Staff Molly Carlson came into the season as a wide-eyed freshman. She left the Atlantic Coast Conference’s swimming and diving championships having opened everyone else’s eyes to her vast potential. The Fort Frances native, now a member of the NCAA Division I Florida State Seminoles, was her sport’s dominant performer […]
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Joey Payeur Having gritted their way through a morning semi-final game, the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team could have been forgiven for waving the white flag after falling behind the Dryden Eagles in the NorWOSSA final later Friday at Fort High. The problem for Dryden was the black-and-gold didn’t know […]
Joey Payeur They have known success and disappointment aplenty while “rocking” the ranks of the high school, Bantam, junior, and senior curling across the province. They also know the latter of those elements can be learned from to achieve more of the first. Fort Frances native and skip Hailey Beaudry, […]
Joey Payeur Muskie captain Liam Metke proudly raised the NorWOSSA senior boys’ basketball trophy after Fort High edged the Dryden Eagles 54-51 in the league final here Friday. The black-and-gold now advance to face the St. Ignatius Falcons in the best-of-three NWOSSAA final this Friday and Saturday in Thunder Bay.
Joey Payeur Wayne Strachan will be checking this week to see if the SIJHL can make theme days a regular part of the Fort Frances Lakers’ schedule because they seem to be responding well to them. The head coach and general manager of the three-time defending league champs entered the […]
Joey Payeur All the gaudy numbers for the Muskie girls’ hockey team fade away come the NorWOSSA playoffs. No. 1 in the regular season, a 15-1 record, and a league-leading 108 goals in 16 games–all impressive. And yet, now all as useful as a vegan food critic at a steakhouse. […]
Joey Payeur Five days away from game action probably will feel like five weeks for the Muskie boys’ hockey team. A gruelling schedule of five games in six days last week culminated in a 4-1 loss to the host International Falls Broncos on Saturday in an impromptu Part III to […]
Joey Payeur The entire Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team displayed the long-sought treasure that is the NorWOSSA championship trophy after halting the Dryden Eagles’ 15-year grip on the crown during the NorWOSSA final here Friday.
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–The union representing Ontario’s high school teachers is planning “informal talks” with the province this week to discuss a return to contract extension negotiations. The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation is the only education union to have not yet agreed to extend their current deals to […]
The Canadian PressDonna Spencer ST. CATHARINES, Ont.–Krista McCarville vows her Northern Ontario team is done with larceny, although it has been profitable for them. Her Thunder Bay foursome led last year’s Canadian women’s curling championship in stolen points with 31, but it was the playoff round where they took thieving […]
The Canadian Press NANAIMO, B.C.–Hundreds of boxes of a limited-edition pasta have filled the home of a family in Nanaimo, B.C. following a plea to help their autistic son. Reed Botwright put out a call on social media last week when he and his wife could not track down any […]
The Canadian PressDiana Mehta TORONTO–The Transportation Safety Board warned air travellers of the importance of wearing seatbelts as it released a report yesterday that found a failure to buckle up left 21 people injured when a Toronto-bound flight hit severe turbulence in December, 2015. The incident took place on an […]
