Staff Dominos remained unbeaten in local men’s league basketball action Monday night with an 82-69 win over the Muskies. Nick Schlesser delivered 22 points for Dominos while Garnet Cornell had a game-high 26 for Fort High. In the late game, La Place Rendez-Vous beat Taggs 60-44, led by Aaron Rost’s […]
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Staff They did it again. The local Taggs Source for Sports Bantam ‘AA’ hockey team won its fifth tournament of the season over the weekend in Kenora with a lopsided 6-0 win over the Seine River Snipers in the final. Jordan Larson was the key sniper, netting a hat trick […]
Staff The Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team split into two squads for its final tournament of the season over the weekend in Dryden. Team #1 finished second in pool play and advanced to the quarter-finals, ousting the Westgate Tigers (Thunder Bay) in a straight-sets victory by scores of 25-19 and […]
Press Release The Fort/Kenora Junior Squash Challenge took place this past Saturday at the Memorial Sports Centre. The local contingent, consisting of Anniss Seid, Mike Brady, Ryan Brady, Shawn Brady, Bryson Skirten, Eric Bois, Robert Stevens, Matthew Roen, and Anika and Kimika Alexander, defeated their Kenora counterparts 34 total games […]
the MNR A Kenora man has been fined $2,000 and suspended from hunting for two years after shooting a deer at night in an area where no discharge of guns or bows is allowed. Cory Mozdzen, 37, pleaded guilty under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act to night hunting. The […]
Mitch Calvert The Fort Frances Canadians took bronze at a hockey tournament in Wayzata over the weekend. The local Midget ‘AA’ squad opened action with a 3-2 win against Wessey’s Boys, getting goals from D.J. Bombay, Jordan Sinclair, and Tim Sharp. They then tied Burnsville 2-2, getting a pair of […]
Staff The Muskie football coaching team is holding a winter meeting tomorrow (Jan. 22) in Room 100 at La Place Rendez-Vous beginning at 7 p.m. Head coach Dean Bruyere and his current staff will be meeting to discuss items ranging from recruitment to each individual’s responsibilities. Bruyere said anyone interested […]
Duane Hicks Taking a first look at the $16.4-million capital budget during a four-hour special meeting Monday, mayor, council, and administration are off to a good start deciding what the town needs now—and which projects can wait until next year and beyond. Several projects already have been given a tentative […]
Staff While the entire month of January is “Alzheimer Awareness Month,” fundraising events here in Rainy River District all are set to take place this weekend. The local Alzheimer Society will hold its annual “Penny for Your Thoughts” weigh-in at Canadian Tire here this Friday (Jan. 23) from 2-9 p.m. […]
Peggy Revell Free workshops to improve communication in the workplace are being offered to the community by the local Valley Adult Learning Association. The first of these is slated for Saturday, Jan. 31, and runs from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the old CN station. Participants also will be provided with […]
Mitch Calvert Time to get back on the winning track. The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres were left licking their wounds after a three-games-in-three-nights road trip ended with two identical 4-2 losses to the second-place Thunder Bay Bearcats last Friday and Saturday. The new-and-improved Bearcats (22-7-5) got two goals and four […]
Duane Hicks While the day for pick-up will remain the third Wednesday of every month, those who regularly order the “Healthy Living Food Box” each month should know that starting Feb. 4, they must turn in their order forms and cardboard totes on the first Wednesday of the month. As […]
