of Michael Christianson/Dryden Observer Santino Smith looked for an opening as he palmed the ball during the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team’s 48-46 win over the host Dryden Eagles in exhibition tournament action there Friday. The black-and-gold compiled a 3-2 record at the two-day tourney for their first game action […]
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Jamie Mountain Jill Calder was all business as she cleanly won a face-off during the second period of the Muskie girls’ hockey team’s 4-1 loss to the Dryden Eagles on Sunday afternoon in NorWOSSA action at the Ice For Kids Arena. Calder also tallied the Muskies’ lone goal in the […]
Press Release Oct. 31 marked the official end of the 2018 fire season in Ontario. In a year marked by large, problematic forest fires burning relatively close to populations, properties, and major travel corridors in the province’s Northeast Region, a busy albeit less visible fire season unfolded in the more […]
Jamie Mountain It’s been a rough start to the NorWOSSA regular season for the Muskie boys’ hockey team. Not in terms of how they’ve played but in how depleted the roster has become due to a rash of early injuries. The Muskies headed into Friday’s home-opener against the defending NorWOSSA […]
Jamie Mountain It was all up to Darian Klem to stop Sioux Lookout Warriors’ forward Isaiah Lawson from scoring as defenceman Jace Dittaro fell to the ice during the Muskie boys’ hockey team’s 5-4 win in their NorWOSSA home-opener Friday night at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). That good goaltending was […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers knew this recent stretch of games was going to be tough for them. The last four all came against the first- and second-place teams in the SIJHL in the Thunder Bay North Stars and Red Lake Miners. Unfortunately for the Lakers, all ended in […]
Press Release With transport drivers in increasingly high demand, Confederation College has partnered with the Northern Academy of Transportation Training (NATT) to launch a new AZ truck driver program in Northwestern Ontario. It has been developed in direct response to the growing need for qualified drivers both in the region […]
Jamie Mountain It will be a season full of learning for the youthful Muskie girls’ hockey team. The black-and-gold were taken to school by the more experienced Dryden Eagles on Sunday afternoon, with the visitors using a three-goal outburst late in the third period to snag a valuable two points […]
Press Release The provincial government is working to make the moose draw fairer, more accessible, and simpler for hunters by updating its approach to managing moose. Over the next two years, the government intends to work with an advisory committee, which will review how tag quotas are developed, how hunters […]
Jamie Mountain Wyatt Richards met his Rainy River Owls’ opponent with some staunch defence near the basket as he blocked a shot during the first half the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team’s 82-37 win in exhibition action Friday afternoon at Fort High. Both teams used the game as a tune-up […]
Press Release The province has launched a better way for hunters and anglers across the province to get their Outdoors Cards, as well as hunting and fishing licensing products. “Our government is making life easier and allowing you to get outdoors quicker,” said Natural Resources and Forestry minister John Yakabuski. […]
Jamie Mountain Dominic States looked to soar higher than his Rainy River Owls’ opponents and snag an offensive rebound during the second half of the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team’s 82-37 romp in exhibition action Friday afternoon at Fort High.
