Lucas Punkari The Fort Frances Lakers missed a golden opportunity to move into sole possession of second place in the SIJHL on Saturday night after falling 3-1 to the visiting Minnesota Iron Rangers. “It was definitely a step in the wrong direction for us and I don’t think we were […]
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Heather Latter Samual Gray, three, was read a story in one of the Early Learning classrooms during the “Come and See” event at Robert Moore School yesterday afternoon. Youngsters who are eligible to attend the full-day program there in the fall were invited to check out all the school has […]
Lucas Punkari Maya Davis, left, and Emma Bone watched as Kevin Kurm and Jordan Nolan of the Fort Frances Lakers helped them out with a science activity yesterday morning during a visit to Alexis Norris’ Grade 3/4 class at Robert Moore School as part of the local Junior ‘A’ hockey […]
Duane Hicks Kiwanian Robin Wright looked on as 2012 “Citizen of the Year” Ken Christiansen drew the winner of the February “Trip of the Month” draw this morning at International Travel Services. Nancy Gillon of Fort Frances won a trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., valued at $3,500. […]
Lucas Punkari On the heels of a 5-3 loss to the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints on Tuesday night in Kenora, Muskie forward Tyler Mosbeck was determined to do whatever he could to help his team get back on track after its month-and-a-half hiatus. With a hot hand in front of […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL — Resolute Forest Products (TSX:RFP) says it’s going to build a new saw mill in the Atikokan area of northwestern Ontario. Once completed, the operation will employ about 90 people directly and others indirectly. Resolute said Thursday that a site for the mill will be chosen […]
Heather Latter Teacher Paulette Romaniuk, dressed as Captain Hook, introduced a new book to some of her students, who were portraying “Wendy” and “Tiger Lily” from the literary work “Peter Pan,” on Tuesday during a literacy event at St. Michael’s School. Students were invited to dress up as different characters […]
Staff After strong openings to their seasons, both the Muskie boys’ and girls’ hockey teams still are searching for their first wins since returning to action following a month-long break due to teacher protests over Bill 115. In their first NorWOSSA game since early December, the boys blew a 2-0 […]
Lucas Punkari Muskie forward Claire Sandelovich chased Alicia Beckel of the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs yesterday afternoon during a controlled scrimmage at the Ice For Kids Arena here. The black-and-gold currently are getting set for a game next Tuesday in Kenora against St. Thomas Aquinas while the Voyageurs will […]
Lucas Punkari Muskie forward Amber Jourdain tried to get a shot off against a sprawling Keanna Carlson at the Ice For Kids Arena on Tuesday night during a 4-0 win for the International Falls Broncos in an exhibition game. See story inside.
Staff The Fort Frances Lakes have had trouble beating the Dryden Ice Dogs over the past couple of months. But the Lakers shook that monkey off their back last night at the Dryden Memorial Arena, doubling the host Ice Dogs 4-2. After trading goals in the opening period, the Lakers […]
Duane Hicks Accessing information at the Fort Frances Museum will become a whole lot easier in the future. Thanks to a Museum and Technology Fund grant from the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, the museum will hire a co-ordinator to transfer its old database to new software, as well […]
