Despite beating the Dryden Eagles 3-1 in their best-of-five match to open the NorWOSSA season here yesterday afternoon, Muskie senior girls’ head coach Rick Wiedenhoeft was less than impressed with his team’s play. In fact, he said it probably would have been better for his team if they had lost. […]
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Emo Atom teams had a good week, winning three of four games. First the Selects bounced visiting Gillons’ (Fort Frances) 4-1, scoring three second-period markers to pull away. Eric Soucy blinked the light twice while Braden Baker and Brian Wayash had one each. Taylor Jorgenson notched Gillons’ lone goal. Then […]
The Muskies opened the NorWOSSA season here yesterday afternoon faced with a dilemma. They could have played their potent starting five against the Dryden Eagles, and most likely run up the score, or play most of the game with their back-ups–keeping the score relatively close. They chose the latter, and […]
The Pollard Lumber Atom/Novice girls’ hockey team won the consolation final at a tournament in Dryden after shutting out the host team 4-0 on Sunday. Courtney Caldwell paced the locals with two goals while Teresa Smith and Melissa Calder (named the Fort’s game star) also scored. Katie Stearns was solid […]
Dear sir: The grade 3/4 class at Alberton Central School has enjoyed some activities courtesy of Henry Miller and the OFAH “Adopt-a-School” program through the local Sportsmen’s Club. As part of the science curriculum, Mr. Miller took our class on a field trip to study about trees, plants, and soil. […]
Dear sir: During the past week, federal and provincial finance ministers have been meeting to make suggestions on what to do with the projected surplus in the federal budget. It appears that most would like to see the income tax reduced. None of us enjoy paying taxes but we know […]
There isn’t a Christmas I can remember, as a child, when my family and I didn’t make the annual trek out into the bush for a real Christmas tree. Most times my dad had gone out earlier in the year and tagged the perfect tree with ribbon so we could […]
While students at two Thunder Bay high schools may be turning in jeans and T-shirts in favour of school uniforms next September, both the Northwest Catholic District School Board and the Rainy River District School Board have no such plans for now. “It came up at one school council meeting […]
The Rainy River District School Board has hired a Toronto man for a four-month term to design a website to increase the public’s access to information. “The Ontario government has a centralized data base, linked to many of the school boards across Ontario,” Nelson Chan noted last week. “But so […]
It was a matter of principle for Coun. Struchan Gilson and Coun. Dave Bourgeault, who voted against the bylaw to amend council’s previous decision on the names of the rinks at the new Memorial Sports Centre. Council changed its mind at a special meeting Dec. 2, going with “Ice for […]
As Rainycrest Home for the Aged awaits word from the Ministry of Health on the status of its proposal for a special needs unit here, administration remains certain the addition will go ahead–one way or another. “Our job is to meet the needs of district seniors, and whether we get […]
Town council seemed satisfied with the outcome of an investigation into the local OPP’s response time to emergencies which was spurred by a complaint from a west-end resident earlier this fall. The complaint had been made by a woman on River Road West, who called in an assault in progress […]
