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THUNDER BAY, Ont. — The Kam River Fighting Walleye of the Superior International Junior Hockey League have announced the addition of Rylan Henley as assistant coach for their inaugural 2020-21 season. “We are very excited to be adding a quality coach and person in Rylan Henley to our coaching staff,” […]

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FORT FRANCES, Ont. – The Fort Frances Lakers of the Superior International Junior Hockey League have announced their initial NCAA Division III commitment for the season. Lakers’ forward Stone Stelzl has been recruited to attend school at Castleton University in Vermont where the Spartans are members of the New England […]

Robin McCormick
Devlin correspondent

The Emo Express hockey board has chosen to cancel the annual hockey banquet all together. This is due to the Covid-19 outbreak. The board realizes everyone will miss the banquet and look forward to the event next year.2019/2020 was a great season of hockey.The awards for the year go to […]

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Golf courses across the province have been given the green light on Monday to prepare for the upcoming season, and Huron Landing Golf Club will be ready for the first tee-time. “We’ll definitely be ready,” said club manager Ashley Bruyere. “We’ve been working behind the scenes.” Using an existing skeleton […]

Jack Elliott photo With many thousands of acre to seed, it was all systems go as this massive piece of equipment was just one of the units Brielman Agriculture has in the fields. Tillage here, north of Rainy River was being carried out on April 30 prior to the arrival […]

Ken Kellar Following concerns about local businesses, and backlash from the public, Fort Frances Town Council is taking another look at what to do with thousands of flowers. Ahead of last week’s council meeting, the Operations and Facilities Executive Committee prepared a proposal for an operational plan for various departments […]

Ken Kellar You’ve likely run into this situation already: You’re at home on quarantine or self-isolation orders. Try as you might, Netflix and Disney+ just aren’t cutting it today (or you’ve already exhausted everything there is to watch, we’re not here to judge), and you’ve done everything there is to […]

Dryden GM Ice DogsJacob Anthony Selkirk College (BCIHL)Curtis Magas, Selkirk College (BCIHL) Fort Frances LakersStone Stelzl Castleton (NEHC) Red Lake MinersZach Willms, Fredonia State (SUNYAC) Thief River Falls NorskiesJoe Collins, (F) Hamline (MIAC)Isaac Baron, (F) Hamline (MIAC)Cory Checco, (F) Lawrence (NCHA) Thunder Bay North StarsT.B.A. Wiconsin LumberjacksMatt Fitzgerald, (G) Concordia […]

The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford teased good news on steps toward reopening for retail stores, parks, cottagers and people missing loved ones Monday, as long as the province’s COVID-19 numbers keep going down. Ontario reported 370 new cases of COVID-19 Monday, bringing the provincial total 2.1 […]

The Canadian PressGiuseppe Valiante MONTREAL — On Sunday, a small town north of Montreal felt it necessary to write a message on its Facebook page specifying that its cellphone tower did not have 5G capability in response to numerous questions from concerned citizens. By 4 a.m. Monday morning, the tower […]

The Canadian PressMichelle McQuigge One of the few industries granted permission to ease pandemic-related restrictions in Ontario voiced frustration on Monday, saying unclear rules around the operation of garden centres do little to offer economic relief. The Ontario government’s first tentative steps toward reopening the economy involved releasing a short […]

The Canadian Press TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 370 new cases of COVID-19 today, and 84 more deaths. That brings the provincial total to nearly 17,923 cases, including 1,300 deaths and 12,505 resolved cases – nearly 70 per cent of all of Ontario’s cases. The new provincial total is 2.1 […]