The Muskies were down but never gave up—and it paid off. Trailing 4-1 in the second period, the black-and-gold rallied to upend Chisholm 7-4 on Friday night at the “Ice for Kids” Arena here to improve their exhibition record to 1-1. The Muskies iced the comeback with a three-goal outburst […]
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The local Taggs Bantam ‘AA’ hockey team won its home tournament after a 6-0 win against the Neebing Hawks in the final Sunday afternoon. Goals by Tyler Barker and Shane Belluz about 30 seconds apart in the second period put Taggs up 4-0 and blew open a close game. Barker […]
Despite the postponement of Friday night’s game in Thunder Bay due to the fatal accident on the Trans-Canada highway, the Borderland Thunder earned 5-1 and 2-1 wins against the Wolves on Saturday and Sunday. The wins kept the Thunder (10-7-5) in third place in the Superior International Junior Hockey League […]
The Borderland Thunder announced a slew of roster changes Friday morning prior to heading to Thunder Bay for a crucial three-game series against the last-place Wolves. Two deals made Wednesday night saw defenceman Marty Hanson, along with future considerations, shipped to the Waywayseecappo Wolverines of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League […]
Local Safeway employees voted overwhelmingly in support of the “Community Chest” as their new charity, Safeway manager Mike Scott said Friday. The Community Chest provides financial assistance to local families facing expenses due to medical emergencies. Rainycrest Home for the Aged was second in the balloting by employees, with the […]
Can’t find the right job? Don’t even know where to start? A free week-long employment action program called “Jobs NOW,” which starts here Monday, might be able to help you. “It’s really the beginning of a series of workshops that will held throughout Northwestern Ontario,” said Carol Leduc, manager of […]
Thunder Bay OPP had closed Highway 17, between Highway 11 and 102, earlier today due to a serious motor vehicle collision. It was not known by press time how long the Trans-Canada will remain closed. Other details of the accident also weren’t available by late this morning as investigating officers […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce no longer needs to hold an election for its board of directors for 2002 because Tannis Drysdale, past president of the Chamber and current president of the Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce, withdrew. That means the other nominees in the running will be […]
Fort Frances is staying aboard the Northwestern Ontario Recycling Association despite word Kenora council has voted to take on its own recycling operations when its agreement with NORA ends next year. “We’re hopeful the collective approach is doable,” CAO Bill Naturkach said Thursday morning. “We’re now looking at putting together […]
Organizers of the annual Taggs Bantam ‘AA’ hockey tournament, which gets underway here tomorrow morning at the Memorial Sports Centre, expect another solid weekend of competition. “We’ll have some exhibition games [here this season] but this is probably the best opportunity to showcase this team in front of our hometown,” […]
It may have been American Thanksgiving last week but Stratton skip Bryan Bonot should give thanks to three things at the senior men’s district playdowns last weekend in Nipigon: his brother, his biggest rival, and his own clutch extra-end shot. It was those three things which handed Don Brunton (Sioux […]
