Press Release Due to changes in lab protocols, as of Oct. 1, the Northwestern Health Unit only will be accepting tick submissions from ticks found on humans. You can bring in any suspect black-legged ticks found on humans to the health unit to be assessed and/or tested for Lyme disease. […]
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Press Release The Muskie cross-country team is having a banner season so far. The 22-member roster travelled to Dryden on Friday to compete in the 10th-annual Turkey Trot Races. The Grade 7/8 girls continued to lead the way–having decimated the competition in their three previous meets. Fresh off gold and […]
Staff Team Canada topped Australia 6-5 in an extra end earlier today to improve to 4-0 at the world mixed curling championships taking place in Champéry, Switzerland. The rink, which includes Stratton siblings Trevor Bonot and Jackie McCormick at skip and third, led 5-2 after six ends. But Australia stormed […]
From theSIJHL websiteCompiled Malcom Huemmert notched his first two SIJHL goals, and set up one more, to help the Dryden GM Ice Dogs beat the visiting Fort Frances Lakers 6-2 on Saturday night. It was all Dryden early on as the Ice Dogs stormed out to a 3-0 first-period lead […]
Staff The Muskie golf team earned a fifth-place finish at the NWOSSAA championships held Tuesday in Thunder Bay. Thunder Bay schools captured the top three places in the team standings. St. Ignatius led the way with a total of 164, followed by St. Patrick (168) and Churchill (173). The Dryden […]
Staff Kalin Wagner and Scott Dingwall had a three-fish total of 13.52 pounds to capture the annual Rainy Lake Bass Classic held Saturday at La Belle’s Birch Point Camp. The champs also weighed in the big fish of the tournament–a 5.10-pound lunker. Jason and Van Pavleck were a close second […]
Staff Former Muskie golfer Tyson-Skylar Morrisseau was a member of the Confederation College team that qualified for the Ontario College Athletic Association championship running Oct. 2-4 at the Crimson Ridge Golf Course in Sault Ste. Marie. The team also included fellow freshmen Ben Erwin and Ryley Plewes, along with returning […]
Staff The Muskie football team went almost two full years between wins. They’ve now won two in the span of three weeks. The black-and-gold improved to 2-2 in the Andy Currie Division (‘A’) following a 39-32 triumph over the visiting Tec Voc Hornets on Thursday in the squad’s annual Homecoming […]
Staff Scoring first, as well as jumping out to big leads, hasn’t been a problem for the Fort Frances Lakers so far this SIJHL season. The trouble has been converting that into wins. Squandering early leads once again was the story over the weekend as the Lakers suffered a pair […]
Press Release Preliminary tick surveillance results from the Kenora area are emphasizing the need to take preventive measures to prevent tick bites when outdoors. The Northwestern Health Unit recently conducted tick surveillance in and around Kenora, and analysis showed higher rates of Lyme disease in black-legged ticks. “The black-legged tick […]
Staff Playing in the “Fish Tank” wasn’t much of an advantage for the Muskie court teams last Thursday against the Kenora Broncos. The lone bright spot was the junior girls’ basketball team, which improved to 3-0 in NorWOSSA play with a 67-39 victory. It was a different story for the […]
On many occasions, I’ve mentioned great ways to transform your dinner-making experience into a special event, like pouring a glass of wine and putting on some great music. But what about breakfast? Isn’t this the most important meal of the day? Yes, to most health professionals it is, so this […]
