Joey Payeur Muskie Hannah McLeod decided it was a good day to go skywalking on this lay-up as teammate Keira Lindgren (51) and Kenora’s Katie Leckhart watched from below. Fort High lassoed the Broncos in a 44-26 victory to capture the NorWOSSA senior girls’ basketball title Friday in Dryden.
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Joey Payeur Muskie Celia Berry set her sights on hitting the Kenora Broncos’ basket last Friday during Fort High’s 44-26 triumph in the NorWOSSA final in Dryden. The black-and-gold now will host the best-of-three NWOSSAA championship versus the Thunder Bay champion Hammarskjold Vikings. Game 1 goes Friday, with tip-off tentatively […]
Joey Payeur Comrade Robert Boland, representing the Royal Canadian Air Force, solemnly saluted the memory of Canadian war veterans during Remembrance Day ceremomies this morning at the cenotaph here. About 150 people braved the chilly conditions to honour those who fought and died during the two world wars and in […]
Joey Payeur Muskie centre Tyler VanUden skated away from Thunder Bay Minor Midget Kings’ defenceman Cole Turbide during the black-and-gold’s 5-3 loss yesterday at the Couchiching arena. The Muskies lost all three games of the weekend exhibition series to the Kings—also falling 3-2 in overtime in Atikokan on Friday and […]
Joey Payeur Muskie Cassandra Moffitt didn’t let Kenora Broncos’ defender Skye Schott bother her while making an outlet pass to teammate Hannah McLeod during the NorWOSSA senior girls’ basketball final Friday in Dryden.
Duane Hicks Jean Richards, seen here holding a Vi Plumridge print, got the silent auction ready for the Fine Line Art Gallery’s “Christmas Extravaganza” open house next Thursday (Nov. 14). From now until then, art lovers are urged to drop by the gallery at 529 Mowat Ave. and get in […]
Joey Payeur A ceremony in honour of Remembrance Day was held prior to last night’s game between the Lakers and Dryden Ice Dogs.
Heather Latter Pat Basaraba checked out some of the silent auction items displayed at the Fort Frances Museum during the Friends of the Museum’s second-annual fall wine-and-cheese fundraiser gala last night. The event, which was deemed a success by organizers, also featured music by the Rainy Lake Community Orchestra, Shannon […]
Submitted Captain C.M. Johnston-Brown, Area Cadet Officer of Northwestern Ontario, presented the 908 Rainy Lake Air Cadet Squadron with the Proficiency Award last week. CV Cathy Richards was on hand to accept the award, which is given out annually to the organization that best exemplifies the co-operative efforts between the […]
Staff This poster, made by Cassidy McKinnon of Crossroads School, was one of the four local winners in the Fort Frances Lions Clubs’s annual peace poster contest. The other winners were Callahan Wiedenhoeft (J.W. Walker), Maggie LeMesurier (Robert Moore), and Abby Sanders (St. Francis). The four posters have moved on […]
Duane Hicks BDO Canada dropped by the United Native Friendship Centre yesterday to donate food collected during its recent “Drive Away Hunger” campaign. BDO staff gathered 2,100 pounds of food—half of which was donated to the UNFC food bank and half of which will go to the Atikokan Native Friendship […]
Joey Payeur Jason Gervais of Fort Frances literally was on his game Sunday as he raised $1,060 for the Children’s Miracle Network after completing a 24-hour Xbox marathon at his home. Gervais bettered his own world record of 13,290 gamer points with a total of 18,085, which he soon will […]
