Staff With every passing minute, the pressure and exhaustion mounted for the Fort Frances Screaming Eagles simultaneously with their heart and desire to overcome adversary. In the game’s deciding moment, the former won out over the latter. Shannon Legacy created her own lasting moment by scoring on a breakaway with […]
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Staff It was time to hand out the hardware. The Fort Frances Lakers honoured the cream of this year’s crop at the team’s annual awards banquet Saturday afternoon at La Place Rendez-Vous. To no one’s surprise, forward Jared Virtanen carted home the trophy as most valuable player. Despite being injured […]
Staff When they met on the same stage here last month, the outcome was decisive. This time, it came down to the wire–with the winners needing just a little extra “Patience.” Anna Johnson’s seemingly impossible pass found its way to Patience Morrison, who deposited the puck into the net with […]
Staff The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team will leave Belleville without a win to its name after losing both matches this morning to finish 0-4 and in fifth place in Pool ‘A’ at the OFSAA ‘AA’ championship. After losing both their matches yesterday, the 16h-ranked Muskies fell 2-0 (25-14/25-17) to […]
The Canadian PressKristy Kirkup OTTAWA–More money for child and youth services would boost Canada’s economy and patient health, a new report from the Mental Health Commission of Canada suggests, buttressing Ottawa’s push for targeted mental health investments. The commission, which bills its findings as a tool to help provincial and […]
The Canadian PressGregory Strong ST. JOHN’S, N.L.–You can excuse curling fans for doing a double-take at the Tim Hortons Brier. Legendary skip Kevin Martin is sporting familiar Alberta colours at the national men’s curling championship this week at Mile One Centre. The 2010 Olympic champion is back at the Brier […]
Joey Payeur For the black-and-gold, it just never gets old–whether it’s a repeat winner or a first-time champion. The Muskie girls’ hockey team reaffirmed its standing as the standard bearer of excellence by winning its fourth-straight NorWOSSA title with a convincing 7-2 victory over the host St. Thomas Aquinas Saints […]
The Canadian PressJoanna Smith OTTAWA–After a flurry of intense lobbying from insurance companies, health charities, a handful of provinces, and the justice minister herself, the fate of a controversial genetic testing bill now is in the hands of Parliament. Liberal MP Rob Oliphant has been shepherding the proposed Genetic Non-Discrimination […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–The top Mountie has decided the time has come for him to retire. In a message to the force yesterday, RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson said he will leave at the end of June to focus on his family more after spending 32 years with the force, including […]
Duane Hicks Library and town representatives were slated to meet this afternoon to begin discussing potential ways to reduce the library’s budget this year. Library CEO Caroline Goulding and board member Kerry Zucchiatti made a presentation at yesterday afternoon’s budget meeting, during which they expressed concerns over a possible $26,000 […]
Joey Payeur It was thumb’s up and smiles all around for Siobhan Mackintosh, left, Jenna Clendenning, Taylor Croswell and the rest of the Muskie girls’ hockey team after clinching their fourth-straight NorWOSSA crown last night in Kenora with a 7-2 win in Game 2 of the best-of-three final against the […]
The Associated Press DUNEDIN, Fla.–Marcus Stroman is all warmed up for the World Baseball Classic. The Toronto right-hander allowed his lone spring training run during a 2 2/3-inning outing yesterday in the Blue Jays’ 5-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. “I felt great,” Stroman said. “Got to a mix […]
