Staff The Muskies edged the Rendez-Vous 56-53 in local men’s basketball league action Wednesday night. Justin Anderson led the Muskies with 22 points while Toby Munro netted 14 for the Vous. The late game saw Boston Pizza dump Taggs 76-48. Adrian Chapman had 29 points to pace BP, with Todd […]
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Staff Alexis Latter and Lyla Moen enjoyed a good splash yesterday morning as the Fort Frances Nursery School held its annual “beach day”—a perfect break from the mid-winter blues, especially with the bitter cold snap currently gripping Borderland.
Staff One group of Muskie hoopsters survived the bear attack. The other couldn’t scale the tree high enough to avoid being mauled. The Fort High senior boys looked solid in a 66-51 win over the Lake of the Woods Bears in Baudette on Tuesday in an exhibition game that served […]
Peggy Revell Caden Flinders checked out the magnetic board filled with letters during a tour of Robert Moore School’s kindergarten rooms yesterday afternoon while his mom filled out paperwork as part of the school’s kindergarten registration day. Robert Moore, along with St. Michael’s School under the Catholic board, will see […]
Peggy Revell Jacob Gustafson eagerly demonstrated how a science lesson on frogs can be implemented with a SmartBoard during the “Technology in the Classroom” evening at J.W. Walker School last night. Parents and students were invited out to see how new technology—such as SmartBoards, SmartTables, programs that convert text to […]
Staff One period was all the Muskie girls’ hockey team needed to capture themselves a bearskin rug to keep warm on the ride home. The black-and-gold did all their damage in the second period en route to a 4-0 shutout over the Lake of the Woods Bears in exhibition action […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers made sure one hiccup in their recent run of success didn’t blossom into a full-blown losing skid. Blake Boaz netted the eventual game-winner in the second period as the Lakers downed the host Sioux Lookout Flyers 3-1 last night. Jon Sinclair and Jaret Leclair (empty-netter) […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce will recognize businesses, organizations, and individuals for their achievements and contributions to the district economy at the 15th-annual Bell Business Awards. But if businesses are going to be honoured at the gala, slated for Thursday, Feb. 10 at La Place Rendez-Vous, the […]
Staff It had been smooth sailing lately for the Fort Frances Lakers, but Dwight Lee turned into a one-man iceberg. Lee had a hat trick and added three assists for a massive six-point night as the host Dryden Ice Dogs emphatically ended the Lakers’ six-game winning streak with an 8-2 […]
Duane Hicks It’s a new year, time to try a new hobby, and organizers of the “What Hooks You Here” community rug-hooking project want the public to take a crack at “pulling up loops.” As previously reported, the project includes four large panels featuring the four seasons and depicts activities […]
Staff Defensive duels are not the norm in the NorWOSSA boys’ hockey conference, but goals definitely were at a premium here Tuesday night. Ryan Lundy and Tarran Romyn provided the offence, while Scott Parsons stopped all 19 shots he faced, as the Muskies blanked the visiting Dryden Eagles 2-0. Lundy, […]
Duane Hicks Situated in the cozy surroundings of the fireplace lounge at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre, Debbie Ballard, left, and Judy Kielczewski worked away at the local Community Arts and Heritage Education Project—“What Hooks You Here?”—yesterday afternoon. They will be at the library on the first three […]
