We sold 1,735 animals at the Stratton sales barn this past Saturday. It was a long sale and unfortunately we had a few mishaps. Speedy recovery wishes to Kylie Nordin, Angel Nixon, and Alisha Caul. The Internet sale was quite exciting and we sold cattle online! Of course, we appreciate […]
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Before dawn was breaking Monday morning, I left my home heading to work. As I went down the stairs at my side door, the golden leaves from the Manitoba maple crunched under the soles of my shoes. I looked up and almost all the leaves had fallen from the two […]
Maybe you’ll read this. Maybe you won’t. If you do, and you’re the one who ventured uninvited onto my country property with a cat in a pet carrier and dumped off the cat here, you are a loser. And no, you don’t get Brownie points for buying a brand new […]
I write my column this week from the shores of Lake Fork, Tex.—one of the most famous bass fisheries in the world. I left Kenora on Sept. 12 to fish in the FLW Tour bass tournament at Wheeler Lake, Ala. I’m taking in two events on this trip, with the […]
At the moment, arguably the one sporting topic that brings up the most passionate forms of debate isn’t about the NHL lockout or replacement refs in the NFL. Instead, it’s on who should win the American League Most Valuable Player award this year—Detroit Tigers’ third baseman Miguel Cabrera or L.A. […]
Lucas Punkari At the start of the school year, Muskie golf head coach Brian Johnstone was running around trying to get everything set up to have the black-and-gold return to NorWOSSA competition. But after seeing three members of the team advance to the NWOSSAA championships at the Beauty Bay Golf […]
Lucas Punkari As far as first impressions go, it’s hard to imagine many that went better than the one the Fort Frances junior football team made in their debut Monday evening over in International Falls. Comprised of 30 players in Grades 7 and 8, the first-year squad had their way […]
Ken Johnston The weather was spectacular and so was the fishing for the 14th-annual Rainy River Walleye Tournament on Friday and Saturday. Only one team did not catch any fish on Day 1 while the vast majority—86 teams—weighed in four fish. Local teams dominated on Day 1. Early in the […]
Lucas Punkari For all of the strides the Muskie football program has made since Chad Canfield took over as head coach in 2010, the one achievement the team had yet to accomplish was a victory on home turf. That long-time goal finally was checked off last Tuesday afternoon in convincing […]
Ken Johnston Cows in space? Well, not quite—but local beef producers did have their animals in cyberspace as the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association tried its first-ever cattle sale that included a live feed over the Internet from the Stratton sales barn! RRCA member Kim Jo Bliss is always busy at […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Museum next month will unveil an important addition to its collection—a painting by late prominent aboriginal Canadian artist Norval Morrisseau. The piece will be showcased during the Friends of the Fort Frances Museum’s fall soirée and fundraiser gala there on Thursday, Nov. 1. Museum curator […]
Duane Hicks While special events and students handing out tourist information at the international bridge may have boosted visitor traffic at the Fort Frances Museum and heritage sites this summer, the numbers also may have been hurt by the closure of the Ontario Tourist Information Centre here. The museum saw […]
