Press Release The provincial government is enhancing surveillance measures to protect wildlife from the risk of chronic wasting disease. This comes following a confirmed case of the disease in Quebec. “We are taking immediate action to protect the health of deer in Ontario,” said Natural Resources and Forestry minister Jeff […]
Local Sports
Jamie Mountain They say it’s not how you fall but how you get back up. The Muskie junior boys’ volleyball team (3-1) showed they weren’t going to let a straight-sets loss to the host Dryden Eagles last Tuesday (Oct. 2), which was their first defeat of the NorWOSSA season, get […]
Jamie Mountain After starting their first four games of the NorWOSSA ‘A’ regular season on the road, the Rainy River Owls’ junior and senior boys’ volleyball teams are looking forward to playing in the friendly confines of RRHS once again. Both squads will play their remaining four games at home–and […]
Jamie Mountain Development of rookie players is key at the junior level in high school sports–and it’s something that’s starting to become more noticeable for the Muskie girls’ basketball squad. A number of younger players stood out to co-coach Gord McCabe in Thursday afternoon’s 56-28 rout of the visiting Kenora […]
Jamie Mountain Fly, Owls, fly. The Rainy River Owls’ junior girls’ basketball team is off to a fantastic start this NorWOSSA ‘A’ season, winning each of their first four games to sit with a perfect 4-0 record. Even more impressive is the fact all four games were on the road. […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team continues to get the job done in NorWOSSA play but head coach Gord McCabe knows the road ahead will be no easy task. A 63-29 romp over the Kenora Broncos on Thursday afternoon helped Fort High improve its league-leading record to 3-1, […]
Here are the sunrise and sunset times for Oct. 11-17: •Oct. 11–7:28 a.m. and 6:31 p.m. •Oct. 12–7:30 a.m. and 6:29 p.m. •Oct. 13–7:31 a.m. and 6:27 p.m. •Oct. 14–7:33 a.m. and 6:25 p.m. •Oct. 15–7:34 a.m. and 6:23 p.m. •Oct. 16–7:36 a.m. and 6:21 p.m. •Oct. 17–7:37 a.m. and […]
Staff It’s been some trying times of late for former Muskie Chelsea Kabatay and the rest of the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs women’s volleyball team. The Voyageurs lost a tough five-set battle to the host Hibbing CC Cardinals last Wednesday night to drop their fifth-straight match. The set scores […]
Jamie Mountain The Red Lake Miners have proven to be a tough challenge for the Fort Frances Lakers over the last few seasons–and that’s not likely to change anytime soon. The Miners have been one of the hottest teams in the SIJHL of late, winning three-straight to sit in third-place […]
Jamie Mountain To say the Muskie football team has been impressive this season would be a massive understatement. A 17-7 win over the Maples Marauders here Thursday afternoon gave the Muskies (4-1) their fourth-straight win and the very real possibility of finishing atop the WHSFL’s seven-team Currie Division (‘A’) by […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers were able to put any thoughts of going on an early-season slide to bed Saturday night. After dropping a second-straight game Friday night by a 4-2 score to the visiting Thief River Falls Norskies, the Lakers rebounded in a big way with a 5-0 shutout […]
Staff Talk about a day of Muskie dominance. All four court sports teams came away victorious against the visiting Kenora Broncos on Thursday afternoon at Fort High. The senior boys’ volleyball squad nabbed its first win of the season to improve to 1-3 in NorWOSSA play. They downed the visitors […]
