The year was 1933. The deep, dark Depression still hadn’t abated. And a young man, who had dreamed of being a mathematics teacher since childhood, graduated from the City University of New York with a master’s degree in his field. But sadly, there was no work. Schools couldn’t afford to […]
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“Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones.” Remember the old spiritual? Well, bones aren’t dry at all. Rather, they are really quite complex–and remember they are living tissue. Just because they seem sturdy and firm doesn’t mean that they don’t need nutrients and oxygen, just like all the rest of […]
With only four games national junior women’s curling playdowns, Angela Lee’s Stratton rink had their record fall to two and six by press time after losing a squeaker to Suzanne Gaudet’s PEI team this morning. Both teams jumped onto the ice with impressive scores at the beginning of the game, […]
The Muskie senior boys’ basketball continued their hot play of late, downing the Dryden Eagles by a convincing 71-35 score on the road yesterday afternoon. The black-and-gold dominated the game from the opening tip-off, using their run ‘n’ gun style of offence to wear down the eagle defenders. Leading by […]
Matt McLellan scored twice while Taylor Jorgenson added the other to pace the Times Tigers (Fort Frances) to a narrow 3-2 win over the Rainy River Legion on Sunday afternoon to capture top honours in a novice hockey tournament in Emo. Rainy River opened the scoring in the first on […]
The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team claimed its first Kenora Invitational Tournament title with a thrilling 62-59 victory over the Churchill Bulldogs (Winnipeg) there Saturday. Trailing 31-20 at the half to the much taller Bulldogs, the Muskies starting hitting their shots and taking the ball hard to the basket in […]
As last Friday’s contest between the Muskies and the Dryden Eagles wore on, the question wasn’t if the black-and-gold were going to take over but rather when. Despite being held scoreless in the first period, the Muskies slowly began to dominate the game more and more on every shift. Time […]
More than 250 hunters and tourist operators converged on the Legion Hall in Dryden last Thursday night to protest the Harris government’s decision last month to cancel the spring bear hunt. And they’ve decided to fight back against the negativity surrounding the bear hunt as a result of the million-dollar […]
Competing in their first-ever cheerleading meet, the Muskie junior squad stole the show at a four-team showdown at Maples Collegiate High School in Winnipeg on Sunday. The Muskies, the only team from outside Manitoba, scored an impressive 326 total points to finish first, well ahead of the second-place team which […]
The Emo Panthers hosted the Fort Frances Lions in PeeWee action last week and skated away with a 6-2 win, netting four goals in the third period to ice the game. Daniel Hettinga tallied four times for the home team while J.J. Landry and Josh Mann added singles. T. Shannon […]
The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team were beaten 2-1 in their best-of-three quarter-final showdown with the Dryden Eagles to get bounced from the St. Pat’s Invitational tournament in Thunder Bay last weekend. Dryden won the first game 15-6 but the Muskies roared back with a 15-10 victory to send the […]
Dear editor: I am writing in regards to the huge controversy going on regarding the spring bear hunt. I can’t see what the big fuss is. Unfortunately, we recently had the issue concerning the puppies that were found in the dumpster and many people responded to that with compassion. My […]
