Jamie Mountain While the results may not have gone their way, Team Jackson is looking back fondly on their time at the Travelers Curling Club national championship last week in Miramichi, N.B. The rink, featuring Kathie Jackson (skip), Michelle McFayden (lead), Jacquee Loerzel (second), Leanne Eluik (third), and Teresa McFayden […]
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Here are the sunrise and sunset times for Nov. 29-Dec. 5: •Nov. 29–7:43 a.m. and 4:21 p.m. •Nov. 30–7:44 a.m. and 4:21 p.m. •Dec. 1–7:45 a.m. and 4:20 p.m. •Dec. 2–7:47 a.m. and 4:20 p.m. •Dec. 3–7:48 a.m. and 4:19 p.m. •Dec. 4–7:49 a.m. and 4:19 p.m. •Dec. 5–7:50 a.m. […]
Press Release Oct. 31 marked the official end of the 2018 fire season in Ontario. In a year marked by large, problematic forest fires burning relatively close to populations, properties, and major travel corridors in the province’s Northeast Region, a busy albeit less visible fire season unfolded in the more […]
Jamie Mountain It’s been a rough start to the NorWOSSA regular season for the Muskie boys’ hockey team. Not in terms of how they’ve played but in how depleted the roster has become due to a rash of early injuries. The Muskies headed into Friday’s home-opener against the defending NorWOSSA […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers knew this recent stretch of games was going to be tough for them. The last four all came against the first- and second-place teams in the SIJHL in the Thunder Bay North Stars and Red Lake Miners. Unfortunately for the Lakers, all ended in […]
Jamie Mountain It will be a season full of learning for the youthful Muskie girls’ hockey team. The black-and-gold were taken to school by the more experienced Dryden Eagles on Sunday afternoon, with the visitors using a three-goal outburst late in the third period to snag a valuable two points […]
Press Release The provincial government is working to make the moose draw fairer, more accessible, and simpler for hunters by updating its approach to managing moose. Over the next two years, the government intends to work with an advisory committee, which will review how tag quotas are developed, how hunters […]
Press Release The province has launched a better way for hunters and anglers across the province to get their Outdoors Cards, as well as hunting and fishing licensing products. “Our government is making life easier and allowing you to get outdoors quicker,” said Natural Resources and Forestry minister John Yakabuski. […]
Jamie Mountain A year later and the mindset is still the same for the Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team: win NorWOSSA gold. The black-and-gold head into this season having done exactly that back in February, when they swept the host Dryden Eagles 3-0 in the final to cap an impressive […]
Jamie Mountain It’s all systems go for the Muskie senior and junior boys’ basketball teams. Both teams were able to get in some game action recently in order to fine-tune their skills ahead of their NorWOSSA regular-season opener next Tuesday (Dec. 4) against the host Kenora Broncos. The seniors hosted […]
Staff Isaiah Allam’s goal with just 1:28 to go lifted the Current River Comets to a 2-1 win over the Westfort Rangers on Sunday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena in the ‘A’ final of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s annual Midget ‘A’ tournament. After a scoreless first […]
There were more winners in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw. Winning $30 for Nov. 18-24 were Renee Perry (Atikokan), Peter Neilson (Emo), Kendall McClain (Fort Frances), Bill Galusha (Fort Frances), Doug Moynhan (Thunder Bay), Terry and Cheryl Beadle (Devlin), and Vance Hemphill (Devlin). Winning […]
