The first of two NorWOSSA qualifier bonspiels was held at the Fort Frances Curling Club on Tuesday, with both the Muskie boys’ and girls’ rinks taking first place. Kelly Nielson’s rink, including third Amber Sheloff, second Amy Nielson, lead Giselle Bonot, and alternate Katie Bondett, dumped the Rainy River Owls […]
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It took one bounce in the last minute of the third period to turn a would-be Borderland Thunder comeback road victory into a 5-5 tie against the first-place Dryden Ice Dogs on Wednesday night. After pulling their goalie, Dryden’s Mike English capped a natural hat trick by banking the puck […]
The Nova Scotia man charged with causing a fatal bus crash nearly a year ago will spend another Christmas in custody. But he now knows when he’ll have his day in court. Lawyer Chris Watkins said yesterday the trial of Shaun Davis has been scheduled for three weeks beginning Feb. […]
Former Fort Frances residents Jon and James Rousseau came upon a very unusual sight late last month while driving through Barwick. They spotted a piebald deer. “We thought it was a goat out in the field until it poked its head up in the air and we saw it was […]
The so-called “practice firm” project at Confederation College here, which will see local participants running a virtual company, got off to a slow start Monday night as a dozen people came out for a presentation about the program. “We have to do a little bit better job at getting the […]
Rainy River native and former world champ Diane Adams still remembers her first bonspiel win. It was 1977. She was in grade seven and helped her rink take top honours at a junior bonspiel at the Rainy River Curling Club. “That was years ago,” recalled Adams (nee Wolanicki), 36, from […]
Things will come full circle for the fourth-place Muskie boys’ hockey team tonight when they host the front-running Kenora Broncos. A season-opening 4-1 loss in Kenora on Nov. 20 tripped the Muskies out of the gate—and they’ve struggled since en route to a 1-5 record, including a pair of losses […]
Town council on Monday night agreed to pledge up to $25,000 towards a feasibility study requested by the “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” committee. While the group originally requested $50,000 from the town, one-third of the potential cost of hiring a consultant, council only agreed to put up a maximum of $25,000 […]
The fate of a feasibility study for the “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” committee is on the line Monday night as council is expected to announce whether it will provide $50,000 to help pay for it. Susan Bodnarchuk, a member of the “Re-Inventing” committee, said the group is keeping their fingers crossed. […]
The local Knights of Columbus PeeWee ‘AA’ hockey team took top honours at the annual Lake of the Woods tournament in Baudette, Mn. over the weekend. Josh Sigurdson and Paul Dobransky scored in a 2-1 win over the Roseau Rams in the final. Wade Friesen earned the win in goal. […]
Sarah Barton tripled the Red Lake Rams’ total offence over the weekend here, scoring six times in leading the Muskie girls’ hockey team to a 7-1 win Friday and 8-1 on Saturday. The wins boosted the Muskies to 2-2 in NorWOSSA play while Red Lake dropped to 0-3. But it […]
An eight-team junior girls’ volleyball tournament today and tomorrow at Fort High is intended to give Muskie head coach Struchan Gilson a first look at his roster as they begin defence of their NorWOSSA title next week. Gilson is stressing the tourney as a way to get his team’s feet […]
