Dan Falloon Members of the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team clutched the championship trophy after trouncing Kenora 66-36 in the NorWOSSA final on Friday in Dryden. The Muskies now move on to the best-of-three NWOSSAA playoffs against the Thunder Bay champs, which will begin here Friday afternoon at 2:15 p.m..
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Staff As the new owners of Sunny Cove Camp are getting ready to take bookings for the year ahead, the Town of Fort Frances will allow weddings to take place there in addition to hosting youth camps and other activities. The public will be able to book weddings in May, […]
Dave Ogilvie The “Wardrobe” (Lorianne Dueck) frightened “Belle” (Maggie Gauthier) at the Beast’s castle during a dress rehearsal of Donald Young School’s production of “Beauty and the Beast” yesterday evening. Performances will take place tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday starting at 7 p.m. Tickets, which will be available at the door, cost $10 […]
Duane Hicks Taking advantage of the mild weather on the weekend, Patrick Langevin and Celine Cardinal, with their children, Marie-Mai and Yannick Langevin, in tow, were out for a family stroll Sunday afternoon.
Staff Both Muskie hockey teams have hit the skids late in the season. The girls’ squad was doubled 4-2 in NorWOSSA action Friday night in Kenora while the boys were mangled 5-1 in exhibition play by host International Falls. In Kenora, Fort High fell behind 1-0 early but quickly evened […]
Staff With an outside shot at fourth place still up for grabs, the Fort Frances Lakers (14-30-5) still had something to play for over the weekend. But so, too, did the K&A Wolverines. The Wolverines (19-27-5) pulled into a third-place tie with the Sioux Lookout Flyers after a pair of […]
Staff Help needed A Dance Township family lost its home to a fire Saturday night and now is looking to the district for help. Neither Andy and Rachel Pressenger or their three sons were hurt but the family cat and dog perished in the blaze, which also destroyed their home […]
Staff The investigation into an apartment fire here earlier this month has concluded that smouldering smoking materials was to blame. Fort Frances Fire Chief Gerry Armstrong said this morning the cause was filed as “believed to have been misuse of smoking material.” “It is difficult to prove and there was […]
Staff Spikers see silver finish The hoops were golden for both Muskie boys’ basketball teams Friday in Dryden. The senior boys thumped the Kenora Broncos 66-36 in their NorWOSSA final while the juniors bombed the host Eagles 71-34 in theirs. The seniors now advance to the NWOSSAA playoffs beginning this […]
Staff Town council will vote to amend Town of Fort Frances Bylaw 10/03 (traffic control bylaw) to make official a host of housekeeping changes. Clerk Glenn Treftlin said he was reviewing and consolidating the town’s traffic control bylaw for submittal to the Ministry of Transportation, as is done on a […]
Peggy Revell Huffman student Isabella Hyatt jumped from hoop to hoop as part of the relay race in the “Shape Olympics” held Friday afternoon by Karen Peltomaki’s SK/Grade 1 class there. The class participated in a bundle of fun outside winter activities—while learning about different shapes—and were rewarded with their […]
Dan Falloon Muskie senior boys’ player Jake Smith tried to in-bound the ball against a tenacious Kenora defender Friday afternoon at the NorWOSSA playoffs in Dryden. Fort High pummelled the Broncos 66-36 to capture the league crown while their junior counterparts also were victorious, pounding Dryden 71-34. Both Muskie girls’ […]
