Monday was the day I decided to move my cows into the winter yard. I’m about three weeks from calving, but I also get nervous at this time thinking that someone could decide to calve early. Of course, since I have a few friends who are getting calves, and have […]
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?It’s not often you see a high school goalie mask with something on it other than the regular solid colour design, as everyone tends to keep everything clean and without some sort of crazy paint scheme you tend to see in the professional ranks. So what is on the back […]
?For those us across Sunset Country who love to fish, we have plenty of good stuff to keep us going throughout the year. There’s always a season open for something—and usually there’s always a hot bite somewhere on any given day of the year. Ice-fishing season has been okay so […]
Duane Hicks With the 100th anniversary of the opening of the International Bridge here coming up this summer, town council has been asked to be part of the plans for a celebration. At its regular meeting last night, council received a letter to Mayor Roy Avis from local Canada Border […]
Staff The Tracy Horgan rink, which features Devlin curler Jenna Enge at second, opened the Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts playdowns in Kenora on a losing note last night. The Sudbury crew dropped a 9-7 extra-end decision to Jenn Hanna of Ottawa. Heading into the 10th end, Hanna held a […]
Lucas Punkari Though it may have looked chaotic at times, members of the Muskie boys’ hockey team and the local Lions PeeWee house team engaged in a friendly battle at the Ice For Kids Arena yesterday afternoon. Both teams worked on skill drills before competing against each other in a […]
Lucas Punkari Adrian Chapman of Boston Pizza drove to the rim for a lay-up while Cody Johnson of the Rendez-Vous tried to block the attempt as the squads squared off in local men’s basketball league action last night at Fort High. Boston Pizza went on to win the game 86-69 […]
Duane Hicks Instructors Judy Morrison and Justin Boshey demonstrated a few steps on the dance floor during a jigging workshop yesterday at the Sunset Country Métis Hall here. About 35 people attended the workshop. Jigging workshops will be held there every second Sunday, with the next session slated for Sunday, […]
Staff With several local groups planning fundraisers next month, town council is expected to receive a couple of financial requests at tonight’s meeting. The first is from the Sunset Country Métis for the “Heart of the Arts” benefit concert, auction, art exhibition, and market slated to be held Thursday, Feb. […]
the OPP Yesterday around 4:50 a.m., Thunder Bay OPP responded to a motor-vehicle collision involving a Chevrolet Uplander and a tractor-trailer on Highway 11/17 near Pineview Road. The driver of the Uplander, identified as Matthew Gibbons, 17, of Thunder Bay, was pronounced dead at the scene. The investigation is continuing.
