Reality has set in for our team as we have learned it will take a strong work ethic and 60 minutes of hockey to win games this season in the SIJHL. After a strong, hard-fought victory in our season-opener versus the defending champion Fort William North Stars, we felt pretty […]
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Jason Sobkowicz Whitetail hunters—ever look at the calendar when you are booking your deer hunting holiday and scratch your head wondering when the whitetail “rut” is going to hit? Here is some information on that topic based on the latest research from world-renowned whitetail biologist Charles Alsheimer (Deer and Deer […]
Staff October is just around the corner and so is “Healthy Workplace Month.” While the local Northwestern Health Unit will not be hosting a workplace walking challenge this fall, district workplaces still can sign up for the virtual “Walk Across Canada Workplace Challenge” at www.workplacewalks.ca Like last year’s walk here, […]
the MNR Many well-intentioned people needlessly remove juvenile animals from a healthy, natural life in the wild. They think the animal is sick, injured, or orphaned when that often is not the case. Where an animal is in need of help, it requires specialized care to recover and return to […]
Here are the sunrise and sunset times for Sept. 30-Oct. 6: •Sept. 30—7:12 a.m. and 6:54 p.m. •Oct. 1—7:14 a.m. and 6:52 p.m. •Oct. 2—7:15 a.m. and 6:50 p.m. •Oct. 3—7:17 a.m. and 6:47 p.m. •Oct. 4—7:18 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. •Oct. 5—7:20 a.m. and 6:43 p.m. •Oct. 6—7:21 a.m. […]
the MNR Deer hunters in Northwestern Ontario can help monitor for the presence of a fatal disease that affects the animals. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a brain disease that affects members of the deer family (i.e., deer, moose, elk, and potentially caribou). The disease has never been found in […]
Staff The Muskie cheerleading squad is hoping to see a number of new faces on the team this year, and it has a couple of new faces on the coaching staff, as well. Angie Tyrvainen, a former Muskie cheerleader, and Jessica Roehrig, a cheerleader from St. Ignatius in Thunder Bay, […]
Duane Hicks In response to a call for public input on the 2011 budget process, local resident Stan Hoard stepped forward Monday night to recommend town council spend more money on fixing roads in Fort Frances. But residents can do their part to help the town get government dollars to […]
Dan Falloon A surge Monday night saw Port Alberni, B.C. jump out to a huge lead over Nestor Falls in the World Fishing Network’s “Ultimate Fishing Town” contest. After running neck-and-neck with the West Coast community for much of the day, organizers in Nestor Falls were shocked to see that […]
Dan Falloon The Muskie football team saw their comeback bid fall just short in the annual Homecoming game here Friday afternoon. The black-and-gold scored a pair of touchdowns late in the fourth quarter, but still fell 24-22 to the Daniel McIntyre Maroons. Turnovers were the squad’s Achilles heel as many […]
Peggy Revell Religion, science, and how the two go together is the subject of a weekly course being offered at St. John’s Anglican Church here, which all are invited to attend. “In the past, science and religion have been seen as enemies,” noted Fr. Wayne McIntosh of St. John’s. “And […]
Duane Hicks A group of local businesses are requesting that during its 2011 budget deliberations, town council reconsider its approach to resolving the equity issue between commercial and residential sewer and water rates. While the town has been decreasing commercial tax rates in recent years, it also has been increasing […]
