Gordon Anderson TORONTO— Keeping a bunch of rambunctious teens entertained in a confined space for 19-20 hours can’t be an easy thing to do, but prudent planning probably helps. As the Muskie boys’ hockey team boarded the charter bus around the dinner hour on Saturday, heading for the OFSAA ‘AAA/AAAA’ […]
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Lucas Punkari With clubmate Raymond Roy taking his rink to the tie-breaker round at The Dominion Curling Club Championships last November, Don DeBenedet is hoping to bring the Fort Frances Curling Club back to the national championship this year, with his journey starting Friday in Kenora at the regional playdowns. […]
Heather Latter Alexis Latter, left, and Amelia Tanguay had a blast jumping in the puddles along First Street East on Saturday afternoon. Given the above-zero temperatures of late, the snow has begun to disappear. Unfortunately, day-time highs are expected to hover below the freezing mark again this week.
Heather Latter Rob Tovey, in the role of “Fr. O’Brien,” and Brittany Hayes, playing a very pregnant “Ginger,” ran lines Sunday during a rehearsal for “Father, Oh . . .” a comedy written and directed by local resident Tracy Gibson. The dinner theatre production will run April 7-9 at La […]
Peggy Revell Lori Cress had her copy of “Create Space for Peace” signed by Dorothy Friesen on Sunday afternoon at St. John’s Anglican Church as part of the book’s local launch.
Lucas Punkari Lakers’ forward Dan Smith fired a shot that went just wide of Dryden Ice Dogs’ goalie Ian Perrier during the third period of Sunday night’s semi-final showdown at the Ice For Kids Arena here. The Ice Dogs went on to win 3-2 to grab a 2-0 series lead […]
Duane Hicks As town council continues to work through its 2011 budget, it currently is looking at a 3.9 percent levy increase for the residential class. This equals to a net tax dollar increase of $20.90 per $100,000 of assessment (although this increase can vary between properties if that property’s […]
Gordon Anderson The Muskie boys’ hockey team took a 1,200-km bus trip for their opening game at the 2011 OFSAA ‘AAA/AAAA’ showdown in Toronto but something was lost on the trip. A poorly-played first period by the black-and-gold was all the seventh-ranked Our Lady of Mount Carmel Crusaders needed in […]
Staff It certainly wasn’t the way four Fort Frances players wanted to kick off the provincial ‘AAA’ Bantam hockey championships in Thunder Bay. The regional all-star squad were dumped 7-1 by the host Thunder Bay Kings yesterday morning, then were blanked 7-0 by the Elgin-Middlesex Chiefs last night. Local player […]
Heather Latter Sarah Mueller, a dental hygienist with the Northwestern Health Unit, checked out Kayden Bruyere’s teeth this morning at Robert Moore School, then applied a fluoride varnish to help strengthen his teeth and resist cavity-causing bacteria. The dental professionals from the health unit offer screenings and fluoride varnishing in […]
Lucas Punkari Jamie Jensen prepared to serve during Fort Frances Badminton Club play last night at Robert Moore School. The club will be hosting its annual invitational tournament this weekend at Fort High, with play getting underway at 6 p.m. on Friday and running through Sunday.
Lucas Punkari Any advantage the Fort Frances Lakers had from hosting the first two games of their best-of-seven semi-final showdown with the Dryden Ice Dogs has been lost. After being blanked 4-0 on Friday night, the Lakers put up a much better fight last night at the Ice For Kids […]
