Two familiar storylines involving the Muskie girls’ volleyball program resurfaced yesterday at Fort High. The junior girls’ squad (4-2) defeated the visiting Kenora Broncos (0-8) for the fourth-straight time in NorWOSSA play this season—this time in a five-set thriller (25-14, 18-25, 25-19, 21-25, and 15-10). “Our play wasn’t the best, […]
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The Muskie hockey program picked up a pair of wins over the Kenora Broncos in NorWOSSA action last night at the Memorial Sports Centre here. The girls’ squad (4-4-1) doubled the visitors 6-3—avenging last week’s 5-4 loss to those same Broncos (3-6-1) up there. Taylor Meyers led the Muskies offensively, […]
Six Sunset Country Squash Club members travelled to Winnipeg over the weekend to participate in the 2007 Manitoba Open pro-am tournament. Mark Faragher fought hard, playing five-set marathons in three of his four matches en route to winning the ‘C’ division title. He picked up wins over Toth (3-0), Fontaine […]
Swimmers from both the Fort Frances Aquanauts and Cyclone swim clubs performed well at the annual Groundhog Invitational swim meet here over the weekend, including a number who were new to competitive swimming. “We had some first-timers that had never competed before. They did great,” Cyclone coach Debbie Murray said […]
The Muskie junior boys’ basketball team finished fourth at the junior Kenora Invitational Tournament over the weekend. Afterwards, head coach Gord McCabe had mixed feelings concerning his team’s performance. On the one hand, he was pleased with his team’s continued progress this season and has been encouraged by the emergence […]
Figure skaters from both the Border and Emo clubs performed their jumps, spins, and routines during the Sunset Country Regional Interclub Competition hosted by Fort Frances over the weekend. Many brought home medals while others had very good placings. “I thought the kids skated well,” said Emo Figure Skating Club […]
The head coach of the Muskie boys’ hockey team had to be experiencing déja vu of the worst kind over the weekend at the Piper Classic tournament in Winnipeg. Shane Bliss watched as his team stormed out of the gates, dominating the competition during the round-robin portion of the four-day […]
Crime Stoppers wants information to help our police partners to solve any break-and-enter theft, or any other unsolved crime, that has been committed on any cottage, vacation, residential, business, or other property within Northwestern Ontario and northern Minnesota. First of all, these types of crimes are a severe invasion of […]
Join local resident and Voyageurs National Park guide Mike Williams for an afternoon of stories about growing up at Kettle Falls this Sunday (Feb. 11) from 2-4 p.m. at the Rainy Lake Visitor Center east of International Falls. Coffee will be provided afterwards. Visitors are encouraged to come early to […]
The seventh-annual “Community Chest” benefit dinner is coming up Sunday, Feb. 18 at La Place Rendez-Vous and organizers are encouraging people to get their tickets before it’s too late. Georges Blanc, who helps organize the dinner as both co-owner of the Rendez-Vous and a member of the local Knights of […]
Two Vermont hunters have been fined $2,500 after pleading guilty to illegal deer hunting. Leonard J. Rivers, 44, of Montpelier, was fined $1,000 for careless hunting and $500 for trespassing while Earl D. MacDonald, 35, of Westburke, was fined $500 for careless hunting and $500 for trespassing. They also are […]
The annual “Curl for Cancer” to benefit the Canadian Cancer Society is slated to run for the eighth time next weekend. But with only 20 rinks signed up so far, organizers are looking for four more to make it a full field. “Curling is open to all people of all […]
