Peggy Revell Lake L’Hirondelle gave Santa Claus her wish list when he paid a visit to the Zaagi-idiwin Aboriginal Head Start program here yesterday afternoon. Holiday activities were held all day long for the children, including Christmas crafts, treats, and, of course, a visit from jolly St. Nick himself, who […]
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Dave Ogilvie Rhonda Merke, Jason Lilley, Gisele Brunet, Ben Brunet, Cindy Noble, Charles Brunet, Ken Noble, and Mavis (Brown) St. Hilaire gathered around the beautiful engraving which was presented to Ken and Cindy in thanks for their 20 years of service to Brunet Monuments. Friends from across the district were […]
Dan Falloon Muskie senior hoopster Justin Anderson drove to the basket after teammate Josh Strain (#33) set a pick during the first game of the Muskies’ home tournament against Baudette last Thursday night. Fort High won that game 56-27 as they rolled to a 4-0 mark to capture the tournament. […]
Staff Sounds like somebody had a case of the Mondays. The Fort Frances Lakers (19-10-2) saw its losing streak hit three games with a 5-4 overtime loss to the visiting Duluth Clydesdales (7-19-2) last night. The skid is the team’s longest such string of the season. Things didn’t get off […]
Duane Hicks The town’s outdoor rinks are ready for local residents to use for hockey and skating. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said at last night’s council meeting that as of today, the north-end rink, east-end rink, and McIrvine rink are open to the public. “They are all flooded. […]
Staff There’s just a few days left to “adopt an angel” as Family and Children’s Services gets ready to wrap up its annual campaign for this holiday season. “It’s been a really great response this year and the gifts have been excellent,” noted Debra Bruyere of FACS,who has been organizing […]
Dan Falloon Muskie curlers Cody Heyens and Ian Grant brushed a shot from lead Jordan Sokoliuk during NorWOSSA exhibition action Sunday at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The rink, skipped by Isaac Keffer, finished 2-3 at the event, which wrapped up yesterday. The Muskie girls’ rink, skipped by Tirzah Keffer, […]
Dan Falloon Lakers’ forward Jaret Leclair got his stick in on Duluth captain Tom Paine as the two raced for a puck during Fort Frances’ 5-4 overtime loss here last night. Paine brought the Lakers headaches, knotting the game at 4-4 in the third to force the extra period. The […]
Duane Hicks Moving forward with the process to find a new use for the old Fort Frances Public Library, the town officially will buy the property tonight for $1. Council is expected to pass a bylaw at its regular meeting to seal the deal with library board. Mayor Roy Avis […]
Staff A pair of one-goal weekend losses bumped the Fort Frances Lakers from their perch atop the SIJHL. And it was a long way down. After a 3-2 loss Friday night and then a 1-0 setback Saturday in Thunder Bay, the Lakers fell to fourth place in the six-team circuit […]
Staff Things were looking good for the Fort Frances Thunderhawks as they kicked off their senior ‘AAA’ season in Kenora on Friday night. But a short bench further cut by penalties, injuries, and ejections eventually did in the visitors as they fell 5-3 to the Thistles. The T’hawks jumped out […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team got its first look at the Kenora Broncos in NorWOSSA action here Friday night—and it turned out pretty similarly to their two previous tournament meetings. After having downed the Broncos by 4-1 and 4-2 scores at tournaments earlier this season, the black-and-gold skated away […]
