Jamie Mountain To say the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team wowed in Kenora over the weekend would be an understatement. The squad won all three of its games in convincing fashion en route to capturing the Kenora Invitational Tournament title. Fort High opened play Friday with a 44-8 romp over […]
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Jamie Mountain It’s been a challenge, to say the least, for the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team so far this NorWOSSA season. Fielding a team with only 10 players on the roster is tough enough–and recent injuries have made things even muddier. But coach Duane Roen has been pleased with […]
Jamie Mountain Jeff Watts prepared to throw a ball during the annual Open zone roll-offs Saturday afternoon at Plaza Lanes. The Fort Frances bowler wound up averaging 257 over the 20 games to top the men’s division and earn a berth at the provincial championships in Azilda (Sudbury) in March.
Jamie Mountain It’s not how you start but how you finish. That’s the best way to describe how the weekend unfolded for the Fort Frances Atom ‘AA’ Canadians at their annual home tournament. After dropping their first two games, the Canadians stormed back with three-straight wins to claim the six-team […]
The Associated PressTom Withers CLEVELAND–A smiling reminder of lazy summer days. An ugly depiction of racism. Beloved by some; reviled by others. Chief Wahoo, the grinning, wide-eyed, feather-wearing logo that has divided baseball fans and even families in Cleveland, is being tossed from the game. Major League Baseball announced yesterday […]
The Canadian PressEmanuel Sequeira PENTICTON, B.C.–Stacie Curtis came out on top in a battle of unbeaten teams at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The Newfoundland and Labrador skip defeated Alberta’s Casey Scheidegger 9-5 in yesterday afternoon’s marquee matchup at the South Okanagan Events Centre. Curtis is 4-0 and first in […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–The newly-appointed interim leader of Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives says he won’t make a bid for permanent leadership of the party. Vic Fedeli says he’s focusing on dealing with in-fighting and fixing issues within the party ahead of the upcoming provincial election. Fedeli said he plans to “root […]
The Canadian PressBill Graveland BATTLEFORD, Sask.–Family members of a Cree man shot and killed on a Saskatchewan farm say they are upset no visibly indigenous people were chosen as jurors to oversee the murder trial. A jury pool of more than 200 people showed up yesterday in Battleford, Sask., and […]
The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–Green Party leader Elizabeth May says she asked for an independent investigation into allegations she harassed and verbally abused former staff in a bid to prove she’s done nothing wrong. The party yesterday hired Toronto lawyer Sheila Block to undertake the investigation after three former staff […]
Duane Hicks “Cardinal Richelieu” prepared to send “Milady de Winter” (played by Fort Frances native R.J. Comeau) on a secret mission to further her plot against the king during the “Nearly World-Famous” DuffleBag Theatre’s performance of Alexandre Dumas’ “The Three Musketeers” yesterday evening at the Townshend Theatre. The show, which […]
The Associated PressMarcia Dunn CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.–The moon is providing a rare triple treat this week. Tomorrow (Jan. 31), much of the world will get to see not only a blue moon and a supermoon but also a total lunar eclipse–all rolled into one. There hasn’t been a triple lineup […]
The Canadian Press Ontario’s largest public-sector union wants to take the lead in repairing the relationship between Unifor and the Canadian Labour Congress after a recent spat over the right of workers to choose which union represents them. In a letter released yesterday, OPSEU president Warren (Smokey) Thomas says OPSEU […]
