Borderland was blanketed by about 5.8 cm (2.3 inches) of snow yesterday evening and overnight, but we’re still well below the seasonal average. Yesterday’s storm left the total snowfall for December at 30 cm (11.8 inches), which is about 8.4 cm (3.3 inches) above normal. But for the seasonal total […]
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Christmas arrived early for the Borderland Thunder, who headed into a three-week break on a high note with a weekend sweep of the KC Bulldogs here. The SIJHL’s last-place team did make the Thunder work Friday night, sending the game to overtime before Riley Dudar, assisted by Andrew Dault and […]
The Adam Bolen rink, representing the Fort Frances Curling Club, failed to advance after finishing 3-4 at the eight-team Northwestern Ontario junior men’s playdowns in Thunder Bay over the weekend. And the Amy Nielson rink also fell short of the provincials, finishing the four-team Northwestern Ontario junior women’s playdowns in […]
District OPP charged two male drivers with drinking and driving Friday night. Shortly before 9 p.m., officers from the Fort Frances detachment arrested a male driver on the 800 block of Colonization Rd. West. The 27-year-old Fort Frances resident was charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol […]
The Adam Bolen rink, representing the Fort Frances Curling Club), is winless through three draws to start the Northwestern Ontario junior men’s playdowns in Thunder Bay. The rink, which includes David Kaun, Chris Jodoin, and Michael McKay, dropped to 0-3 with a narrow 9-8 loss to Taylor Kallos (Fort William […]
It was a bad day for the four Muskie court teams in Dryden yesterday. The senior boys’ basketball squad was dumped 51-33 by the host Eagles to fall to 0-2 in NorWOSSA play. Anwar Cheblaoui led the black-and-gold with 20 points. Mark Buist was the next leading scorer with four. […]
What a difference two days can make. On Tuesday night, the Muskie boys’ hockey team cruised to a 9-1 victory over the visiting Kenora Broncos. But last night in Kenora, the black-and-gold came out on the short end of a 4-3 score—despite controlling the puck, outshooting the Broncos by almost […]
Whether or not the town clerk will be performing civil marriages remains to be seen as council is holding off on any decision until next May. Council approved a report from Clerk Glenn Treftlin this week to “defer further action in the matter of performance of civil marriage ceremonies by […]
The Northwestern Ontario junior playdowns began today with the men in Thunder Bay and the ladies in Dryden. Representing Zone 7 in ladies’ action is the rink of Amy Nielson, which also includes Jenna Enge, Kate Bondett, and Courtney Beadle. Their coach is Dave Bondett. Adam Bolen, whose rink includes […]
The annual “Teddy Bear Toss” will take place during the Borderland Thunder’s game Saturday at 5 p.m. against the KC Bulldogs at the Ice for Kids Arena. Fans are asked to bring a new stuffed animal to the game and then toss it onto the ice when the Thunder score […]
When he was just a wee lad back in kindergarten, Kurt Hogard had just finished another day of school, came back home, and then proceeded to ask his father, Carl, the one question any hockey enthusiast would want to hear out of their child’s mouth. “Dad, what’s hockey?” “And his […]
It took Shane Bliss “about 20 minutes” to write his coach’s comments for the latest edition of the Muskie boys’ hockey team’s newsletter. “We have shown signs of improvement since we started, although we are still having trouble playing three full periods from game to game,” Bliss wrote. “Once we […]
