Jamie Mountain Josh Mastin of Team USA went up to put one home during his squad’s 101-75 romp over Team Canada during the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League’s inaugural all-star game last Tuesday night at the Fort High gym. Mastin scored 37 points to help pace his squad’s offence.
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Fort Frances Lakers’ goalie Ismael Ralsten looked through traffic during his squad’s 5-2 loss to the Dryden GM Ice Dogs in Game 2 of the best-of-seven semi-final series Saturday night at the Memorial Arena in Dryden. Ralsten finished with 25 saves in a losing cause.
Jamie Mountain Evan Kabel of the Toe Dragons blasted a shot on the Can-Am Selects’ net during his squad’s 4-3 overtime win in PeeWee division’s gold-medal game Sunday afternoon at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). Kabel notched a goal in that one to help the cause.
Submitted Tim Makos held up a nice Sunset Country back lake walleye he caught last week.
John Sivonen of Team Canada tried a three-pointer during his squad’s 101-75 loss to Team USA during the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League’s inaugural all-star game last Tuesday night in the Fort High gym. The league also hosted a “mediocre” game prior to that, which Team 40-plus took by a […]
Sam Odrowski Cassandra Armstrong, singing “Ben” by Don Black and Walter Scharf, was among the opening performances that kicked off the annual Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts this morning at Knox United Church here. The Vocal Division continues through Thursday, followed by Drama and Speech Arts (April […]
Sam Odrowski Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre CEO Caroline Goulding stood next to the “seed library” there, where people can borrow and donate seeds for the coming growing season. It contains several packages of seeds for cabbage, cucumber, beans, kale, tomatoes, broccoli, and a variety of flowers.
Sam Odrowski Ted DeBenetti handed out candy outside of “A Buck or Two” during the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s fifth-annual “Egg-stravaganza” event that took place Saturday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the downtown core. Hundreds of children filled their Easter baskets with chocolates and candy from the 16 participating businesses […]
Staff Heather Wright drew the April “Trip of the Month” draw winner while her father-in-law and Kiwanian Robin Wright looked on this morning at International Travel Services here. Lawrence Armstrong of Pinewood will be heading to Berlin, Germany–a trip valued at $4,500. Next month’s trip is to Reykjavik, Iceland ($4,000).
Sam Odrowski Trish McQuaker of J.R Watkins sold various products during an “Easter Market” presented by the Rainy River District Farmers’ Market on Saturday from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Copper River Inn. It featured 36 vendors and was busy with shoppers for all six hours.
Sam Odrowski Retired lawyer Peter Kirby gave a presentation on the Magna Carta at the Fort Frances Museum on Tuesday evening. He spoke to the history and significance of this historical document which is the first example of a king of England consenting to written limits on his power drafted […]
