“We wrapped your memories for you in safe bundles Throughout the land of Anishinaabe Akiing Ancestors leading us home . . .” —“Migrations,” Al Hunter Al Hunter’s book, “Spirit Horses” is hot off the presses. It’s so new, in fact, that Hunter himself has only a few copies. The poems […]
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Nettie Monasterski prefers the balanced attack. The 46-year-old skip scored often and consistently to blank Lois Tabak 9-0 in just the six ends here Sunday afternoon to capture her first ‘A’ crown at the annual ladies’ bonspiel. “Actually, there were no big scores in the game,” said Monasterski, whose rink […]
The sudden departure of coaches Alex Rosalina and Adriana Ota has the Fort Frances Gymnastics Academy scrambling—yet hopeful—to finish the season on a strong note. The pair stepped down March 9, citing general unhappiness with the direction of the club. In their place, part-time coaches Vicki Stinson, Wendy Kellar, and […]
The Fort Frances Badminton Club’s annual tournament saw a lot of matches between local junior players and those from Winnipeg given the 56 registrations were split evenly between the two. Simone Desjardins fared the best among local club members, winning the combined under-19/under-16 girls’ singles title by beating Caroline Flett […]
The local Bantam house league held its annual wind-up Monday night and announced the following award winners for the three teams: •Canadian Tire (coaches Rick Pruys and Ralph Lahti)—Ryan York (Most Improved), Steven Pruys (Most Dedicated), and Kevin Tysz (Most Sportsmanlike); •Holmlund Financial Maple Leafs (coaches John Pierce, Myrna Romaniuk, […]
Good times ran wild at the “Battle of the Badges” charity hockey game here last Friday night. Almost 800 people filled the Ice for Kids Arena to watch guest referee Eddie Shack and celebrity player Marcel Dionne skate with local law enforcement players in an exhibition game. When the dust […]
Three local Atom house league teams made a splash at their last tournament of the season at the Elks Classic in Thunder Bay last weekend. The Firemen Flames captured the tourney title while the Causeway Cougars and Green’s Predators came home with third- and fourth-place, respectively. “It was a great […]
Unsure whether it was their last tournament of the season, the local Sunset Country Ford Atom ‘AA’ Mustangs had fun at the Elks 82s Classic in Thunder Bay last weekend. They didn’t reach a ‘A’ or ‘B’ final—but it didn’t matter. “On Saturday, we had more fun as a team […]
Minutes after guiding the Borderland Thunder to their biggest win in the team’s young history, head coach Wayne Strachan finally had a chance to loosen his tie. His team picked the perfect time to deliver their best game of the semi-final series in shutting down the persistent Thunder Bay KC […]
Their backs are against the wall. There’s no tomorrow. It’s do-or-die. The clichés all apply as the Borderland Thunder host the Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs in Game 7 of their SIJHL semi-final series tonight at 7:30 at the Ice for Kids Arena. The winner will advance to the league final […]
Everything from cookbooks to kids’ books, journals to novelty items, will be up for grabs tomorrow from 2-8 p.m. when “Friends of the Library” holds its semi-annual book fair at the Fort Frances Public Library. For those who can’t make it tomorrow, a second day of the book sale will […]
April 1 is the deadline for people to register to have their say on the smoking bylaw issue during a public meeting slated next Tuesday (April 2) at 7 p.m. at the Civic Centre. And this meeting may be your only chance to do so if public interest doesn’t pick […]
