After losing a rope-a-dope affair to start the weekend, the Borderland Thunder spent the next two days treating their opponents like punching bags. A two-to-one advantage in shots on goal went for naught Friday night as the Thunder dropped a 4-1 decision to the host Fort William First Nation North […]
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The main man in black and white had Shane Bliss seeing red. Referee Len Herken was not the Muskie boys’ hockey coach’s favourite Valentine after Fort High (17-4) officially fell out of the race for first place in NorWOSSA with a weekend split against the host Red Lake Rams (10-10). […]
The annual “Community Chest” benefit dinner at La Place Rendez-Vous last night looks like it was another rousing success, bringing in about $14,100. “I think things went extremely well,” said Georges Blanc, who helped organize the dinner as both co-owner of the Rendez-Vous and a member of the local Knights […]
The Health Board Appeal and Review Board will decide by late March or early April if the orders and fines being issued by the Northwestern Health Unit to area businesses for failing to comply with a smoking ban must be obeyed. The health unit began issuing cease-and-desist orders in January, […]
Sights and sounds of the ’50s will flood the banquet room at the Red Dog Inn next Saturday (Feb. 22) as the Riverside Foundation for Health Care holds its sixth-annual fundraiser dinner. But those who want to wear their poodle skirts—and dungarees and motorcycle jackets—for an evening and relive the […]
Noted author, historian, and journalist Gwynne Dyer shared his thoughts regarding the pending war in Iraq with Fort High students packed into the Townshend Theatre on Thursday afternoon. Dyer made a 90-minute stop here during a busy tour that took him from International Falls to Rainy River to Fort Frances […]
The last time Fort Frances hosted the all-Ontario high school hockey championships, the hometown crowd witnessed a Hollywood ending as their beloved Muskies captured provincial gold. The sequel has been 14 years in the making, but it’s now closer than ever to becoming reality. As first reported in Monday’s Daily […]
The coaches of the Muskie court squads lead NorWOSSA in two categories this morning: stress lines on their foreheads and smiles on their faces. TSN wasn’t in the building, but it was made-for-television excitement yesterday afternoon at the “Fish Tank” as three of the four Muskie teams took it to […]
Fisticuffs rather than flowers were the gifts of choice Wednesday night in a wild pre-Valentine’s match-up between the SIJHL’s current top dog and last year’s best in show. Chris Shaen’s fifth of the season early in the third was the game-winner as the Borderland Thunder (26-8-5-1) downed the host Dryden […]
In a preview of their successful tournament run, the Wildcats used a big night last Thursday to make the lone move up in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League standings. A five-point outing for the Wildcats, combined with the Power Paks being shut out, boosted them into fifth place with […]
The deadline may be this Saturday, but the challenge is on. Following a deluge of responses from Thunder Bay residents to name the local $3 centennial coin, the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce wants to hear what residents here think it should be called. “We’ve had a wonderful response, the […]
The new Borderland Reads International Book Club has chosen its book—and it’s Canadian. The club selected “The Stone Diaries” by Carol Shields, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1995 and the Governor General’s Award for fiction in 1993, and also was nominated for the 1993 Booker Prize. “The main reason […]
