Staff The Muskie cross-country running team had a great showing at the season-opening SSSAA Time Trials in Thunder Bay yesterday. Trent Wilson had the top showing for the Muskies, topping the Novice boys’ 4K race with a time of 15:50. He was followed by Caden McGinnes in third (17:33), Maverick […]
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The Canadian PressAleksandra Sagan More than a year after A&W became the first Canadian fast-food chain to sell the now ubiquitous Beyond Meat burgers, McDonald’s Canada will roll out a limited pilot of the plant-based patty to test its customer’s appetite for vegetarian eats. “We’ve been taking our time to […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA–Indigenous people are spending fewer nights in homeless shelters than non-Indigenous users, a finding from federal researchers who warn in internal documents that the result points to more problematic–or even insidious–issues in the country’s housing system. The study found that no matter the community, Indigenous people […]
Staff It was nearly a clean sweep for the Muskie court sport teams in their NorWOSSA home-openers on Tuesday afternoon against the visiting Sioux Lookout Warriors. In boys’ volleyball action, the Muskie seniors (1-1) picked up their first win of the season with a 2-1 win over the Warriors. The […]
Sam Odrowski
Three local individuals were scammed out of $120,000 in the past three months no thanks to telephone and online fraud. Coun. John McTaggart, who’s a member of the local Police Services Board, is urging the public to be on high alert. “This isn’t something that’s happening far away it’s happening […]
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Coun. Douglas Judson publicly responded to Rainy River First Nations’ (RRFN) concerns over the town’s position about access to wood fibre during Monday evening’s council meeting here. “They suggest this could pose a threat to jobs at some of the existing businesses in the region or the viability of those […]
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The 2019 Rail Safety Week (Sept. 23-29) kicked off on Monday with CN Rail launching its safety awareness campaign across Canada and the United States. Mayor Caul said during Monday night’s council meeting it’s a very special year because it marks CN’s 100th anniversary. Because railway safety is a shared […]
All the play was pushed inside to this colouring table after the rain began to fall at the Alberton Fall Fun Day on Sunday. The event drew out a handful of people to socialize and share in the potluck dinner even as the rain put a damper on things outside […]
Ken Kellar Harper Gunderson, left, and Mckenna McTavish had fun painting their own personalized paddles as a part of a visual arts workshop at the “I Am Awesome (And I Know It)” self-esteem retreat on Friday. Girls at the retreat spent Thursday evening through Sunday participating in self-esteem building workshops […]
This residential school monument was made to honour 154 Rainy River First Nations band members who attended Indian residential school. It is a tribute to the perseverance and courage of residential school survivors. -Sam Odrowski photo
Sam Odrowski
On a stone residential school monument at Rainy River First Nations (RRFN) there are 154 names of band members who are survivors or have since deceased. “We are all tied to the residential school era whether you want to admit or not,” said Marcel Medicine Horton, a RRFN Sixties Scoop […]
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Tammy McNally
Tammy McNally
If you looked out your window or were our for a walk in Emo on the evening of Sept. 17, you would of seen that front street was filled with flashing lights, multiple fire trucks and many firefighters running around. There was a scheduled live training exercise involving the volunteer […]
