Dan Falloon It’s a game Blake Boaz likely won’t forget anytime soon. The Fort Frances Lakers’ forward scored the tying goal to force overtime, then notched the shootout winner as the hosts edged the first-place Wisconsin Wilderness 4-3 here Tuesday night. With the Lakers trailing 3-2 after coughing up a […]
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Duane Hicks The town is going to take another look at how it can reduce the incidents of motorists cutting into the traffic line heading to the U.S. border crossing. The request to do so came from the Police Services Board (PSB) at Monday night’s council meeting. Coun. Rick Wiedenhoeft, […]
Dan Falloon The secret to NorWOSSA success for the Muskie junior court teams? Play a pair of games. Both the boys’ volleyball and girls’ basketball teams had finished second to the Dryden Eagles at the end of the regular season, meaning they had to win a morning semi-final in order […]
Peggy Revell Jaiden VanDulmen reached up to place a poppy plate on the gymnasium wall yesterday morning at St. Francis School as students participated in the first Spirit Day of the year. It’s theme was “Peace” to tie into Remembrance Day observances.
Dan Falloon This buck was spotted peering over the berm south of the CN tracks near the junction of Central Avenue and Fourth Street West early yesterday morning. A doe also was in the area, but had continued roaming to the west.
Town council agreed Monday night to a request from the local Salvation Army to participate in its 2010 Christmas kettle campaign. Also at Monday’s meeting, council: •referred a resolution from the Police Services Board, recommending to council that the Traffic Safety Committee examine all aspects of traffic flow at the […]
Dave Ogilvie The Rainy River Future Development Corp. will be holding a seminar, entitled “How to Start a Small Business,” on Wednesday, Nov. 17 at 2 p.m. The 90-minute session, taking place at the RRFDC’s office at 608 Scott St. in Fort Frances, will give you the tools necessary to […]
Robin McCormick Remembrance Day services will be held across the district tomorrow (Nov. 11). A church service will be held in Barwick at 10 a.m., followed by cenotaph ceremonies in Barwick (11 a.m.), Stratton (11:45 a.m.), Devlin (1:45 p.m.), Emo (2:30 p.m.), and Rainy River First Nations (3:15 p.m.) A […]
Staff The Fort Frances Canadians Midget ‘AA’ team had its first home action of the season over the weekend. The squad faced the West End Bruins (Thunder Bay) for a pair of games at the Ice For Kids Arena, splitting the contests. Saturday afternoon saw the locals eke out a […]
Dan Falloon The Muskie junior girls’ basketball team is entering the NorWOSSA playoffs on a roll. Heading into today’s showdown at Fort High, the black-and-gold beat both of their league rivals last week to finish the regular season with a 4-4 mark. It began with 20-12 victory over Kenora on […]
Dan Falloon It was a neck-and-neck race for first place in the NorWOSSA junior boys’ volleyball league this season. In the end, the Muskies (5-3) dropped both their matches in the final week, allowing the Dryden Eagles (6-2) to take over top spot and earn a first-round bye to the […]
Dan Falloon The NorWOSSA semi-final in senior boys’ volleyball between the Muskies and Kenora Broncos was pretty much a pick ’em. Although Fort High (3-5) won the season series 3-1 over the Broncos (2-6), each of those wins came in five sets. The Broncos’ lone victory, meanwhile, came in just […]
