While many people are enjoying the effects “El Nino” has had in creating unseasonably mild weather here in Northwestern Ontario so far this winter, those associated with snowmobiling clubs aren’t so happy. In fact, the lack of snowfall and warm weather forced the 450-member Sunset Country Snowmobile Club to cancel […]
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The Muskies head into Sioux Lookout for a pair of games this weekend against a team they’re sharing the NorWOSSA basement with. But if the black-and-gold are hoping to win at least one of those games, they’re going to have to avoid the big thing that tripped them up in […]
The Sioux Lookout Hawks left their nest long enough to capture the ‘AA’ Atom hockey tournament Sunday afternoon in Emo with a 3-0 win over Baudette. The smooth-skating Hawks got two goals from Shane Sakchekapo and another from Robert Burke en route to victory. The third-place game saw McDonald’s (Fort […]
After posting an impressive 15-3 record during round-robin play, the Muskies’ “gold” squad fell to Kenora in the final of the McDonald’s junior volleyball tourney here last weekend. The Broncos, which also were a split squad, swept the best-of-three final by scores of 15-10 and 15-6. Kenora had finished second […]
The Fort Frances Armwrestling Club is gearing up to host the Northwestern championships Feb. 7 at Memorial Arena in conjunction with the Little Amik Winter Carnival. Attracting several former world champion competitors, the double-elimination tourney will feature a variety of weight classes in both the men’s and women’s left and […]
Many people, at least around here, appear willing to accept a reduction in limits for such fish as walleye, bass and northern from six to four. Those who support such a move are quick to point to Rainy Lake, which seems to be rebounding after walleye limits there were cut […]
Dear Mr. Editor: Your paper last week carried the obituary for Don McNabb, and I noticed it mentioned the fact that for some time he trucked milk to Kenora. I would like to elaborate a little on this part of his life. This was in his younger days, in fact […]
Dear editor: I’d like to take this opportunity to write in reaction to the article which appeared in Thursday’s edition of the Daily Bulletin concerning whether or not the town should bring in a new “no-alcohol” policy for the planned ice rink auditorium. At present, no such policy is in […]
To the editor: You may remember me as Bob Cottam, the guy with the plaid tam that has become my trademark apparently. From time to time, I have written about numerous subjects, and I hope you, the readers, have found them interesting. I have written on several occasions regarding our […]
A last-minute directive from the provincial Education Improvement Commission will see the new district school board trustees sworn in before Jan. 1, as well as the election of the new chairs and vice-chairs. The EIC has asked all boards to have their inaugural meeting and be legally in power by […]
Reaction to a proposed cut to daily fish limits from six to four for most species in Northwestern Ontario continues to be mixed, with about 60 percent of those on hand at a meeting here last night voting informally in favour of the changes. The two-and-a-half hour seminar and question-and-answer […]
Kevin Elliott is in a one-of-a-kind job these days. And if he has anything to do with it, that distinction will soon be a thing of the past. Elliott, a 14-year conservation officer with the Ministry of Natural Resources (the last six have been spent at the district office here), […]
