The Emo Leafs were among the 22 teams that participated in the third-annual GM Dryden Atom ‘A’ hockey tournament this past weekend. Other squads there included the MEC Bulldogs (Fort Frances), as well as ones from Atikokan, Ignace, Sioux Lookout, Red Lake, Kenora, Keewatin, and host Dryden. The Leafs reached […]
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When Tim Nordin’s rink struggled at the first qualifier for the “Northwestern” men’s curling playdowns here in late November, they decided to make a change. Nordin switched to third while Raymond Roy took over throwing skip’s rocks, and the move seems to have paid off–at least for now. Teamed up […]
Although the Sunset Country team didn’t bowl over their competition at last weekend’s “Youth Challenge” at Plaza Lanes here, local bowlers Allison AmOrde and John Smith finished near the top of their respective divisions.
In a sport where one or two breaks can change the outcome of a game, Kathie Jackson’s Fort Frances rink definitely benefited from a few “lucky” ones at the Northwestern Ontario ladies’ curling playdowns in Dryden last week. And they transformed that good fortune into a tie for top spot […]
The Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team overcame a 12-3 deficit in the second game to sweep the St. Pat’s Saints 15-3, 15-12 in the final of an 11-team tournament in Dryden last weekend. After opening with a 2-1 loss to the Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora), the Muskies never lost another […]
Josh Sigurdson scored the game-winner just 30 seconds into overtime to lift the MEC Bulldogs to a 1-0 win over Dryden Esso in the ‘B’ final of an Atom ‘A’ tournament up there last weekend. Andrew Lundy drew the assist. MEC reached the final with a 4-3 shootout win over […]
It wasn’t the weekend the Emo Bunnies ringette squad was hoping for, recording only one win against three losses against some tough opposition. Emo only could muster two goals from the stick of B. Galusha in the first half as they fell 11-2 to Steinbach. S. Piche led the onslaught […]
The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team dropped a tight 90-84 decision to the host Churchill Bulldogs in the championship game of a six-team tournament in Winnipeg last weekend. The Muskies came out flying in the final–outscoring the Bulldogs 12-2 to open the game–but then watched as Churchill fought back with […]
The fourth-annual “Quest for the Best” slated Feb. 5 won’t be short on entertainment again this year, with contestants filling all 20 spots by last Friday’s deadline. “As of 4:30 p.m. Friday, we found our 20 entries,” noted Chamber of Commerce co-ordinator Dawn Booth. “We have a lot of new […]
Confederation College campus manager Don Lovisa is back home from a five-week mission to the Ukraine to forward business education in that economically struggling country. The college has had an office in the Ukraine for three years, operating in a partnership between the Canadian and Ukrainian governments called Small Business […]
The Safe Communities Incentive Program (SCIP) is looking for small businesses to join in its continuing efforts to make the workplace safe for the year ahead. Last year, 92 district businesses participated in SCIP, part of the Workplace Safety Insurance Board’s prevention initiative to reduce workplace injuries. “The 1998 SCIP […]
Fort Frances should hope for the best but prepare for the worst was the message the Year 2000 Action Group brought to Monday night’s regular council meeting. Group spokesman Eric Alcock, an envoy with the Salvation Army here, urged councillors to take “strong leadership” in raising community awareness of the […]
