Joey Payeur Come on, baby, finish what you started. Van Halen sang it and yesterday Jace Baldwin lived it by scoring the Fort Frances Lakers’ first goal of the game and then its last to clinch a 5-4 shootout victory over the first-place Wisconsin Wilderness. Baldwin’s breakaway beauty, followed by […]
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Joey Payeur With hospitality like that, it’s no wonder the Muskie boys’ hockey team makes certain to schedule an annual trip to see one of its alumni. The Muskies played their last game before exam break with a sense of purpose, dominating the host Lafayette Eagles 6-0 in an exhibition […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL—A potential strike now looms only at Canadian Pacific Railway after CN Rail reached a tentative agreement today just hours before 4,000 unionized workers were prepared to walk off the job. The Canadian Auto Workers reached a deal with the country’s largest railway following a marathon session […]
Staff Fort Frances native Steve Arpin was voted as the Canadian Racer Competing at the Highest Level of International Competition in the Inside Track Readers’ Choice Awards. The 27-year-old was among those honoured at the Canadian Motorsports Expo at Toronto’s International Centre on Saturday. Brantford, Ont.’s Jordan Szoke was chosen […]
Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Thunderhawks put a different spin on the old philosophical question about if a tree falls in the forest and there’s nobody around, does it makes a sound? They decided to chop down the Dakota College at Bottineau Lumberjacks instead, who landed with a pair of […]
Joey Payeur Usually, the person running the sound booth during hockey games spins up tempo numbers in the rock-and-roll and rap genres during stoppages in play. Yesterday at the Ice For Kids Arena, however, the theme of “Jaws” would have been more appropriate. The Gillons’ Sharks closed out the scoring […]
Peggy Revell Arlene Georgeson, left, Barb MacDonell, and Karen Egan stitched away while creating woollen candle mats at a crafting workshop yesterday afternoon at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. More than two dozen people turned out for the workshop, which was led by Joyce Martinson and Linda Plumridge.
Peggy Revell The local MEC Bulldogs (in gold) were all over the Atikokan Voyageurs during the preliminary round of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s annual Atom ‘A’ tournament at the Ice For Kids Arena on Friday. The Bulldogs coasted to a 8-1 victory but it was the Gillons’ Sharks […]
Peggy Revell Curtis Martin (#44) of the Dakota College at Bottineau Lumberjacks rushed up ice against Fort Frances Thunderhawks’ Roger Morrison (#4) during yesterday’s 7-2 exhibition victory by Fort Frances at the ‘52 Canadians Arena to sweep the two-game exhibition series.
Duane Hicks Larry and Josie Patrick, left, along with Kathi and Don Tucker, enjoyed a peroghy supper Friday at the Memorial Sports Centre auditorium. The supper, which was a fundraiser for the Fort Frances Lakers, saw more than 180 people attend and raised $1,100 for the team. The supper was […]
Duane Hicks Dan Morphy of the Toronto-based percussion quartet, “TorQ,” grooved away with basket shakers during a performance Friday night at the Townshend Theatre here. Part of the Tour de Fort concert series, “TorQ” offered a range of arranged and improvised music numbers for the audience to enjoy. The next […]
Press Release Thirteen pairs of duplicate bridge contestants entered the annual “Icebox Days” international competition over in International Falls this past Sunday (Jan. 16). Dolly Lemieux and Don Zucchiatti of Fort Frances captured first place with 62 points. Only a half-point behind were Ralph and Kathy Awe of the Falls. […]
