La Place Rendez-Vous snapped Vianets’ perfect record in the local men’s basketball league with a 78-63 win Monday night. Derek Dowty was the top scorer for the Vous with 23 points. John Sivonen led the Vianets with 29 in a losing cause. Also Monday night, Taggs edged the Muskies 66-64. […]
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Here are the local results from the Sunset regional competition held in Dryden: •Pre-Introductory Elements Flight 1—Megan Poirier (6th) •Pre-Introductory Elements Flight 2—Hailey McEvoy (1st) •Introductory Elements Flight 1—Emma Keeler (1st) Lexi Caul (2nd) •Introductory Elements Flight 2—Chelsey Skirten (4th) •Pre-Preliminary Elements Flight 1—Emma Kunkel (1st) Sydnee McLeod (3rd) •Pre-Preliminary […]
This past weekend, nine members of the local Sunset Country Squash Club travelled to Winnipeg to take part in the 2008 Manitoba Open Pro-Am Squash Tournament. The members were spread through ‘B,’ ‘C,’ ‘D,’ and ‘E’ divisions, and there were two locals winners. In the men’s ‘B’ division, Colin Drombolis […]
An Ignace hunter has been fined $1,600 for shooting the wrong moose and for not wearing hunter orange. Rodney Szyszka, 33, was fined $1,500 for shooting a moose without a proper licence and $100 for not wearing hunter orange. He also is banned from hunting for eight months. He forfeited […]
Two members of the Fort Frances Aquanauts Swim Team competed in the annual MB-SK provincial championships over the weekend in Saskatoon. Both set personal best times in all their races and did very well. Caitlin Sande, 13, competed for the first time in such a championship and faced the pressure […]
< *c>Aquanauts •Christopher Allan (15)—50m free (2nd, 30.68), 100m breast (2nd, 1:44.11), 100m fly (1st, 1:34.71), 200m back (1st, 3:23.03), 200m breast (2nd, 3:45.65), 200m free (2:51.47), 100m free (2nd, 1:15.72), and 100m back (2nd, 1:35.54); •Macy Anderson (nine)—50m breast (7th, 1:17.25), 50m free (8th, 1:02.58), 100m free (8th, 2:27.64), […]
“All Creatures Great and Small,” an exhibit featuring acrylic paintings on canvas by Atikokan artist Liz Chambers, will open this Saturday (Feb. 9) at the Pictograph Gallery there. You can meet the artist from 1-3 p.m. (EST). The Pictograph Art Gallery is located on the lower level of the Voyageur […]
An MVP performance by Fort Frances Junior Sabres’ captain Quinn Amiel helped propel Team Regional to a 13-10 victory over Team Thunder Bay in the SIJHL’s annual all-star game Saturday afternoon at the Ice for Kids Arena here. Amiel lit the lamp twice and added five assists for seven points […]
With just three games remaining on their NorWOSSA schedule, the Muskie girls’ hockey team is poised to make a bit of history. For the first time in eight years, the black-and-gold are leading the NorWOSSA ‘AA’ standings. Through nine games, they possess a 6-2-0-1 record good for 13 points. But […]
Teachers from the primary division at Sturgeon Creek School in Barwick were honoured last night with the Rainy River District School Board’s Recognition of Excellence Award for their development of a professional learning community there. At the board’s regular meeting here, teachers Vicki Ogilvie, MaryAnn Haw, Krista Williams, Sherri Hay, […]
With the draw date coming up Feb. 23, organizers are stressing those who want to buy a ticket for the “elimination raffle” library fundraiser, as well as perhaps a ticket for the social, had better act before it’s too late. Mark Kowalchuk, chairman of the “Building for the Future” campaign, […]
“It’s all about the cadets,” stresses Capt. Margaret Somerleigh, commanding officer of the “908 Rainy Lake” Air Cadet Squadron. Capt. Somerleigh, who has worked with youths for 30 years, serves in two locations: the sea cadets in Atikokan and the air cadets here in Fort Frances. At a meeting upstairs […]
