The Muskie football team struggled offensively in their first road game of the season, losing 16-6 to the host Sturgeon Creek Schooners yesterday afternoon in Winnipeg. The Schooners’ defence dominated the line of scrimmage all game, containing Muskie running back Terry Carmody while forcing numerous two-and-out possessions. “They’re a well-polished […]
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Muskie running back Terry Carmody turned the corner against the Sturgeon Creek Schooner defence yesterday in Winnipeg. But Carmody and his teammates struggled mightily to move the ball offensively, allowing the Schooners to earn a 16-6 victory before their hometown fans. —Alex Cruickshank photo
Crews tore down Witherspoon’s One Stop this morning to make way for an Extra Foods grocery store, to be built here next year. The business, which expanded from a gas station to include a convenience store and hunting equipment over the years, had been owned and run by the Witherspoon […]
If you’re not on the list, you can’t vote. It’s as simple as that. With the municipal election coming up Nov. 13, and the town having opted to use a vote-by-mail system for a third election, that’s the message Fort Frances Clerk Glenn Treftlin is sending to residents. Eligible voters […]
FORT FRANCES—The Education Quality and Accountability Office released its 2005/06 test results for Grades 3 and 6 students across Ontario on Wednesday, and both local school boards continue to see incremental increases over time in most subjects. The Rainy River District School Board saw the greatest improvements in Grade 3 […]
The Muskie golf team continued its strong start to the season by finishing as runners-up at a tournament in Atikokan on Tuesday. Andrew Easton, Jordan Sinclair, Ben Bruyere, and Matt Hebert rose to the challenge presented by the Little Falls course—shooting a combined score of 327. Once again, Easton was […]
There are several age-old sports adages that bear true no matter how many times their validity is tested. Quality pitching is a must for any team looking to win a World Series ring. Or that elite-level goaltending is the key ingredient to a successful Stanley Cup run. And in football? […]
There’s an old Chinese proverb that states “a journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step.” Chris Hill, head coach of the Muskies girls’ hockey team, couldn’t help but reflect on how far the program has come following the first week of tryouts and scrimmages last week at the […]
What a difference a year can make. On the first day of the Muskie boys’ hockey team tryouts a year ago, head coach Shane Bliss had a pretty good idea concerning who was likely to make his team and who wouldn’t make the cut. The Muskies were returning a veteran […]
Sometimes change can be the best thing to happen to a person. When pitcher Bob Andy made the decision to switch Rainy River District Fastball League teams last winter (moving from Big Grassy to the Sight & Sound Wolves), he had no idea the move would work out as well […]
Jaxon Haldane, a member of the popular Winnipeg-based band “D. Rangers,” played the banjo and belted out a tune Saturday night in the barn at the Cornell Farm in La Vallee. Often described as “mutant bluegrass” and “arm-swinging hillbilly-stomp,” the group kept the audience entertained for hours despite the chill […]
Sgt. Ryan Wood, left, and Sgt. Jordan Manty of the 908 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron checked out a Piper PA16 Clipper which was flown into the Fort Frances Airport from Kakabeka Falls on Saturday for the seventh-annual “Fly-in, Drive-in BBQ.” A record-setting crowd of about 400 people came out […]
