Students from Solange Busch’s Grade 4/5 class at St Francis School practised the song “Three Kings From the East” on Friday during the junior dress rehearsal there. The actual performance went Monday night, with the class also singing “Il Dort Dans une Créche” and “We’re Having a Party for Jesus.” […]
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Kay Veert checked out some of the holiday crafts for sale Sunday afternoon during the Christmas Artisans Show in the Fort High cafeteria. The show, which featured works—some for sale, some not—by area artists, raised about $500 for the Fort Frances Museum renovation campaign. —Duane Hicks photo
JK students Eric Morken, left, and Harrison Duivenvoorden imitated toy soldiers last Wednesday during a dress rehearsal of Crossroads’ Christmas concert presentation—“The True Meaning of Christmas.” The performance was cancelled Thursday due to a power outage but went ahead Monday night. —Heather Ogilvie photo
Marilyn Stinson’s Grade 1 class from Robert Moore School recited a poem about a bear who slept through Christmas at the school’s rehearsal yesterday morning for its primary Christmas concert. The concert for children in JK-Grade 3 took place last night while the one for kids from Grade 4-8 takes […]
Dryden’s Aidan Greenslade tried to dribble around Muskie Kyle Hill during NorWOSSA junior boys’ action last Thursday at Fort High. The black-and-gold won the game in convincing fashion—49-22—over the Eagles. —Melanie Béchard photo
Alex Parent now knows what it’s like to swim with the big fish. The Fort Frances Aquanaut returned home last week after competing as a member of Team Canada at the International Paralympic Committee’s world championships in Durban, South Africa. The meet marked the first time the 17-year-old had the […]
You can’t teach size. The Churchill Trojans (Thunder Bay) exploited their size advantage in the low post to beat the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team 43-32 in Saturday’s final of the black-and-gold’s home tournament. The Muskies’ chances of taking the tourney title were dealt a serious blow before the opening […]
Sometimes the box score can be deceiving. Despite dominating the majority of play, the Muskie girls’ hockey team skated to a narrow 2-1 victory over the Lake of the Woods Bears in exhibition action last night at the Ice for Kids Arena. “The girls passed quite well,” coach Chris Hill […]
There currently are two classes of volleyball in Northwestern Ontario: Dryden and everybody else. The Eagles and Dryden’s club team—the Whiskey Jacks—re-staked their city’s claim to the region’s volleyball crown by winning both the ‘A’ and ‘B’ titles at the junior volleyball tournament hosted by the Kenora Broncos over the […]
The Muskie girls’ volleyball teams earned a split against the host Kenora Broncos in NorWOSSA action yesterday. The junior Muskie spikers (2-2) rallied from an opening set loss to defeat the Broncos (0-3) in four sets. After losing the first set 25-15, the black-and-gold took the next three by scores […]
The Muskie boys’ basketball program is on a roll, with both the junior and senior squads earning victories against the host Kenora Broncos in NorWOSSA action yesterday. The seniors improved to 4-0 with a 65-51 over the Broncos, who are winless in three tries so far this season. “Although we […]
The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team finished fourth at Westgate Collegiate’s “Spike Off 2” tournament in Thunder Bay over the weekend after losing to the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) in the semi-finals. The black-and-gold struggled to find consistency in their service game and dropped the first set 25-19 to […]
