There were several instances during last weekend’s NWOSSAA senior girls’ basketball championship in Thunder Bay where the Muskies were on the cusp of putting the Churchill Trojans in their place. But the host squad refused to relinquish their hold on the title, especially with where the games were being held—namely, […]
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A picture is worth a thousand words, and sometimes a little more. Eric Rude of Fort Frances recently was named winner of Pharmasave’s first amateur photo contest for his picture of sailboats on Sand Bay. The goal of the contest was to highlight some of the picturesque scenery around Fort […]
Tournament victories and the local Pinewood Blades Bantam girls’ hockey team aren’t usually mentioned in the same sentence, unless it was in reference to the squad never having one to their credit. Welcome to Revisionist History 101, Pinewood style. Carly Holt cashed in the rebound of Nina Bird’s original shot […]
The Emo All-Stars, although small in size, were unbeatable in speed, taking the ‘A’-event of an eight-team Bantam tournament at the Emo-La Vallee Community Centre over the weekend. Ryan Witherspoon notched both goals—one each in the first and second periods—to lift Emo over the Southend Stars 2-0. Emo was perfect […]
The drama students at Fort Frances High School are gearing up for another major production, this time a stage version of “The Beverly Hillbillies.” “Someone took the first episode of the show and adapted it to the stage,” FFHS drama teacher and director Willa Kunkel said. “It’s a really good […]
The local PeeWee ‘AA’ K of C Knights didn’t just visit Dryden’s house for a hockey tournament last weekend. They walked through the house with muddy feet, wiped them on the carpet, took over the remote control, and pirated the Laz-E-Boy recliner. There was no questioning the Knights’ dominance in […]
Did you ever want to host a student from another country in your home and learn about another culture first-hand? Or did you ever want to be one of those students and go abroad for the learning experience of a lifetime? If either of these things appeals to you, Barb […]
Dear sir: I am writing to clarify and correct last week’s article, “New Baptist Church planned for district,” that appeared in the Country Living section. Grace Community Baptist Church is an autonomous body of believers. We are associated with the Southern Baptist Convention, which is the largest Protestant denomination in […]
One of the guest speakers at last week’s ManOMin Watershed Conference in International Falls rightly could be described as a true insider when it comes to forestry. For many years, Herb Hammond was a forester in his native British Columbia as well as an instructor in silviculture and forest ecology […]
Dear sir: Recently I attended the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. It is a personal pilgrimage I have made since boyhood. The fair is an eclectic event of rural traditions and products. From “Buster” the bull husbandry services to bison-on-a-bun burgers, from handmade textiles to petting zoos for city kids […]
The Emo Esso PeeWee girls’ hockey team showed their stuff at an annual tournament held in Kenora over the weekend. The girls played hard and it resulted in them winning the gold medal. Making up the team were Jessie Baker, Nicole Beadle, Carlee Bosma, Kailey Curtis, Jaycey Ewald, Kaitlyn Ferris, […]
