Jamie Mountain A total of 19 jumpers braved frigid temperatures to participate in the Voyageur Lions Club of Fort Frances’ annual “Polar Plunge” yesterday on Sand Bay near La Place Rendez-Vous. The event, which sees participants raise pledges for charities and then split the proceeds with the club, brought in […]
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Submitted The Rainy Lake Orchestra, conducted by Joe Belanger, performed a free concert, entitled “Holiday Melodies,” on the evening of Dec. 17 at the Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre. Refreshments were provided by the “Friends of the Library” while donations were collected for the local Salvation Army food […]
Jamie Mountain St. Thomas Aquinas Saints’ goalie Sarah From let Jill Calder know she was an unwelcome guest in front of her net as she tried to shove her away during the third period of the visitors’ 6-5 win over the Muskie girls’ hockey team last Tuesday night at the […]
Sam Odrowski Jeff Wright lunged for the ball as he returned it to Mark Faragher during the annual Boxing Day tournament held last Wednesday at the Memorial Sports Centre. Close to 20 players faced off all morning and into the afternoon. The Sunset Country Squash Club’s next tournament is slated […]
Jamie Mountain Alex Gartzke (#11) helped her teammates gather up all the teddy bears that had been tossed onto the ice after she scored the first goal for the Muskie girls’ hockey team during the first period of their 6-5 loss to the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints in their annual […]
Submitted The winter landscape in Northwestern Ontario offers plenty of outdoor activities for everybody.
Sam Odrowski The Fort High band made a stop at St. Michael’s School on Dec. 20 to perform classic Christmas songs under the direction of conductor Lee-Anne Hines. The visit was made possible through a partnership between the local public and Catholic school boards in an effort to “bring music […]
It was a good day for the Muskie court teams in Dryden last Thursday as three of the four squads came home victorious in their last matches before the holiday break. In girls’ volleyball action, the junior Muskies swept their best-of-five match 3-0 while the seniors downed the host Eagles […]
Les Baker lined up a shot en route to capturing the gold medal in the billiards event as Fort Frances hosted the District 1A Senior Games on June 5-6.
Team U.S.A. prevailed 8-6 over Team Canada back on Nov. 28 to capture the SIJHL’s annual all-star game for the second-straight year. Fort Frances hosted the game and a skills competition beforehand–that Team Canada won 8-4–this year, which drew almost 500 fans to the Ice For Kids Arena.
Muskie captain Annalise (CC) Hayes was tripped up in her attempt to cut towards Dryden’s goal but it was the black-and-gold who wound up grounding the Eagles by sweeping the best-of-three NorWOSSA final. Fort High went on to finish fourth at the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ championships later in March in Timmins […]
Anthony Andrusco returned the ball with all his might during a doubles match on Sept. 1 in conjunction with the first tennis tournament held in Fort Frances in more than a decade thanks to the new courts here. Unfortunately, singles play scheduled for the following day was cancelled due to […]
