Jamie Mountain Nick Hahkala looked to burst past a Kenora Broncos’ defender and barge his way in on goal for a scoring chance during the Muskies’ 2-0 win in the NorWOSSA final here last Wednesday afternoon. The Muskies earned a berth at the all-Ontarios that run tomorrow through Saturday in […]
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Jamie Mountain They gave a valiant effort all season but it just wasn’t to be in the end. A 2-1 loss to the reigning NorWOSSA champion Dryden Eagles in last Wednesday’s league final here put the wraps on the 2018 season for the Muskie girls’ soccer team. As one that […]
Staff Local runner Priscilla Miller aced her age division at the annual June Classic 5K in Thunder Bay over the weekend. Of the 43 female racers, Miller finished second overall, clocking in at 19:33:60 in the chip-timed event. Miller averaged 6:18 per mile while passing most of the men who […]
Staff The Fort Frances Mud Dogs pushed their winning streak to five games with an 18-3 rout of the Manitou T-Birdies in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action Monday night. Shelby Tymkin smacked a homer to pace the offence. Rachelle Yeo earned the pitching win while Summer Leonard suffered […]
Jamie Mountain Taylor Croswell looked to impede the progress of her Dryden Eagles’ opponent during the NorWOSSA final here last Wednesday afternoon. The Eagles won the game 2-1 to advance to the all-Ontario’s set for tomorrow through Saturday in Windsor.
Staff The Dawson Tigers ran their record to 4-0 following a 20-5 thrashing of the Manitou Thunderbirds in Rainy River District Men’s Fastball League action Thursday night. Carl Big George Jr. earned the pitching win while Charlie Debungee was saddled with the loss. Morgan Desserre had the lone homer in […]
Submitted Ellen Anderson and Carole Mackintosh of the Fort Frances Tai Chi Club posed next to a statute of Chen Yangting, regarded by many as the “Father of Tai Chi.” The pair visited Thunder Bay on the Victoria Day Monday for their club’s induction of three Tai Chi statues into […]
From the OPP On June 3 around 11:20 a.m., officers from the Thunder Bay OPP responded to a report of a missing male. The male had ventured out on a Sea-Doo personal watercraft on Dog Lake and had not returned. Officers from the North West Region Emergency Response Team, Thunder […]
Outside of a few weeks in the spring when crappies move to shallow water to spawn, they spend the rest of the year in deeper water. They seem to disappear over the summer months, when they suspend in deeper weeds and simply are hard to find. In the fall and […]
The Canadian PressPeter Rakobowchuk MONTREAL–The first woman to climb to the top of Canada’s highest mountain in a solo trek says her biggest fear came when she fell into a dangerously deep crevice. “That made me very afraid because no one would have known where I was,” Monique Richard told […]
The Canadian Press EDMONTON–The Edmonton Humane Society says it has adopted new procedures after a team that was transporting animals to its shelter accidentally left three cats inside a vehicle–and they weren’t discovered for 22 days. In a statement posted on Facebook, the society said the cats were dehydrated, hungry, […]
The Associated PressWayne Parry ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.–The Miss America Organization is dropping the swimsuit competition, saying it no longer will judge contestants on their appearance. The competition began nearly 100 years ago in Atlantic City, N.J. as a bathing beauty contest designed to keep tourists coming to the seaside resort […]
