Lucas Punkari Ignace junior girls’ doubles player Marlee Zappitelli prepared to serve while her partner, Charity Chapman, looked on during a match in an exhibition tournament at Fort High on Thursday. In addition to the high school meet, which saw the Muskies nab three first-place showings, the Fort Frances Badminton […]
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Lucas Punkari Dan McFayden watched his final shot of the second end head down the ice while his front end applied the brushes during the ‘B’ final of the annual Fort Frances men’s bonspiel on Saturday. McFayden’s rink wound up losing 6-1 to Raymond Roy in only four ends. Adam […]
Heather Latter Gary Gamsby (NCDS board of directors), left, Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis, Gerd O’Sullivan (NCDS board of directors), Ken Boshcoff (Community Services Committee), and Gloria Mejia (Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities) cut a ribbon to mark the grand re-opening of Northern Community Development Services here yesterday. NCDS […]
Heather Latter Given the success of his first book released two years ago, retired Fort Frances High School teacher Frank Maraj is set to launch a sequel entitled, “Snapshots II: Navigating the University Years.” While “Snapshots” reflected on his childhood in Trinidad, Maraj’s newest book tells of his early days […]
VNP Come to the Rainy Lake Visitor Center at Voyageurs National Park, located east of International Falls, for a Family Movie Day this Sunday (March 27) from 2-4 p.m. Refreshments and popcorn provided. The park will show “Eight Below”–a two-hour family friendly movie about loyalty and adventure. A brutal storm […]
Staff The local men’s basketball league wrapped its regular season Wednesday night at Fort High, and in the process set the stage for next week’s semi-final match-ups. In the early game, Boston Pizza clinched the top seed for the playoffs with a convincing 83-53 win over the Muskies, giving them […]
Lucas Punkari The Fort Frances Lakers’ season hangs in the balance heading into Game 5 of their best-of-seven SIJHL semi-final series with the Dryden Ice Dogs tonight at the Ice For Kids Arena here. Dryden grabbed a commanding 3-1 series lead with a 5-3 victory on home ice last night—and […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ curling rink is moving on. Fort High clinched a quarter-final berth at the OFSAA championship in Thunder Bay thanks to a 7-2 win over London Central yesterday afternoon at the Port Arthur Curling Club. Sitting at 2-1 heading into play today, the black-and-gold will advance whether […]
Duane Hicks Town council may reconsider the option it had chosen for a new OPP contract, and take a look at more information regarding how it might impact police services here. Back on Dec. 20, council had decided on a new five-year contract with the Fort Frances OPP, choosing the […]
Lucas Punkari Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach Wayne Strachan will be looking for the same effort from his players tonight in Dryden when they try to even their best-of-seven semi-final series with the Ice Dogs. After losing the first two games on home ice on the weekend, the Lakers got […]
Gordon Anderson The Muskies came a long way to learn a few hard lessons about hockey in the rest of the province. The black-and-gold, seeded 13th in the 20-team field, finished with an 0-4 record after losing 5-1 to the 20th-ranked Holy Cross Crusaders (Kingston) this morning to wrap up […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ curling rink began its quest for OFSAA gold with mixed results. After opening with a 5-4 win over Ridgetown yesterday, the black-and-gold fell to 1-1 thanks to a 5-3 loss to Sir Winston Churchill this morning at the Port Arthur Curling Club in Thunder Bay. The […]
