It’s been almost a year now since I started My Book of Daily Gifts. To begin with, I found a handy reporter’s notebook in the stationery cupboard and requisitioned it. Four inches by eight inches in size, the pad is perfect for keeping on my desktop. I start every new […]
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Although the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team dropped its fourth-straight NorWOSSA match here last Thursday afternoon, the players found solace in the fact they stole a point from the front-running Dryden Eagles. After getting blitzed 15-3 in the first game, the Muskies stormed back to win an exciting 15-13 decision […]
At the midway point of the NorWOSSA boys’ basketball season, it’s clear all three teams are capable of winning on any given day. And lately, the games involving the Muskies have been decided in the final minutes–making for some exciting hoop action. The last two Muskie wins over the Dryden […]
While Red Lake Falls, Mn. may seem like an unlikely opponent for the black-and-gold, their exhibition game there Saturday will pit a former Muskie against his old team. It’s been more than 10 years since O.J. Kennett helped lead the Muskies to all-Ontario gold back in 1986. And while his […]
The Fort Frances Tooks tackled everything in sight last weekend at the annual Emo Cowboys liniment league hockey tournament, going unbeaten in four games en route to capturing top honours Sunday afternoon. L. Beck, assisted by B. Tookenay, netted the game-winner at the 6:18 mark of the third as the […]
The Emo Selects scored three first-period goals and never looked back en route to a 6-1 victory over International Falls in Atom action. Six different players shared in the scoring for the Selects–Sean Rea, Josh Swire, Dennis Mutz, Jake Gill, Dylan McGinnis, and Ryan Mutz. The Falls tallied their marker […]
Brandy Hyatt skated away with four gold medals while Carrie Selin added three to lead the Border Figure Skating Club to top honours at the 25th-annual Sunset Country regional competition here last weekend. Sarah McComb won the Juvenile Ladies ‘A’ Trophy and picked up a pair of gold medals, as […]
< B>Dear sir: I noted in last Friday’s Bulletin that John Harrison has been made manager of Abitibi-Consolidated’s mill in Thunder Bay. There are roughly 50 paper mills in Canada and currently five of these mills, or 10 percent of the total, are managed by people who are from Fort […]
< B>Dear sir: With the end of the century, changes are impacting everything in our country, no matter which political party is in power, and there will always be a group or groups griping about what was in the past. The forces driving change are bigger than political ideology, they […]
< B>Dear sir: I have, at hand, the Times dated Jan. 14/98. It contains an editorial pointing out the grassroots problem in our community. It was so accurate–and so depressing to read. The Times also contains quotes from Chris Brown in an article on the arena project, and a letter […]
< B>Dear sir: In many of our small towns, and even in our larger ones, the railway station was long the hub of activity. We went there to listen to news wire, to meet other townspeople, or to hang around waiting for the next train. We greeted long-lost relatives, and […]
