Joey Payeur Amy Wilson-Hands always has wanted to expedite her team’s development process by playing the best competition available. She and her troops literally are going to get that chance. The reigning NorWOSSA and NWOSSAA champion Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team has been seeded 16th in the 20-team field at […]
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The Canadian PressGregory Strong ST. JOHN’S, N.L.–Everything appears to be lining up nicely for Newfoundland and Labrador skip Brad Gushue in his quest to finally raise the Tim Hortons Brier tankard. His St. John’s foursome is the top-ranked team in the country. Gushue is coming off a Canadian Open title […]
Staff Forrest Gump once said sometimes there just aren’t enough rocks. Such was the story for the Muskie boys’ curling rink, which ran out of rocks–and time–against the Hammarskjold Vikings (Thunder Bay) on Tuesday in Longlac in a bid to win its second-straight NWOSSAA crown. Fort High, the defending OFSAA […]
Staff It probably was much closer than it should have been. The Fort Frances Lakers were taken to the limit by the woeful Minnesota Iron Rangers but still managed to leave Hoyt Lakes with a 5-4 victory last night. Minnesota (6-43-2) put up a furious fight but still suffered its […]
The Canadian PressBill Beacon MONTREAL–Now one expected P.K. Subban to slide quietly into town for his first game against the Montreal Canadiens, but what a splash the flashy defenceman made yesterday. It stated with receiving a medal from the governor general of Canada for his charity work and continued with […]
Joey Payeur Fort Frances Atom ‘AA’ Canadians’ goalie Brayton Levesque had to keep his head in the game to figure out where this shot was going during his team’s 3-1 loss to International Falls on Sunday at the Ice For Kids Arena in their final home game scheduled for this […]
The Associated Press CHICAGO–Patrick Kane and the Chicago Blackhawks pushed aside the Pittsburgh Penguins. Kane had his second hat trick in three games, and Scott Darling made 36 saves, as the Blackhawks beat the Penguins 4-1 last night for their fifth-straight win and 10th in 11 games. Richard Panik also […]
The Canadian Press CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH, N.L.–A seven-year-old boy and his bowling team will be given gold medals after they were stripped of their bowling championship over the weekend for wearing the wrong pants. Todd Powell of Conception Bay South, N.L. went public with his anger over the disqualification of […]
The Canadian PressLori Ewing TORONTO–There would be no thrilling fourth-quarter comeback for the Toronto Raptors last night. Playing their fourth game without all-star guard Kyle Lowry, the Raptors fell 105-96 to Eastern Conference rival Washington Wizards to end a four-game winning streak. And in a sombre post-game dressing room, DeMar […]
Staff Feb. 28 marked Rare and Genetic Disease Day and students at St. Michael’s School here were dressed in blue in recognition of a fellow student. Students assembled in the gym Tuesday morning to learn more about Laura Ahrens and her rare disease, CDKL5. Mrs. Wood, the classroom teacher, and […]
Staff If you didn’t make it to any of the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s information sessions last week, don’t fret–you still can have your input. The Foundation is asking district residents to fill out an online survey, which can be found at www.surveymonkey.com/r/P2DHNGH The brief survey asks: •your level […]
Spring is teasing, is peeking out from behind the snowdrifts, is pushing winter back from the edges of the road, is whispering at us. “You’ll soon be up the lake,” it says and we try to resist, not wanting to be pulled into winter’s game. It’s not really spring. It’s […]
