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Krista McCarville and her teammates are in the Northern Ontario Scotties. The Thunder Bay rink scored a 7-1 win over North Bay`s Laura Payne on Friday afternoon to improve to 4-0 in their return to provincial-level curling.

The Staal Foundation Open had a $2.8-million impact on the City of Thunder Bay last year, according to a study led by the Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance.

THUNDER BAY --- The Superior International Junior Hockey League announced Friday that it has awarded a conditional expansion franchise to Thief River Falls, Minn., which once confirmed, would begin play in the 2016-17 season.

Lakehead University Athletics Department Media Release www.thunderwolves.ca Thunder Bay, Ont.

TIMMINS -- Krista McCarville is back, there’s no doubt about it.

Krista McCarville is 2-0 at the Northern Ontario Scotties in Timmins. The Thunder Bay skip stole points in the fourth, fifth and sixth ends and routed the Gale Wiseman rink 9-2 in Draw 2 at the provincial championship.

Junior Varsity Boys Basketball St. Ignatius 65 St. Patrick 61 Standings Rank School Record PCT GB PDA 1. St. Ignatius 9-1 .900 --- 104 2. Superior 6-2 .857 2.0 60 3. St. Patrick 7-4 .636 2.5 36 4. Hammarskjold 5-3 .625 3.0 17 5. Cromarty 4-4 .500 4.

It only took eight ends for the Krista McCarville rink to open the Northern Ontario Scotties in the win column in Timmins, Ont.

Thunder Bay Kings AAA Hockey Media Update www.thunderbaykings.com THUNDER BAY – The Thunder Bay bantam Kings are off to Grand Rapids, Minn., this weekend to take part in the Star of the North tournament in that northern Minnesota community.

Ultimate Gymnastics Media Update THUNDER BAY -- Six Ultimate Gymnastics competitive athletes returned home from the Winterfest 2016 Gymnastics Competition in Minneapolis, Minn., over the weekend with an impressive take including 18 medals.