It is with great sadness that the family of Merdo Krawchuk announces his passing on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Merdo was born on Oct. 3, 1925 in Fort Frances to Mike and Mary Krawchuk. He grew up in Fort Frances, working […]
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With heavy hearts we announce the passing of Gustave (Gus) Georges Landry on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances Ont. Gus was born on July 26, 1926 in St. Norbert, Man., where he spent his early years. A short time after the death of his […]
Staff The Thief River Falls Norskies have been steamrolling over their SIJHL opponents so far this season. The Fort Frances Lakers were their latest victims–falling 5-2 on Friday night and then 3-2 on Saturday at the Ralph Engelstad Arena as the front-running Norskies extended their season-opening winning streak to 12-straight […]
Staff Their route to NorWOSSA gold will be different although both teams share the same goal. Winning a championship. The Muskie junior girls’ basketball team had a chance to finish the regular season with an 8-0 record yesterday in Dryden. But even if they wound up at 7-1 (the outcome […]
Staff Goal #1–check. Regardless if they won or lost their regular-season finale yesterday in Dryden, the Muskie junior boys’ volleyball team has first place sewn up and a bye to the final at the NorWOSSA playoffs this coming Tuesday (Nov. 7) in Kenora. “One of our goals was to finish […]
Press Release It had been three years in the making but on Sunday, Oct. 22, the Lake of the Woods Speedway in Kenora hosted its first-ever event that involved a practice of race cars that may be racing there in 2018. It happened in the nick of time as the […]
Staff The Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team isn’t fretting about having a bye to the NorWOSSA final or not. And that’s just as well as it won’t know until tomorrow how the standings will play out. The squad won its regular-season finale yesterday in Dryden–rallying from a two-set deficit to […]
Muskie Simone Payne (#25) put up a shot from near the free-throw line during the black-and-gold’s 46-20 win over the visiting Kenora Broncos in NorWOSSA junior girls’ action last Wednesday afternoon. The squad finished atop the regular-season standings and has a bye to the final at the NorWOSSA playoffs next […]
Staff The Muskie girls’ hockey team has had a solid pre-season so far. Fresh off capturing the Sturgeon Heights tournament in Winnipeg, the squad went 3-1 at the annual Scott Clendenning Memorial Showcase over the weekend at the Ice For Kids Arena. After opening play Friday night with a 2-0 […]
Staff The Muskie girls’ hockey team played solid defence on the weekend–giving up just four goals in four games at the annual Scott Clendenning Memorial Showcase, including none against the Kenora Broncos in an 8-0 win Saturday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena.
Staff The Muskie football team is getting another crack at the St. Norbert Celtics. And this time, a berth in the WHSFL Bowl final is at stake. When the two teams clashed during the regular season back on Oct. 13, the host Celtics came away with a 36-14 victory. Fort […]
Staff The head coach of the Muskie girls’ basketball team wants to see the NorWOSSA playoff format changed. Gord McCabe strongly disagrees with a rule change NorWOSSA made over the last couple of years that sees playoff games trimmed to eight-minute quarters after having playing 10-minute quarters in regular-season play. […]
