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The Fort Frances High School Muskie Girls basketball team took the NorWOSSA gold medal on Friday in Kenora, and have secured a spot in NWOSSAA this weekend. The girls went 9-0 on the season and had a bye to the finals, where they beat the Dryden Eagles. They will play […]

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Boston Pizza Fort Frances owner Dale Fortes congratulates defenseman Evan Kabel who was named the Lakers’ Player of the Month for October. In October Kabel played nine games, scoring one goal and four assists. Early in the season Kabel has become a stalwart on the Lakers’ blue line playing in […]

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The Muskies football team will be taking on the Beaver Brea Broncos in the WHSFL Championship, tomorrow, Friday, November 10 at 3 p.m. at IG stadium – home of the Blue Bombers. The game will be livestreamed over Youtube at LRSDTV, or watch with other fans at Boston Pizza.

–Allan Bradbury photos.

The FFHS Muskies court sports teams held ceremonies honouring senior players and their parents last night ahead of the final home basketball and volleyball games. The teams will head to Kenora on Friday for NorWOSSA finals.

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The Steven Page Trio packed the Townshend Theatre last night with over 350 people in attendance. Page, along with Craig Northey (left) and Kevin Fox (right) performed several Barenaked Ladies hits, including kicking the show off with It’s All Been Done and adding in The Old Apartment and Brian Wilson […]

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Ethan Andrusco of the Times Tigers carries the puck into Emo Express territory during the FFMHA U13 home hockey tournament last weekend. Also competing were the Fort Frances BP Royals, the Fort Frances Firemen, Red Lake Rebels, Red Lake Royals, Current River Comets, and the Westfort Maroons. The Red Lake […]

–Allan Bradbury photo

Ryker Watt leads the line for a fly-by celebration after he scored the second and game-winning goal in Tuesday’s 5-1 win over the Kenora Islanders. The Lakers took four of six standings points in three games since last Friday, with a pair of wins over the Islanders sandwiched around a […]

– Ken Kellar photo

Representatives of the Fort Frances Legion Branch #29 assembled with Fort Frances mayor Andrew Hallikas on Friday, October 27, 2023, to raise the Poppy Flag for the kickoff of the Legion’s poppy campaign. Hallikas also read a town proclamation to the same effect. The poppy campaign runs from the last […]

While traditionally an effort on the part of the Fort Frances Library Technology Centre, Fort Frances GM and the Beyak Automotive Group stepped up to hold the beloved spooky event this year following the library’s announcement they would be unable to play host. So, in spite of the cold, Trunk […]

– Ken Kellar photo

Cadence Henderson, a floral designer at Fort Floral Shop in downtown Fort Frances pulled the winning ticket for the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s All-Cruise Trip of the Month draw for November this morning. Sylvia and Tim Rowe of Emo are the winners of a Panama Canal Cruise, valued at $4,300. […]

– Ken Kellar photos

Volunteers with the Fort Frances Museum and Cultural Centre, United Native Friendship Centre (UNFC) and Grand Council Treaty #3 came together at the Rainy Lake Square last Thursday, October 19, 2023, for a community harvest lunch celebrating the 150th anniversary of the signing of Treaty #3. Members of the public […]