Considered the best high school basketball player in Northwestern Ontario, Hammarskjold’s Scott Seeley lived up to that billing as he led the Vikings to a sweep of the Muskies in the best-of-three NWOSSAA senior boys’ basketball final here last weekend. Seeley was unstoppable in Hammarskjold’s 57-41 win Saturday to clinch […]
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The Fort Frances Visserettes & Boys Gymnastics Club had a great meet in Thunder Bay last weekend. Travis Hahkala, Karly Cameron, Jill Howarth, Cara Yellowega, Lisa Edwards, Chelsea Green, and Samantha Loveday all came home with gold medals. Claire Crichton took the silver in her category and Michelle McFayden won […]
The Muskies should find out early next week where they’ll be seeded at the all-Ontarios and what their schedule will be. “It depends on who’s doing the seeding and what they think of the Muskie program,” noted Muskie head coach Glen Edwards, whose team was ranked ninth at OFSAA last […]
“Go Beaner!” That was the loudest cry from the audience at the second-annual Northwestern Ontario armwrestling championships Saturday in Rainy River–and it was for local favourite Allan Hartnell. It must have worked. Hartnell, who finished third at the world championships two years ago, earned top honours in both the right […]
Despite finishing in last place at the Northern Ontario regional cheerleading championships in Thunder Bay last weekend, Muskie head coach Joyce Scott said the squad deserved a big cheer for their season. “They performed very well in Thunder Bay,” Scott said yesterday morning. “Thunder Bay was really strong this year. […]
The B•Macs Bantam “AA” hockey team blanked Grand Forks 5-0 in the championship game Sunday of an eight-team tournament in Park Rapids, Mn. Ian Lockman, assisted by A.J. Tucker, opened the scoring with 3:24 left in the first period. Then they stretched that lead to 3-0 after two periods on […]
Under sunny skies and with temperatures soaring into the teens Celsius, the first-ever Canadian Kitty Cat championships here Saturday almost fell victim to spring. In fact, the modified races, where machines often top 35 mph, had to be held at 10:30 a.m.–much earlier than organizers wanted to–in order to avoid […]
Jared Baker scored all three goals as the Emo Wings earned a 3-3 tie with the Emo Rockets in recent Novice minor hockey action. The Rockets had led 3-1 after two periods on goals by Charlie DeBungee, Luke Judson, and Ryan Witherspoon but they couldn’t hold off the Wings in […]
The Fort Frances Sharks doubled the Dryden Panthers 4-2 in the ‘A’-final Sunday to capture top honours at the annual PeeWee tournament in Emo last weekend. Garrett Calder led the Sharks with a hat trick while Shaun Kelly netted their other goals. Derek Lauridsen and Ryan Murray replied for Dryden. […]
The province’s proposal to merge Nestor Falls and Sioux Narrows is a sign the government’s amalgamation picture is a big one, increasing the pressure on other municipalities to find a local solution. “The way I feel about it is that it’s a different situation. They don’t have any organization to […]
It doesn’t appear likely Nestor Falls’ request to merge with Chapple rather than Sioux NarrowsResidents in Nestor Falls and Sioux Narrows were presented with the first draft from a provincially-appointed commission last Thursday that still had them merging into one municipality. Nestor Falls residents had proposed the commission, headed by […]
Emo Public Library has sailed into the new millennium with a new look and focus on its activities, Librarian/CEO Shirley Sheppard remarked. “We now have available Internet computers and computers available for letters, resumes, and much more ready for the public,” she noted. The library also has been successful in […]
