Press Release Local badminton players Chelsea Carlson, Tim Desjardins, Rory Bagacki, Kimika Alexander, and Anika Alexander, along with their coach, Lawrence Alexander, travelled to Thunder Bay on Saturday for the Northwestern Open badminton tournament at Lakehead University. The team was joined by Kristin Moen of Morson (formerly of Rainy River […]
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Staff The St. Francis Sentinels captured gold at the Crossroads Invitational girls’ basketball tournament on Saturday with a 15-11 win over Riverview in the final. Head coach Mike Krueger said the win was a total team effort, specifically pointing to their defensive work. The Sentinels opened play with a 7-2 […]
Press Release The Source for Sports Canadian Hockey Skills Challenge is taking place in more than 60 markets across Canada this year, which gives youngsters from towns and cities large and small the opportunity to compete against one another for more than $20,000 in prizes. Fort Frances’ competition, presented by […]
Press Release The Northwestern Health Unit’s board of health passed a resolution on Friday (Feb. 20) to divest the hearing aid dispensing services of the audiology program in the Kenora, Dryden, and Fort Frances area, effective immediately. “It is with regret that we are unable to continue to provide this […]
Staff The Fort Frances Canadians Midget ‘AA’ hockey team has yet to lose to the Dryden Renegades so far this season, although Saturday’s 4-2 result was the closest the Renegades have come. The Canadians got two goals from Jeff Cridland, and one each from Jeff Gustafson and Tyson McLean, to […]
Press Release The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres and M&M Meat Shops have teamed up for a special promotion this Saturday (Feb. 28) from 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. at the local store. It’s a great opportunity to meet your Sabres’ players (they’ll be in three different groups of seven throughout the afternoon). […]
Press Release Gord Pyzer was inducted into the Canadian Angler Hall of Fame on Feb. 12 at a special inaugural ceremony held at the Spring Fishing and Boat Show in Toronto. Pyzer, who has fished the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship and has been a strong supporter of the annual […]
Staff It was a successful host tournament for the newly-minted NorFab Flames PeeWee girls’ rep team over the weekend. The Flames, enjoying success in their inaugural season, finished the round-robin portion of their tournament on Saturday in first place, but were upset by Dryden 4-3 in the final Sunday afternoon. […]
Staff The Muskie football team handed out its annual awards at the Little Beaver Snow Park lodge last Wednesday. The following award winners were voted on by their fellow teammates: •Paul Renaud Award (team MVP)—Matt DePiero; •Reece Scofield Award for Outstanding Contribution—Matt Mutz and Josh Stevens; •Marc DeGagne Award (Defensive […]
Staff The local Taggs Source for Sports Bantam ‘AA’ hockey team competed in its eighth and final tournament of the season last weekend in Brandon, Man., coming home with silver after compiling a 4-1 record. Taggs opened play against a very talented Interlake Lightning team, and surprised the Lightning in […]
Duane Hicks The Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition is seeking the community’s help in setting goals and priorities for the future, and will be hosting a strategic planning session on Tuesday, March 31 at La Place Rendez-Vous. “We need to know what the communities feel are the indicators for risk, […]
Duane Hicks Chiefs of four local First Nations are proposing an extension of the 99-year lease of Pither’s Point Park at “fair market value,” not the current rate of $35 per annum. But with the mayor and several councillors out of town at present for a conference in Toronto, the […]
