Grand Council Treaty #3 and the Kaakewaaseya Justices Services department are pleased to congratulate the U13 Treaty #3 Ogimaakweg on their C-Side victory in the 49th Little NHL, in Mississauga, Ontario. The Little NHL is a renowned hockey tournament for all Indigenous youth hockey players ages 4-18 in Ontario. There […]
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Seven players from the Fort Frances High School Muskies Football team were chosen to represent the school at an all-star event in Manitoba. The team competes in the Winnipeg High School Football League and the all-star event is being organized by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. There are two teams, the […]
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kkellar@fortfrances.com
Ontario residents age 55 or older will be congregating in Southern Ontario this August for the Ontario Senior Games Association’s (OSGA) 2023 Ontario 55+ Summer Games tournament, and local senior athletes could see themselves among their numbers. The OSGA is holding the tournament in the City of Brantford and Brant […]
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abradbury@fortfrances.com
At the April meeting of the Rainy River District School Board’s (RRDSB) Board of Trustees a delegation from the Fort Frances High School Muskies Touchdown Club made a presentation to the board to express the importance of Muskie Football and the organization which supports it. Marlis Bruyere presented on behalf […]
Members of the Muskie Boys Hockey team perused the donut wall at the team’s annual awards banquet last week. The donuts were provided locally by Woods Quality Bakery in Rainy River. To see the full list of award recipients, see the Wednesday edition of the Times.
Some of the members of the Fort Frances Women and Girls Hockey League posed for photos at their annual awards night last week. Many of the players were honoured for achievements. For a full listing, see last week’s Times.
Team Bonot, representing Fort William, clinched the top spot at the Mixed Northern Ontario Provin- cial Mixed Championships earlier this month. The championship took place at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Siblings Trevor Bonot and Jackie McCormick are from the Rainy River region, and are joined by teammates Mike McCarville […]
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abradbury@fortfrances.com
Although the Fort Frances High School Muskie Boys hockey and curling teams both failed to advance from their preliminary rounds at the all-Ontario championships at OFSAA, they all gained valuable experience for next year. The Muskie Boys Hockey team had a 2-1 record over the course of their time in […]
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abradbury@fortfrances.com
At their annual awards banquet last Thursday the Fort Frances Lakers announced that they will be changing colours for next season as well as confirming that the staff who finished the season will remain with the team. In an effort to turn over a new leaf and move on from […]
Tonight, FFGWHA celebrated our athletes, coaches, team managers, board members, bingo volunteers and all other volunteers who helped make the 2022 – 2023 hockey season a success! Thank you to everyone who supported our program this year! Below is a list of our award winners for this past season. Congratulations […]
The best and brightest Lakers were honoured last week, at the club’s annual awards banquet. The following are this year’s award recipients. – Allan Bradbury photos Other awards presented: Fan Favourite Award-Brenden Stroble Presented by Josephine Tibbs PITA (Pain in the A–) Award- Trever Sanderson Presented by Angie Korzinski Leadership […]
Jackson Marchant (left) and Shae Sinclair sweep a rock at the Fort Frances Curling Club’s Junior Curling Camp last weekend as Ontario Curling Council Education Manager Andrea Ronnebeck watches on. Around 30 young curlers were out at the Club last weekend learning more about the ‘roaring’ game, both on and […]