Joey Payeur These are not your father’s English River Miners—or even your older brother’s. The expansion team won its first game in four tries against the Fort Frances Lakers on Tuesday in Ear Falls—a 4-3 victory over the sixth-ranked squad in the country in one of the SIJHL’s more jaw-dropping […]
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This past weekend, my wife, August, and I travelled down to St. Paul, Mn. for the annual St. Paul Ice Show. This is the biggest ice-fishing show in North America, with representation from nearly every company that makes a product for ice-fishing, as well as several retail outlets. If you […]
Joey Payeur One game was supposed to be a blowout and the other close. That’s just what happened—except the results were reversed from what the expectations were. The Muskie girls’ hockey team (4-0 in NorWOSSA play) shook off a weekend tournament loss to Dryden by thrashing the Eagles 9-4 on […]
Heather Latter Members of the Rainy River District Youth Choir performed a selection of Christmas songs for family and friends last night during a holiday concert at Zion Lutheran Church here. The choir also will be performing during the Fort Frances Public Library’s “Old-Fashioned Christmas Party” this Sunday, as well […]
Joey Payeur The daughter-mother team of Andrea Oliver and Roberta Oliver displayed their collection of Grace Adele products as part of the “Merry Muskie Artisans Show” on Saturday in the Fort High cafeteria. About a dozen booths were set up for people to check out, which also served as a […]
Joey Payeur Muskie Hailey Clendenning (14) tried to catch Dryden Eagles’ goalie C.J. Jolicoeur and defenceman Cassidy Hoedl by surprise with this quick backhander during Fort High’s 9-4 win here Tuesday night. Clendenning didn’t score on this play but wound up with a hat trick and an assist in the […]
the OPP Rainy River District OPP officers are looking forward to hosting “Stuff-A-Cruiser” this Saturday (Dec. 14). Emergency personnel and community volunteers will be outside of Walmart, Canada Safeway, and The Place in Fort Frances, Cloverleaf Grocery in Emo, and Beaver Mills Market in Rainy River from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. […]
Heather Latter Evan Coran, left, Landon DeGagne, and Sarah Fedorak enjoyed a sing-along at the Fort Frances Day Care this morning as local musician John Reader stopped by to share some Christmas songs.
Staff Three out of four isn’t bad—unless you’re on the wrong end of the three. The Muskie court teams opened their NorWOSSA regular-season action Tuesday in Dryden but only the junior boys’ basketball squad returned home with a win. Matt Swing and Jacob Empey each netted eight points to help […]
Heather Latter Under the direction of Joe Belanger, the Rainy Lake Orchestra offered an evening of holiday music at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre on Monday evening. Refreshments were provided by the “Friends of the Library.”
It will be mostly cloudy tonight, with an overnight low of minus-28 C (19 below zero F). Expect north winds at five m.p.h., creating wind chill values between minus-29 and minus-34 (20-30 below). Tomorrow will be mostly sunny but continued cold, with a high of just minus-21 (five below) and […]
Well, I was lucky enough to travel around the storm of last week. Not sure if I should say lucky or not–my family (mostly my brother) had me stressed out about travelling. I am still so tense in my neck and shoulder that I really need a massage! I was […]
