“I’m interested in attending this year’s reunion. Have heard some wonderful reports about your past reunion–don’t want to miss attending again.” These, and similar sentiments, have been received from literally hundreds of former Fort High students registering for the FFHS Millennium Reunion in July. Having missed the 1994 high school […]
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“Everything’s done, fit, and ready to fly,” Don Lovisa, manager of the local Confederation College campus, enthused yesterday afternoon. As the college interviews instructors for its new general carpentry apprentice (phase one) program set to start Feb. 21, Lovisa was pleased to see it drew a full slate of 16 […]
Well, it’s February again and we all get our chance to strike a blow against Canada’s number-one killer. This is “Heart Month.” February has Valentine’s Day in it, when everyone can show love and administration for wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, husbands, or just those special friends in general. It also is […]
Want to talk about that big bass you reeled up? Or how about learning some new techniques while out on Rainy Lake? Whatever the case, a new bass club is starting up in Fort Frances, with its first meeting slated tomorrow (Thursday) at 7:30 p.m. at the old CN station […]
Despite finishing with a 2-7 record at the Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts in Timmins, Kathie Jackson came away feeling they didn’t curl all that bad. “I think, for the most part, we played pretty well,” said Jackson back home Monday morning. “Five of those losses came on last rock, […]
The Aquanauts’ swam to a successful showing at the NWO Invitational Campbell Goldfins meet in Balmertown over the weekend–highlighted by a pair of club records being smashed. Boyd Badiuk shattered the club record in the 200m backstroke for the 10-and-under age group. His time of 3:06 was about five seconds […]
Four Fort Frances bowlers will represent Sunset Country at the provincial rolloffs in Thunder Bay over Easter weekend in April. At stake there is a trip to the national championship. Carla Hanzuk and Carolyn Stamarski made the ladies’ team after coming second and third respectively among the women at the […]
If the Muskies earn a berth to the all-Ontarios coming up March 22-25 in Sudbury, head coach Glen Edwards can only hope they play as well as they did at a tournament in Winnipeg last weekend. The black-and-gold went unbeaten in five games there, including a 4-0 victory over the […]
The local Sunset Country Ford Mustangs ‘AA’ Atom hockey team captured an eight-squad tournament in Baudette on Sunday, edging Roseau 2-1 in the final. Tied at 1-1 with just over one minute to go, Tyler Miller, assisted by Brian White, notched the game-winner. It was Roseau’s first loss of the […]
The Emo Selects won both their games in recent minor hockey action, first downing the MEC Bulldogs (Fort Frances) by a 3-1 count on goals by Eric Soucy, Tyson Romyn, and John Roulston. Curtis Logue bagged MEC’s lone marker. Then the Selects blanked Causeway (Fort Frances) 4-0 on the strength […]
If you’re wondering how difficult it is to stop a runaway train, just ask the Kenora Broncos. Their task was to stop the high-flying, fast-breaking Muskie senior boys’ basketball team during NorWOSSA action there yesterday and the end result wasn’t pretty. The first-place Muskies thrashed the host Broncos 75-27 for […]
Denny Nelson is hoping to hook onto the popularity of bass fishing by running a tournament Sept. 8-9 from the Island View Lodge east of International Falls. The tournament will feature two-person teams, just like the successful Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship that runs here in late July. A one-day […]
