Staff A Jacob Siebenga goal just over three-and-a-half minutes into overtime lifted the visiting Dryden GM Ice Dogs to a 4-3 win over the Fort Frances Lakers on Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. Brett Hahkala opened the scoring for the Lakers 10:41 into the first period on […]
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The Associated PressBarry Wilner NEW ORLEANS–When the New Orleans Saints finally found their rhythm, they marched one step closer to the Super Bowl. Using a dominant ball-control offence and a few gambles that paid off, the Saints got two touchdown passes from Drew Brees and two interceptions from Marcus Lattimore […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team battled hard but ultimately couldn’t win it all at the annual Piper Classic Tournament of Champions in Winnipeg over the weekend. The black-and-gold compiled a 1-0-1 record in Pool ‘B’ play before losing both playoff games in the Boston Pizza Division. Fort High opened […]
From the OPP On Friday at 11:30 p.m., Rainy River District OPP officers stopped a motor vehicle for a Highway Traffic Act infraction. After speaking with a 17-year-old driver, he subsequently was arrested for an alcohol/drug-related offence. He was taken to the Fort Frances detachment and released on a promise […]
Duane Hicks Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts board member Carol Derksen, left, joined Mayor June Caul and Mary O’Connor, the local Alzheimer Society’s client services co-ordinator, in raising the flag at the Civic Centre on Friday morning to mark January as “Alzheimer Awareness Month” in Fort Frances. The annual […]
Tyler MoffittSubmitted byFire Chief/CEMC The year-end provincial statistics for fire fatalities are in–and the number of fire deaths in Ontario is extremely heartbreaking. Sadly, 101 people lost their lives to fire; many of these deaths involved children … so many years of potential life lost! As well, many of these […]
The Canadian PressJoan Bryden OTTAWA–Scott Brison is quitting a political career he loves to spend more time with a cherished family that politics made possible. After 22 years representing the Nova Scotia riding of Kings-Hants, initially as a Progressive Conservative MP before jumping to the Liberals in 2003, Brison told […]
Jamie Mountain Tatum Glowasky was knocked to the ice from behind during the third period of the Muskie girls’ hockey team’s 7-1 loss to the Dryden Eagles in NorWOSSA action Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena.
of Ryan Stelter/Kenora Daily Miner and News Jamie Spencer and Pasquel Shortreed looked to combine for a block during the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team’s 3-1 win over the host Kenora Broncos on Tuesday afternoon. The black-and-gold improved to a NorWOSSA-best 5-0 with the win.
The Canadian PressAndy Blatchford OTTAWA–The Bank of Canada is holding interest rates steady as the economy navigates a temporary period of softness created by the sharp drop in oil prices, governor Stephen Poloz said yesterday. The recent plunge in crude prices has darkened the central bank’s short-term economic outlook–but Poloz […]
The Muskie girls’ hockey team will host the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints of Kenora today (Jan. 10) at 7 p.m. at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). The Fort Frances Lakers will host the Dryden GM Ice Dogs in SIJHL action on Friday, Jan. 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ice For […]
The Associated PressSeth Borenstein WASHINGTON–Sharing false information on Facebook is old. People over 65 and ultra conservatives shared about seven times more fake information masquerading as news on the social media site than younger adults, moderates, and super liberals during the 2016 U.S. election season, a new study found. The […]
