The Muskie junior girls’ basketball team looked like adequate, if not excellent, hosts this past weekend, going 1-2 in their six-team tournament at Fort High. The black-and-gold opened action Friday by topping Red Lake 21-9 before falling to the Hammarskjold Vikings (Thunder Bay) by a close 21-17 score. But they […]
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The four Muskie court teams headed to Kenora to face the Broncos in NorWOSSA action last Thursday but only the junior boys’ volleyball team managed to return with a victory. “We played really well Thursday, I was really happy with the kids,” head coach Duane Roen said. “We struggled a […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources is concerned a bull woodland caribou—first sighted south of Thunder Bay two weeks ago—could be accidentally shot by hunters who might mistake it for a deer or moose. Last Wednesday (Oct. 10), the caribou was sighted again—this time in the Pass Lake area east of […]
The LCBO on Monday launched “Whisky in Focus,” its largest-ever whisky promotion, as sales of the popular spirit are projected to top $520 million by year-end—more than $16 million higher than last year. “Whisky is re-emerging as the preferred spirits drink for many Ontarians,” said Michael Riley, Business Unit Director, […]
It was a Happy Thanksgiving for Conny Speiss of Thunder Bay, who won the $500 up for grabs Oct. 8 in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw. Winnings $30 for Oct. 7-13 were Tony and Dorothy Weir (Fort Frances), Jim Mallard (Atikokan), Jeff Hyatt (Devlin), […]
