Jamie Mountain The Rainy River Owls’ senior and junior boys’ volleyball teams have gotten off to much different starts early on in the NorWOSSA ‘A’ regular season. The senior squad roared out of the gate in winning both of its road matches last week against the Pelican Falls Timberwolves and […]
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Jamie Mountain The black-and-gold have been beating their opponents “black-and-blue” on the gridiron over the last few weeks–and it’s a trend they hope continues. The Muskies roared to their third-straight win Friday afternoon with a 41-0 rout of the host Lorette Scorpions, improving their WHSFL record to 3-1 in the […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie football team had some of its members show up for an extra practice session Sunday afternoon at Fort High in order to get some prep work in for tomorrow’s home game, which slated for 4 p.m. against the Maples Marauders. Those on hand worked hard on […]
Here are the sunrise and sunset times for Oct. 4-10: •Oct. 4–7:18 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. •Oct. 5–7:20 a.m. and 6:43 p.m. •Oct. 6–7:21 a.m. and 6:41 p.m. •Oct. 7–7:22 a.m. and 6:39 p.m. •Oct. 8–7:24 a.m. and 6:37 p.m. •Oct. 9–7:25 a.m. and 6:35 p.m. •Oct. 10–7:27 a.m. and […]
Submitted Greta Fedoruk was among the top performers for the Muskie cross-country team at the Evergreen Classic in Kenora last Thursday. Fedoruk ran to a gold-medal finish in the senior girls’ 5.4-km race, clocking in with a time of 24:47 at the second meet of the NorWOSSA season. The Muskies […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie junior boys’ volleyball team is showing game-by-game that it is a force to be reckoned with this season. The black-and-gold improved to 2-0 in NorWOSSA play with a sweep of the host Kenora Broncos last Tuesday (Sept. 25). Set scores were 25-13, 25-22, and 25-11. “Our […]
Jamie Mountain With how successful the Muskie cross-country team has been so far this season, it’s no wonder they’re ready for a new challenge. After blowing away their NorWOSSA counterparts last Thursday at the Evergreen Classic in Kenora, when each runner posted a season-best pace time in their various races […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team has made quite the statement lately. After dominating at a one-day exhibition tournament in Dryden back on Sept. 21, scoring 50-plus points each game while going a perfect 4-0, the black-and-gold kept that momentum going last Tuesday in NorWOSSA play against the […]
Jamie Mountain A new banner can be seen hanging from the rafters of the Ice For Kids Arena this season. The Fort Frances Lakers held a special pre-game ceremony ahead of their SIJHL home-opener Friday night in which they honoured the Humboldt Broncos, a junior ‘A’ team that plays in […]
From the MNRF No new fires were confirmed in the Northwest Region by mid-afternoon yesterday. There currently is just one active fire in the region. Fort Frances Fire #24 was listed as “being observed” at 2,810 hectares in size at last report. The forest fire hazard remains “low” across the […]
Duane Hicks Brooke Lelonde, left, and Cadance Sinclair, right, made sure Emma Wilson’s newspaper wedding apparel, complete with bouquet, was ready to be modelled on the runway during “Tween Club” yesterday afternoon at the Fort Frances Public Library. Tweens used their imagination to put on the library’s first “Project Runway” […]
The Canadian PressDirk Meissner VICTORIA–A group of homeless people who pitched tents in a B.C. provincial park near Victoria are expected to move into approved shelters and living spaces before a government-imposed deadline, Housing minister Selina Robinson said yesterday. Robinson said people have started moving out of Goldstream Provincial Park […]
