The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team took two of three games from Atikokan to claim third place at a tournament in Dryden last weekend. And they did it in dramatic fashion. After dropping the first game 15-13, the Muskies trailed 12-8 in the second one. But they fought back to […]
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The local B•Macs won the consolation final at a Bantam ‘AA’ hockey tournament in Thunder Bay on Sunday by downing the Neebing Hawks 5-2. A.J. Tucker, Kevin Webb, Jordy Shannon, Bryce Witherspoon, and Kris Esselink all scored in the win. The B•Macs reached the consolation final after beating the North […]
Heading into their first-ever trip to the national junior women’s curling playdowns that wrapped up last week in Kelowna, B.C., Angela Lee’s Stratton rink knew experience would be an important factor in staying competitive. That was especially true considering they were going up against some formidable opponents in the likes […]
Two weeks ago, the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team won their first-ever Kenora Invitational Tournament crown. They followed that up last weekend by winning the tournament title in Winkler, Man., then proceeded to upset the International Falls split squad of junior and senior varsity players 71-61 here Monday night. Not […]
The Sunset Country Ford Mustangs dropped a 2-1 decision to Dryden in the semi-finals here Sunday morning to get knocked out of their own ‘AA’ Atom tournament Cody Szachury and Marion Gardner scored first-period goals to stake Dryden to a 2-0 lead. Michael Spencer, assisted by Scott Howarth, tallied with […]
As 15,846 spectators paid their final respects to Maple Leaf Gardens last Saturday night, two of those sitting in the “grays” made the trip from Fort Frances. Herb Cridland, who “never missed a game” as a “subscriber” to the Leafs from 1939-69, and who still held on to his season […]
Feeling a little like Goliath facing David here last Friday night, the front-running Muskies wanted to make sure the last-place Kenora Broncos wouldn’t play giant killers this time around. With a disappointing 3-2 loss to the woeful Broncos up there Jan. 8 still fresh in their minds, the Muskies dominated […]
Concern over the so-called “millennium bug,” or Y2K, means district students could be getting a different–and slightly longer–Christmas break for the 1999-2000 school year. Although the Rainy River District School Board still has to give its final approval, the last day of school tentatively is slated for Thursday, Dec. 23 […]
The OPP “Policing for Results” telephone survey is nearly halfway done, with nine volunteers putting in many hours to help out. “It’s going well. We’re up to 128 surveys completed as of last Friday,” Fort Frances OPP Cst. Mark Boileau noted, adding the target number is around 350. “There’s been […]
Area First Nations youths can find about which career path they might like to follow tomorrow when the Rainy Lake Ojibway Education Authority holds its “1999 Career Symposium” at the Nanicost gym. More than 210 high school students from across the area, including Fort Frances, Rainy River, Lac La Croix, […]
Even with Minnesota now wading into the boundary water rights dispute along with Fort Frances native Harold “Bo” Armstrong and Ranier, Mn. resident Carl Brown, the Canadian government still doesn’t know if it wants to get its feet wet. Local MP Robert Nault’s office confirmed yesterday it had received a […]
Sheri Stamarski of Burriss and Emo resident Gary Judson were among four recipients to receive a 1999 Heritage Award certificate from the Fort Frances Museum for their contributions to preserving heritage in their communities. The awards, announced last Friday, were given in conjunction with Ontario Heritage Week (Feb. 15-21). Stamarski […]
