Lucas Punkari With only one meet on their schedule for the 2012 season, the Muskie track and field squad already is hard at work as they prepare for the NWOSSAA championships in Thunder Bay next month. “We’ve just finished up our third week in the seven-week season and things have […]
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Lucas Punkari During his opening remarks at the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s annual awards night Sunday at the Memorial Sports Centre, FFMHA president Wayne Strachan called the 2011/12 season one of the most successful in a number of years. But the reasons for that success, said Strachan, wasn’t just […]
Lucas Punkari Friday night’s awards banquet at the Fort Frances Curling Club not only was the official end to another season, it also marked a year to the day that the club received funding to go through with its geothermal unit project, making this year a special one for club […]
Lucas Punkari The overall look of the Muskie football team for the 2012 WHSFL campaign has become a lot stronger over the last week. That’s because Grade 12 quarterback Tobijah Gerber was successful in his appeal to take part in the league this fall after missing all of last season […]
Lucas Punkari Sixteen years after he took part in the 100th anniversary of the Boston Marathon, local runner Lorne Ricard made the trek back down to Beantown last Monday to compete in this year’s edition. Even though it was his second time, the 57-year-old said this year’s event was a […]
Lucas Punkari With the opening games of the NorWOSSA regular season just two weeks away, the Muskie boys’ and girls’ soccer teams are getting a chance to show what they have in a number of pre-season exhibition matches. After hosting the Rainy River Owls yesterday afternoon, the boys will travel […]
Lucas Punkari The Muskie badminton season came to an end last Wednesday at the NWOSSAA playoffs in Thunder Bay. With a berth at this year’s all-Ontario championships on the line, the boys’ doubles team of Bryson Skirten and Andre Emond finished fourth in the six-team round-robin with a 2-3 record. […]
Staff Former Muskie forward Jillian Langtry and the rest of the Thunder Bay Queens Midget women’s hockey team have gotten off to a perfect start at the Esso Cup national championship in Charlottetown, P.E.I. The squad was 2-0 heading into this morning’s game against the Rebelles de Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean from Quebec. […]
Now won’t drive until May 20 Staff Fort Frances native Steve Arpin will have to wait a little longer for his next race in the Nationwide Series. The 28-year-old originally was set to get back behind the wheel of the #30 Mike’s On The Rocks Chevrolet Impala for Turner Motorsports […]
Staff The 2012 badminton season came to an end for four Muskies yesterday afternoon at the NWOSSAA playoffs in Thunder Bay. The boys’ doubles team of Bryson Skirten and Andre Emond, along with the mixed doubles tandem of Tori Sikora and Connor Bujold, came up short in their quest for […]
the MNR A Mine Centre man has been fined $2,500 for illegal moose hunting. Myron Huber pleaded guilty to unlawfully hunting a bull moose. In addition to the fine, Huber is banned from hunting in Ontario for one year. His rifle was seized and will be returned upon payment of […]
the MNR Ontario is helping more first-time campers experience the great outdoors by expanding its “Learn to Camp” program in provincial parks across the province. Murphys Point, Six Mile Lake, and The Pinery provincial parks now will offer “Learn to Camp,” in addition to Bronte Creek, Darlington, and Sibbald Point, […]
