Jamie Mountain Noah Loveday narrowly missed out on a glorious scoring chance as he couldn’t bury a feed from linemate Brett Hahkala during the first period of the Fort Frances Lakers’ 7-3 triumph over the Minnesota Iron Rangers on Sunday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena. The Lakers snapped […]
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Jamie Mountain Alexis Norris maneuvered her way down a hill during the classic ski five-km race Saturday afternoon. She wound up second in the three-skier field with a time of 31:57.
Fort Frances Lakers’ defenceman Dane Bateman looked to fire a shot past Thief River Falls Norskies’ goalie Bailey Schmitz during his squad’s 5-1 loss Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. Schmitz made 27 saves to hand the Lakers their 33rd regulation loss of the season.
Submitted Jeff Gustafson always wears sunglasses while on the water to help him see better in the water and protect his eyes.
of Clint Bruyere Katie Stearns of the Emo Misfits came up with a huge stop on Fort Frances Chiefs’ forward Emily Martin during a game at the Chiefs’ fourth-annual women’s hockey tournament held March 1-3 at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). The Misfits compiled a 4-1 record en route to claiming […]
Submitted McKenna McTavish of Devlin made history as she became the first-ever female member of the Mighty Mustangs youth wrestling program to place at the MNUSA state wrestling tournament in Rochester, Mn. on Saturday.
Ken Kellar Klara Wilson, left, Miriam Wilson, and Isabel Degagne showed off their gooey builds yesterday afternoon at the “Marshmallow Madness” event held at the Fort Frances Public Library. The library is hosting a series of activites for kids all week as part of its “March Break Madness.”
Sam Odrowski Local wood carver Ray Coran has had his handiwork featured at the Fort Frances Public Library for the past month. He has been making wooden carvings for 35 years and said he’s put more than a 1,000 hours of work into all of the pieces inside the display […]
Jamie Mountain Anna Peters, left, and Lauren Penney waited for skip Ashley Payne’s sweeping instructions after Daffni Chabot delivered her rock during play Thursday morning at the U18 boys’ and girls’ provincial playdowns hosted by the Fort Frances Curling Club. Payne’s rink ended up finishing in fifth place with a […]
Sam Odrowski St. Michael’s School students learned how to jig in the gymnasium this morning for Voyageur Day. The students first learned the steps from Métis instructors before holding hands and dancing throughout the gym. Students also took part in a scavenger hunt, hockey game, made maple taffy, and learned […]
Sam Odrowski Close to 50 people sang church hymns at Our Lady of the Lourdes Church at Couchiching on Friday for this year’s World Day of Prayer service. The day is a worldwide ecumenical women-led movement and this year the writing country was Solvenia.
Sam Odrowski Andrea Avis read “Katie’s-Hand-Me-Down-Day” by Laurie Wark to a group of children and parents at the Fort Frances Public Library yesterday morning during “Family Story Time.” The popular event runs every Wednesday, starting at 10:30 a.m. The final “Family Story Time” for the season will be held on […]
