Jamie Mountain Sekina Scheibler and Ellie Petsnick named the male and female athletes of the year at the annual Muskie awards banquet held last Wednesday night at the Townshend Theatre.
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Jamie Mountain It’s not every day that you meet an NHL star, let alone be able to play alongside them. But that’s the opportunity that has arisen for local youth hockey player Parker Sisco. The nine-year-old was one of six youngsters from across Northwestern Ontario selected to play on Team […]
Staff The Couchiching Lady Raiders continued their recent winning ways in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action Monday night. Kam Singleton was solid on the rubber as she led the Lady Raiders to their third-straight win with a 14-4 romp over the Sabaskong Tebinaak. Candy Kelly was tagged with […]
Staff A year’s worth of hard work and dedication by Muskie athletes was recognized at Fort High’s annual awards banquet last Wednesday night at the Townshend Theatre. And the winners were: •Golf MVP–Kendyn Faragher •Jr. girls’ volleyball MVP (Horban Award)–Jamie Spencer •Jr. girls’ volleyball most improved–Greta Fedoruk •Jr. girls’ volleyball […]
Submitted Guest coach John Schermerhorn instructed George Boe, bottom, on how to finish a fireman’s carry on Christian Kostiuk during a camp hosted by the Mighty Mustang youth wrestling program on Saturday morning at the Falls High School gym. Meanwhile, below, Damien Juen of Littlefork, Mn. practised a half-nelson on […]
Jamie Mountain Sabaskong Lakers’ pitcher James Yerxa leaped through the air to fire a pitch during the third inning of his squad’s 5-1 loss to the host Couchiching Raiders in Rainy River District Fastball League action Thursday evening. See inside for a wrap of the past week’s games.
The third Saturday in June marked the opening of musky season across Sunset Country. Following along on some of my friends’ social media feeds over the weekend, it looked like the musky fishing was pretty good as plenty of nice fish were popping up, which is nice to see. Through […]
From the MNRF Two new fires were confirmed in the Northwest Region by yesterday afternoon. Kenora Fire #58 was caused by lightning in the southwest corner of Whitefish Bay on Lake of the Woods. At 0.3 hectares in size, it was listed as “not under control” at last report. Kenora […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Less than a week after a story broke about his partner’s alleged harassment of Ottawa SenatorS’ captain Erik Karlsson’s wife, Mike Hoffman was traded–twice. Hours after the Senators sent the forward to San Jose, the Florida Panthers acquired Hoffman from the Sharks. The Panthers, in turn, sent […]
Sam Odrowski Robert Moore School students and staff took part in a pow-wow there yesterday afternoon. Many participants got dressed up in pow-wow regalia as they danced, sung, and socialized during the outdoor social gathering.
The Canadian PressPaola Loriggio TORONTO–Ontario’s incoming premier has put the public service under a hiring freeze as part of a series of measures meant to limit spending as he re-examines the province’s books. A spokesman for Doug Ford said the Progressive Conservative leader also has directed government ministries to cancel […]
The Canadian Press COURTLAND, Ont.–Provincial police say five people–three adults and two children–and a family dog suffered minor injuries yesterday when they were hit by lightning in southwestern Ontario. Police said they were hit in Courtland, Ont., a community about 35 km south of Woodstock, Ont., around 3:45 p.m. The […]
