Duane Hicks In the spirit of Family Day, Ava Cousineau, left, and her dad, Tyler, worked together during a soapstone carving workshop yesterday morning at the Fort Frances Public Library. A morning and afternoon session–both of which were full–saw family members co-operate to carve beavers, foxes, bears, and other indigenous […]
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Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team earned a trio of wins over the weekend to finish with a league-best 14-1 record and secure home-ice advantage throughout the NorWOSSA playoffs. Fort High cruised to a 9-1 romp over the host Red Lake Rams on Friday night, then needed a late goal […]
The Associated Press NEW YORK–Minnesota knows it needs to play better on the road to strengthen its push for a playoff spot. The Wild also want to do a better job of holding third-period leads than they have lately. They accomplished both yesterday against the N.Y. Islanders. Matt Cullen and […]
Press Release At Riverside Health Care, we are dedicated to providing our residents and staff with a safe and healthy environment that delivers the highest quality of care. The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care temporarily has ceased admissions at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in order that we can rectify some […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is raising the idea of creating a use-it-or-lose-it funded leave for new dads, doing so days before he unveils a spending blueprint that has been the focus of lobbying efforts for further changes to national parental leave policies. The idea would be […]
It will be clear to partly cloudy tonight, with an overnight low of minus-19 C (two below zero F) and west winds gusting up to 13 km/h. Tomorrow will be sunny, with a high of minus-eight (17) and low around minus-21 (five below). Winds will be west-southwesterly, gusting up to […]
The Canadian Press It was a golden farewell for Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir but an Olympic debut to remember for Cassie Sharpe. In what likely was their final competitive performance, Virtue and Moir won ice dance figure skating gold at the Pyeongchang Games after scoring 122.40 points in Tuesday’s […]
Jamie Mountain The tides have been starting to shift for the Fort Frances Lakers of late. After snapping a six-game losing streak on Wednesday with a 6-3 win over the lowly Minnesota Iron Rangers in Hoyt Lakes, the Lakers carried that momentum into the weekend by taking five of six […]
Staff What a way to cap an excellent season. The Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team swept their way to NorWOSSA gold Friday afternoon in Dryden with a straight-sets win over the host Eagles in the best-of-five final. Set scores were 25-19, 25-15, and 21-19. The Muskies had earned the bye […]
The Associated PressAndrew Seligman CHICAGO–The Toronto Raptors rolled into the all-star break knowing the toughest part is yet to come. But they’ll take where they are at the moment–staring down at the rest of the Eastern Conference. Kyle Lowry had 20 points and 10 assists, and Serge Ibaka also scored […]
Staff Ahead of the Muskie girls’ hockey team’s regular-season finale Tuesday afternoon, head coach Todd Hamilton said their goal was to finish off strong. Mission accomplished. Kelsey Langtry scored twice and added four helpers, and captain Annalise (C.C.) Hayes netted a hat trick, as the black-and-gold routed the host Sioux […]
Press Release For most of the past century, Americans have wondered if an authoritarian politician ever could be elected to high office in the United States. Could a persuasive individual assume dictatorial control? An answer often offered was made famous by a 1935 novel by Minnesota-born novelist Sinclair Lewis entitled […]
