With just over five weeks left in the year, the fundraising drive for the new Rainy River Hospital has raised $144,500–nearly half of the $300,000 local share. As of Monday, 289 of the 595 bricks in the “Buy a brick, build it quick” campaign have been pledged at $500 each. […]
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It will be a big kick-off for the Emo hospital fundraising campaign this Friday night at the Legion there, with all 200 tickets for the dinner sold out. Gerd O’Sullivan, chair of the fundraising committee, said Monday support for the event has been excellent so far. “Not just by buying […]
Last week’s first significant snowfall, along with another winter storm watch in effect for today, has left snowmobilers and dealers alike optimistic for the season ahead. After a dreadful season last winter for sledders due to above normal temperatures and a lack of snow, everyone is expecting a much better […]
The Muskies finished the fifth-annual “Scrimmagefest” in Warroad over the weekend with a 2-2 record but head coach Glen Edwards came away liking what he saw. In fact, you could argue he feels much better about his team as they prepare for their NorWOSSA season-opener here tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. […]
The Mine Centre girls’ grade eight volleyball team won its second-straight tournament Saturday, downing Atikokan 15-8, 10-15, and 15-6 to capture the first-annual Gilson Classic at St. Francis School here. Mine Centre finished first in the round-robin to earn a bye into the final. Meanwhile, Atikokan swept St. Francis in […]
Heading into last weekend’s action against the Hammarskjold Vikings (Thunder Bay), the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team knew they would have to take their game to a higher level. Although the black-and-gold had an impressive 9-1 record so far, including a perfect 6-0 mark in NorWOSSA exhibition action, co-coach Gord […]
Emo teams played .500 hockey against opponents at the Emo Arena this past week. In Novice action, the Emo Rockets scored in the first period and then netted to more tallies in the third for a 3-0 shutout against visiting Rainy River. Brady Baker, Ryan Witherspoon, and Charlie DeBungie scored […]
“How high do you put your treestand in the tree” is one of the most asked questions of professionals in the hunting industry. It’s like someone’s waiting to hear that there’s a “special height,” and the reason they haven’t harvested a good buck is because they’ve been two feet off […]
Raymond Roy’s rink downed Lorne Jackson 8-3 in the final of the Zone 7 mixed curling playdowns in Rainy River on Sunday to earn a berth at the six-team district playdowns starting tomorrow in Kenora. Roy jumped out to an early lead with a pair in the first end and […]
The Fort Frances Aquanauts were led by some of their younger swimmers last weekend at the annual Kenora Invitational, with Meghan Hebert and Karli McKinnon both achieving best times in seven out of their eight races. Head coach Debbie Murray noted several other Aquanauts also nailed down personal bests at […]
Heading into last night’s home opener against the Kenora Broncos, the Muskies wanted to send a message to the rest of the league. It was a message well received. The black-and-gold outplayed the Broncos in nearly every aspect of the game en route to a 10-3 romp before an appreciative […]
Dear sir: I have been told our local snowmobile club has purchased a new groomer. Now I wonder how many businessmen would put a bunch of inexperienced operators on this machine if it was their own piece of machinery, or even a few different operators–not qualified–to run it? Some of […]
