Staff Talk about starting the new year off right. The NorFab Flames girls’ PeeWee hockey team dazzled their way to gold at the 2010 Best of Times Fargo Girls International Hockey Classic in Fargo, N.D. over the weekend. The locals opened action on New Year’s Day against the Orono Spartans, […]
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Staff The local Dynamic Homes Hurricanes were dealt a pair of tough losses in the 10U-B 2010 Best of Times Fargo Girls International Hockey Classic there over the weekend. Both were to the Grand Forks Angels—and would decide the championship. The Hurricanes fell to the Angels 3-2 to open the […]
Press Release The Boston Pizza Royals will be hosting the first-annual Boston Pizza “Fire on Ice” PeeWee ‘AA’ tournament this coming weekend. The Royals have had a successful season so far, recording two second-place finishes, one third-place finish, and a ‘B’-side championship this past weekend in Bemidji, Mn. Head coach […]
Staff They’ve still got it. Twelve of the top men’s and women’s senior rinks from across Northwestern Ontario will be competing at the Fort Frances Curling Club beginning tomorrow (Jan. 7) at 2:30 p.m. The last scheduled draw is set for Sunday at 9:30 a.m., although tiebreakers may need to […]
Staff The Fort Frances Aquanauts are developing nicely so far this swim season. In the team’s past two events, the Prairie Winter Invitational in Winnipeg and a developmental meet in Dryden, all the swimmers returned with personal best times. Headlining those efforts was Donovan Taylor, who captured bronze in the […]
Press Release The Boston Pizza Royals PeeWee ‘AA’ hockey team rang in the New Year at the Paul Bunyan International tournament in Bemidji, Mn. this past weekend. The sole Canadian team on hand, they kicked off 2010 in style when goalie Dylan Ossachuk took pride in singing “O Canada” during […]
Staff The Fort Frances Thunderhawks will see the ice for the first time in 2010 when they host the Kenora Thistles for a two-game set this weekend. The first game is set for Saturday (Jan. 9) at 7 p.m. at the Ice For Kids Arena. The rematch then goes Sunday […]
Peggy Revell A convoy carrying emergency relief supplies for the children of Pikangikum First Nation is now on its way thanks to OPP assistance. “It’s been amazing,” Marty Nelson of Family & Children’s Services here, chair of the Pikangikum Relief Committee, said about the public response to the plea for […]
Peggy Revell Municipalities across the district took full advantage of the economic stimulus funding that flowed in 2009, but many local leaders are predicting 2010 will be a drier year. “The cupboards are going to be bare [this] year, there’s no doubt about it,” said Alberton Reeve Mike Hammond, who […]
Dan Falloon A Fort Frances man is still irked over town council’s decision last month to deny his bid to offer a skate-sharpening service at the Memorial Sports Centre. “Any good rink’s got a skate sharpener in it,” argued Paul Cousineau, who already sharpens skates for the Muskie boys’ team […]
Peggy Revell The Harper government’s move last week to prorogue Parliament until after the Winter Olympics is undemocratic and a tactic to avoid controversy, Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty charged. “What proroguing does is it really stymies the will of the people because Parliament is the elected body,” Rafferty […]
Heather Latter Spending two weeks on a tropical island might sound like paradise. But for Aaron Petrin of Fort Frances, it’s an opportunity to help make a difference in the lives of those who reside in the Republic of Fiji. The fourth-year commerce student, who currently is studying at the […]
