Jamie Mountain With the regular season in the books, the Muskie football team now is looking forward to the playoffs. The St. John’s Tigers (5-1), Elmwood Giants (5-1), and Churchill Bulldogs (4-2) all won their final games last week, meaning the Muskies (4-2) finished fourth in the WHSFL’s seven-team Currie […]

Here are the sunrise and sunset times for Oct. 25-31: •Oct. 25–7:50 a.m. and 6:05 p.m. •Oct. 26–7:51 a.m. and 6:03 p.m. •Oct. 27–7:53 a.m. and 6:01 p.m. •Oct. 28–7:54 a.m. and 6 p.m. •Oct. 29–7:56 a.m. and 5:58 p.m. •Oct. 30–7:58 a.m. and 5:56 p.m. •Oct. 31–7:59 a.m. and […]

Jamie Mountain Compiling a 4-2 record in NorWOSSA play so far was nice for the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team, but they wanted to prove themselves against some highly-skilled Thunder Bay teams. The Muskies did just that at the annual Tiger Fall Classic held Friday and Saturday in Thunder Bay, […]

Jamie Mountain The Rainy River Owls’ senior and junior boys’ volleyball teams had “sweep” dreams last Wednesday afternoon against the visiting Ignace Falcons. The seniors gutted out a 25-18 win in the first set before taking the next two by scores of 25-16 and 25-17 to improve their record to […]

Jamie Mountain Fort Frances Lakers’ goalie Jacob Gnidziejko had the daunting task of looking through the traffic in Dryden GM Ice Dogs’ captain Trey Palermo (#22), forward Cameron Coutre, and his own defenceman, Colton Bodnar, during the second period of his squad’s 6-4 win last Tuesday night at the Ice […]

Submitted Muskie Greta Fedoruk shone yet again, running to a first-place finish in the junior girls’ division to nab gold at the NWOSSAA championships held last Wednesday at the Kamview Ski Trails in Thunder Bay. Fedoruk clocked in with a time of 24:03 to lead the junior squad, who all […]

Press Release The SIJHL has unveiled the logo and ticket information for its 2018 all-star game and skills competition, which will be hosted by the Fort Frances Lakers on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at the Ice For Kids Arena. The skills event will get underway at 6 p.m., with the all-star […]

Jamie Mountain Aynsley Williams had her back to her Igance Falcons’ opponent and was looking for an option to pass to during the second half of the Rainy River Owls’ senior girls’ basketball team’s 47-30 loss last Wednesday afternoon in NorWOSSA ‘A’ action at RRHS.

Jamie Mountain The weekend may not have gone exactly how they wanted but the Muskie junior boys’ volleyball team proved its mettle at a tournament hosted by the Dryden Eagles. The Muskies compiled a 2-1-2 record in the Gold Division in pool play before bowing out in the quarter-finals Saturday […]

Skies will be clear to partly cloudy tonight, with an overnight low of minus-three C (26 F) and east-southeast winds gusting up to 11 km/h. Tomorrow will be sunny, with a high of nine (48) and low around three (37). Look for south-southeast winds gusting up to 17 km/h. Occasional […]

The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Canada’s chief public health officer says the opioid crisis may be responsible for limiting Canadians’ life expectancy. In a report released this morning, Dr. Theresa Tam said life expectancy steadily has been on the rise in Canada but she warned the life expectancy in B.C. is decreasing–the […]

The Canadian PressNeil Davidson TORONTO–While the Raptors ran their record to 4-0, and came close to a franchise record with 36 assists in their highest offensive output of the young season, coach Nick Nurse pointed to his defence after a 127-106 win over the Charlotte Hornets last night. “I think […]