The Muskies’ first season in the Winnipeg High School Football League ended in the quarter-finals Friday, falling to the Churchill Bulldogs 21-14 at Canad Inns Stadium. Down 7-0 at the half, the Muskies (4-4) battled back to take the lead 14-7 early in the third quarter after running back Jock […]
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Saturday night’s aggressive and penalty-riddled contest between the Borderland Thunder and visiting Northwest Knights left something opposing head coaches Wayne Strachan and Don Babineau could agree on. They weren’t happy with the calls. “The ref tried to take the game over,” said Strachan after his team beat the Knights 5-2 […]
CBC’s “Hockey Day in Canada” will be in Fort Frances in January to film segments of Saturday afternoon minor hockey games. The three-and-a-half hour show will air live across the country beginning at noon (EST) on Jan. 5, with shots of games here being shown periodically throughout the broadcast. Dave […]
The local public school board still doesn’t know when the province-wide grade 10 literacy test will be re-scheduled. “We’ve not heard any news of the grade 10 literacy testing,” said Warren Hoshizaki, director of education for the Rainy River District School Board. In the interim, the board, including a literacy […]
Although the province is a step closer to establishing a medical school in Northern Ontario, it may not be enough for Northwestern Ontario, NDP leader and local MPP Howard Hampton said today. Premier Mike Harris announced yesterday that a Northern Medical School Implementation Management Committee will be established to help […]
Fort Frances OPP is investigating a two-vehicle collision involving a school bus that occurred around 8:30 a.m. Thursday. The accident occurred when a westbound vehicle lost control at Eight Street West and McIrvine Road, hitting an eastbound school bus carrying the driver and two occupants. The driver of the vehicle […]
Shovels, toques, and booster cables were out early this year as the first real taste of winter hit Fort Frances on Thursday morning. Police have been busy as drivers re-familiarize themselves with the annual winter conditions. “The roads right now are terrible. We are advising drivers to slow down and […]
Borderland Thunder head coach Wayne Strachan said he and his coaches will focus attention on preparing the team for this weekend’s home games rather than their debacle Wednesday night in Dryden—an 8-3 smoking at the hands of the Ice Dogs. The Thunder (5-2-2) will host the Northwest Wisconsin Knights Friday […]
Wheels to Meals held its first carpet bowling tournament at the Emo Legion last Thursday afternoon with 18 players divided into five teams participating. The tourney ws organized by Wendy Schrumm. Those taking part were Edith Irvine, Marcine James, and Lorette Hartnell (Team #1); Mollie Crozier, Kari Upton, and Maurice […]
With their first meet looming this weekend, veteran members of the Fort Frances Aquanauts have been pleasantly surprised how much swimming they’ve already done in practice. New head coach Roman Ramirez has upped his ‘A’ and ‘B’ competitive swimmers’ length to 5,000 metres a session—up 3,000 from last season. The […]
Step one of the Muskies’ first year in the Winnipeg High School Football League has been completed: get a feel for every team and gain confidence heading into the playoffs. They’ve done that—finishing the regular season in fourth-place with a 4-3 record after beating the Sisler Spartans 26-17 last Friday […]
Big ideas can come from a “coffee club.” And Barb Stainke, co-owner of the Bonnie Blue here with her husband, Chris, has dreamed up an event so grand in scale it would get into the Guinness Book of World Records—a non-stop 48-hour softball game. Dreamed up over the summer, during […]
