This is Little League Week in Canada and local baseball players are celebrating, in a way. The Fort Frances Little League will hold two games at the St. Francis Sportsfields tomorrow. The Lions will host a team from Atikokan around 10:30 a.m., then play against the Barwick-Emo junior team around […]
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection is advising travellers that the bridge joining Canada and the United States at International Falls will remain open during a brief construction project. Travellers coming into the U.S. should expect delays during the hours of construction, which are Monday-Thursday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. There will […]
The five contestants vying for the Fun in the Sun queen title this year now are out and about, meeting the public and helping out with various activities leading up to the July 1 crowning. This year’s contestants are Alyssa Bruyere, sponsored by Heron Landing Golf Course, Erika Johnson (Nickel […]
The La Verendrye Hospital Auxiliary doled out heaping servings of strawberries, ice cream, and shortcake yesterday during its “Strawberry Social.” Noreen Robertson, one of the volunteers who organized the annual event, said yesterday that they were hoping to raise about $2,000 to go towards the “Care Close to Home” campaign, […]
The Rendezvous Yacht Club will be holding its annual Sandpoint Island race this Saturday, starting at the Thunderbird Lodge across the river. It will be the first big event of the sailing season, though the club’s regular spring series has been going on for about a month now. There is […]
Crossroads School in Devlin hosted the annual “Rugrats” soccer tournament last Thursday, giving local Grade 3 students a chance to participate in a day of soccer fun. The tournament was organized to give the students a chance to meet kids from other elementary schools in the area—those they eventually will […]
The new rules for figure skating judges eventually may filter down to regional competitions, but probably won’t cause many changes to skater training in this area. The rules, laid out by the International Skating Union last week, stemmed from the judging scandal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake […]
Though the new World Hockey Association announced plans for only six cities at a media conference last Wednesday, Winnipeg is still on the league’s radar screen. The city that lured Bobby Hull from the NHL in the days of the original WHA is a possibility for a team in the […]
Another Cyclone swimmer met a national standard this season. Peter Jensen, 12, made the standard in the 50m freestyle in a long-course pool. He also is ranked 31st in the province in his age group for that event. This was Jensen’s second year of swimming competitively with the Cyclone. At […]
After a trip to the all-Ontarios earlier this month, the Muskie girls’ soccer team is looking forward to attending the provincial showdown again next season. With the partial retirement of long-time coach Struchan Gilson at the end of this season, Caroline Spencer will take over and try to lead the […]
The Muskie football program is looking to turn a corner this season. After failing to win a game the past two seasons, the team is physically prepared to face their opponents in the Winnipeg High School Football League, said coach Bob Swing, who has just completed the annual spring football […]
Fort Frances native Peter Klyne will be playing for the Manitoba under-17 football team this summer. Klyne, the MVP for the Muskie ‘B’ football team in 2003, attended the final tryouts for the team last weekend along with D.J. Howells, also of Fort Frances. Both are offensive linemen. They […]
