The Muskie boys’ hockey team hope to stay in its offensive groove from the weekend when the Chisholm Blue Streaks invade the Ice for Kids Arena tonight at 7:30. The game is the first of two exhibition clashes between the teams this season, with the rematch set for Feb. 6 […]
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The leaders of the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League continue to strike fear in their opponents’ hearts. Scared Hitless continued to set the pace with a league-high 42 points after action Nov. 21, with former leaders Gillons’ trailing by only two in second place. The Diehards still are applying pressure […]
A scheduled power outage Sunday morning caused one of the three servers for the town’s computer system to fail to work yesterday, making for an inconvenience to some staff. “We’ve got the parts on the road right now,” Administration and Finance manager Darryl Allan said this morning. “We’ve been off-line […]
The Fort Frances Nursery School board has decided not to explore building an addition for a permanent site on to the J.W. Walker School expansion despite being given the green light—at least, in principle—by the Rainy River District School Board. Trustees had agreed at their Nov. 5 meeting to allow […]
Area residents may be hearing a knock at their door starting this week as local skateboarders begin canvassing to raise money for the proposed skate park project. Kiwanian Steve Maki, who is spearheading the venture, said Monday that he’s hopeful the event they’re collecting pledges for—a “skateboard-a-thon” slated Dec. 14 […]
Like a pesky mosquito at a family picnic, the Borderland Thunder refused to go away Saturday night. The SIJHL’s top squad charged back from a three-goal second-period deficit, then scored twice in the final two minutes to steal a 7-6 win from the host Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs. “We found […]
It was still hockey—it just looked like a pinball game. Another weekend of piling up goals in rapid-fire succession left the Muskie boys’ hockey team still undefeated in NorWOSSA action. The home side from Sioux Lookout played the bug to the Muskies’ windshield over the weekend as the black-and-gold splattered […]
Bryan Bonot and Norm Hyatt will have to wait until next year to take the next step. Representing the Stratton Curling Club and Fort Frances Curling Club, respectively, Bonot and Hyatt finished out of the running at the senior men’s and women’s association championships last week in Kakabeka Falls. After […]
Eight is enough—or at least Roman Ramirez is counting on it. The head coach of the Fort Frances Aquanauts and eight of his top swimmers are in Winnipeg this weekend for the annual Prairie Winter Invitational meet. Newcomers Nicole Fontana and Nicole Lowey have joined past Prairie Winter competitors Heather […]
Jeff Plumridge and the University of Guelph Gryphons men’s swim team shared something in common with the Grey Cup champion Montreal Alouettes. Last weekend was their best in a quarter-century. The Fort Frances native was part of the Gryphons’ second-place showing at the OUA Campbell Division championships in Guelph—the squad’s […]
Norm Hyatt got the best of his district counterpart—and bettered his playoff chances at the same time. In a head-to-head meeting of the two local rinks yesterday afternoon, the Fort Frances Curling Club reps doubled Stratton’s Bryan Bonot 8-4 at the senior men’s and women’s association playdowns in Kakabeka Falls. […]
With the deadline at closing time (11 p.m.) on Friday, local Canada Safeway employees still are asking the public to offer ideas as to which charity would be their best choice to adopt for 2003. “I was just looking at the suggestions yesterday. We have about eight or nine, but […]
