Jamie Mountain The good times keep on rolling for both Muskie hockey teams. Scoring goals hasn’t been a problem early in the NorWOSSA regular season for either the girls’ or boys’ squads–and that trend carried into this week. The girls were in Sioux Lookout last night and came away with […]
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Jamie Mountain The Muskie court sports teams are hard at work preparing for their upcoming seasons. Led by head coach Angela Petsnick, the junior boys’ basketball team kicked off action over the weekend with a pre-season tournament in Dryden. There are 12 players on the junior team this year, featuring […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Aquanauts and Cyclone swim teams had quite the weekend at the Northwest Narwhal Allstate Invitational held at the Lakehead University pool in Thunder Bay. Coach Dawnn Taylor noted six of the eight Aquanauts who competed there claimed medals over the two-day meet. William Serrano had […]
Dave OgilvieEmo correspondent Vendors and crafters are reminded to book your table early for “Holly Daze” at the Emo-La Vallee Arena. “Shopping Craze” will take place upstairs at the arena this Saturday (Dec. 2) from 1-3:30 p.m. in conjunction with “Holly Daze” festivities in Emo. To book a table, call […]
Staff Three bowlers from Plaza Lanes here have advanced to the provincial roll-offs after qualifying at the zone round of the annual pins over average (P.O.A.) competition over the weekend in Dryden. Cody Brown of Fort Frances made the Sunset Country #1 team after finishing second among the 24 men […]
Jamie Mountain It was a tough first half of the athletic year for the Rainy River High Owls’ court teams. The senior girls’ basketball team ended its season with a 4-4 record, placing fourth in the league and missing out on the NorWOSSA ‘A’ playoffs by just one game. Head […]
From the MNRF A Winnipeg man has been convicted of conducting work on his cottage property without a work permit. Marc Rajotte pleaded guilty, and was fined $1,500, for undertaking work without a work permit, contrary to the Public Lands Act. He also has been given a court order to […]
Jamie Mountain It’s a tale of two different weeks for the Muskie hockey teams. On the slate this week for the girls’ squad is two home games and one on the road. First up was a game here last night against the Kenora Broncos (the outcome wasn’t known at press […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association had two teams compete at the Larry Bowen Memorial Tournament over the weekend in Kenora. The Fort Frances PeeWee Venom went undefeated en route to capturing the tourney title with a 2-1 shootout win over the Kenora Reapers in the final. The […]
From the MNRF An Alberta resident has been fined a total of $4,000 for illegal moose hunting and fishing in Northwestern Ontario. Bradley Maguire of Edmonton pleaded guilty and was fined $3,300 for hunting moose without a licence and $700 for fishing without a licence. He also has been suspended […]
Press Release Rick Neilson, a beekeeper in Rainy River District since 1976, will be conducting a “Beekeeping for Beginners” course this winter. The Monday evening course will start on Jan. 15 and run for 10 weeks. Pending the approval of La Vallee council, it will be held in the upstairs […]
Jamie Mountain After a tough road trip that saw the Fort Frances Lakers drop a pair of games to the Thief River Falls Norskies (4-2 last Wednesday) and Thunder Bay North Stars (5-1 on Friday), the team will be looking to regroup this week. Mired in a four-game losing streak, […]
