Rainy River's Tim Nordin defeated Red Lake's Ken Anderson in the final of a Northern Ontario Curling Association's regional event in Red Lake. The win moves Nordin's team to a qualifying event to be played in Marathon next week.
More than 320 runners took part in this year' Freeze Yer Gizzard Blizzard runs in International Falls on Saturday.
Brian Davenport of Minneapolis was the winner in the 10-K race while Jennifer Jones of Florida was the top female finisher.
In the 5-K event, Tyler Lehman of Littlefork crossed the line first while Hailey O'Donnell of Fort Frances was tops among the women.
Fort Frances Lakers were dumped 7-2 by the Dryden Ice Dogs in Dryden Saturday.
Henry Guiterrez had both Laker goals.
Fort Frances Canadians Midget AA hockey team lost out in the semi finals of the Championship side of the Wayzata Junior Gold A Tournament to White Bear Lake in a shoot out. The final score was 2-1 with Dillan Grinsell getting the lone goal.
The Canadians went 2-0 in round robin play beating Burnsvlle 6-2 and St. Louis Park 4-2.
Fort Frances Muskies girls' hockey team split NORWOSSA league games on the weekend.
Muskies fell 5-0 to St. Thomas Aquinas of Kenora on Friday, but rebounded Sunday with a 6-3 win over Red Lake.
Carlee Bosma had a pair of goals in the game while Courtney Bethune, Taylor Dixon, Jillian Langtry and Ericka Tymkin added singles.
Rainy River Voyageurs women's hockey team split games against the University of North, winning 3-2 Saturday but dropping a 5-3 decision on Sunday.
Brittany Finnson, Stevie-Lee Langford, Brenley Anderson did the scoring in Saturday's game.
Courtney Scholler with a pair and Anderson had Sunday's markers.
In minor girls hockey, the Rolling Lake Lightning won a pair of games, first edging the Emo Penguins 3-2 on Saturday afternoon.
Annalise Hayes with 2 and Shannon Bird had the Lightning goals while Taylor Croswell and Avery Cates scored for the Penguins.
Sunday, the Lightning defeated the International Falls under-10 girls team 3 - 1 with Lauren Hamilton, Kassidy Fryer and Annalise Hayes doing the scoring.
At Falls High School Friday , the Broncos girls hockey team ended a four-game losing skid with a 5-1 win over Park Rapids.
Broncos boys basketball team won its third in a row with a 88-51 decision over Babbit-Embarrass.
Broncos girls basketball team lost its sixth straight 69-35 to Hibbing.
In college ball, the Rainy River Voyageurs men's basketball team fell 89-84 to Central Lakes in overtime on Friday, but rebounded for an 86-57 win over Itasca Saturday.
The women lost both of their games by identical 71-64 scores.
Fort Frances Muskies senior boys' basketball team earned a silver medal at a tournament in Thunder Bay on the weekend.
Muskies lost to host St. Ignatius in the final 54-33 after defeating St. Patrick's and Westgate in the opening rounds.
Fort Frances Muskies junior Girls Volleyball Team split into two squads for a tournament in Dryden on the weekend.
Team Black was knocked out of the playoffs by Churchill’s “A Team” in two sets while Team Gold reached the semi-finals before losing to Portage Collegiate's grade 10 team in two sets.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Church Alcohol Purchases Questioned
Ontario's liquor agency is losing faith in the way churches buy their sacramental wine in the province.
An internal report for the Liquor Control Board of Ontario says the current rules are too lax and are being abused by some unscrupulous operators.
Priests, ministers, rabbis and others have long been allowed to buy sacramental wine, brandy, cognac and liqueur outside the otherwise strict rules set by the LCBO, as long as the products are used in religious ceremonies in a regular place of worship.
An internal report for the Liquor Control Board of Ontario says the current rules are too lax and are being abused by some unscrupulous operators.
Priests, ministers, rabbis and others have long been allowed to buy sacramental wine, brandy, cognac and liqueur outside the otherwise strict rules set by the LCBO, as long as the products are used in religious ceremonies in a regular place of worship.
Beer Name Challenged
Ontario's alcohol and gaming commission is taking shots at Alberta-based Boxer Beer.
The agency received a complaint that the beer's name could be construed as using sports to advertise -- which isn't allowed under Ontario's liquor regulations.
The brewing company says it's surprised by the investigation, noting that it worked with the agency for several months to make sure it had have all its approvals.
Sunset Country Talks with Government
The Ontario Sunset Country Travel Association plans to take part in the province's meetings on the new tourism region for all of Northern Ontario.
Gerry Cariou says despite their objections to the large tourism organization they still plan to voice their thoughts to the government.
"The province has decided one organization for the 80 per cent of the land mass is the right thing to do," says Cariou. "We disagree with that but we're participating anyway because it doesn't appear to be a democracy in Ontario. It appears to be an autocracy."
Cariou says Sunset Country will continue to exist on its own since 70 percent of its funding is based on memberships with the rest coming from the province.
Gerry Cariou says despite their objections to the large tourism organization they still plan to voice their thoughts to the government.
"The province has decided one organization for the 80 per cent of the land mass is the right thing to do," says Cariou. "We disagree with that but we're participating anyway because it doesn't appear to be a democracy in Ontario. It appears to be an autocracy."
Cariou says Sunset Country will continue to exist on its own since 70 percent of its funding is based on memberships with the rest coming from the province.
Budget Meeting Tonight
Fort Frances council will met tonight for the its first line-by-line discussion on the 2010 budget.
Going in, preliminary figures back in December showed the town's looking at an operating budget deficit of about $400-thousand.
About $11-million dollars in capital spending was also proposed.
Going in, preliminary figures back in December showed the town's looking at an operating budget deficit of about $400-thousand.
About $11-million dollars in capital spending was also proposed.
EDC Explored in Fort Frances
The chair of Fort Frances' economic development advisory committee says the town's study of a new economic development commission may benefit the town.
Bill Gushalak, whose committee recommended the study, says it could put the town in a better position to take advantage of future opportunities.
"We want to make sure that if we have an economic development commission in place that perhaps we can be a little more hand-ons for some of the existing businesses and industry here," says Gushalak, "so that as people reach ages of retirement or need assistance for new areas to delve into it would be wonderful to have a person on board."
Gushalak says he sees the creation of the new commission working cooperatively with the Rainy River Future Development Corporation, which now handles economic development for the town.
Bill Gushalak, whose committee recommended the study, says it could put the town in a better position to take advantage of future opportunities.
"We want to make sure that if we have an economic development commission in place that perhaps we can be a little more hand-ons for some of the existing businesses and industry here," says Gushalak, "so that as people reach ages of retirement or need assistance for new areas to delve into it would be wonderful to have a person on board."
Gushalak says he sees the creation of the new commission working cooperatively with the Rainy River Future Development Corporation, which now handles economic development for the town.
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