (Junior 1), and Landon Lowes (Rookie). Go-kart racing concludes for the season this Sunday (Sept. 29) at 2 […]
Staff Former Fort Frances resident Steve Arpin managed a fifth-place showing at the Sylvania SilverStar zXe Global Rallycross event in Charlotte, N.C. on Sunday. “I feel like we should have been a lot better,” Arpin said in a press release on the Global Rallycross website. “We had such a fast […]
Staff Results from the 2012-13 Education Quality and Accountability Office Grade 9 Assessment of Mathematics and Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test, released yesterday, show both an increase and decrease in successes in different areas. A total of 93 FFHS students in the academic mathematics course wrote the assessment, with 83 […]
Heather Latter In celebration of Franco-Ontarian Day yesterday, Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis displayed the Franco-Ontarian flag at the Civic Centre, where it flew for the first time. The Association des francophones du Nord-Ouest de l’Ontario also urged communities, schools, and francophones to wear green and white to mark the […]
