THUNDER BAY, Ont.–The Kam River Fighting Walleye of the SIJHL announced yesterday that Matt Valley has been named the club’s first-ever head coach, leading into the club’s inaugural season, the 2020-21 campaign. Valley comes to the organization with a multitude of coaching and playing experience, including competing on in the […]
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Jamie Mountain
They knew nothing was going to come easy and only hard work and sheer determination was going to get them to their goal. That’s how it all played out for the Muskie girls’ hockey team on Monday night as they scratched and clawed and bore down on their chances when […]
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Bob Huitikka
Bob Huitikka
As many young kids, we all played pond hockey and road hockey. I started playing hockey on a beaver pond 400 yards from our house. We did not have real hockey sticks. They were made with a hockey stick handle and a board nailed to it. Our hockey pucks we […]
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The Fort Frances Lakers’ first shutout of the season couldn’t have come at a better time. Alex Bugeja was stellar in turning aside all 41 shots he faced to earn his first career SIJHL shutout as the Lakers shut down the league-leading North Stars 2-0 on Saturday night here as […]
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Florida State Seminoles divers Molly Carlson and Joshua Davidson are heading to the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships after qualifying at the Zone ‘B’ Championships at the Gabrielsen Natatorium on Monday. Carlson began the day by finishing second in a tight 1-metre field with a total of 579.75 and Davidson […]
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It was a day of mixed results for the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team at the OFSAA ‘AA’ girls’ volleyball championship in Kingsville yesterday. The Muskies opened Pool ‘D’ play yesterday afternoon with a 2-1 win (26-24, 17-25 and 15-11) over Eden High School (St. Catharines) before then falling in […]
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NorWOSSA gold. Sweet, sweet NorWOSSA gold. Jill Calder and Abbie Kenny both scored in the shootout to lift the Muskie girls’ hockey team to a thrilling 2-1 win over the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) in the third-and-deciding game of the NorWOSSA final last night at the Ice For Kids […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Ontario’s elementary teachers are set to resume contract talks with the government tomorrow, but they’re warning that if bargaining doesn’t produce an agreement, the union will resume job action after March break. Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario first vice-president Karen Campbell said the union – which […]
By Teresa Wright The Canadian Press OTTAWA — The vice-president of the Metis National Council is stepping up his rhetoric against three provincial Metis leaders, accusing them of striking a “backroom deal” that allows new members into the nation he believes are not Metis. The escalation is on the eve […]
The Canadian Press The federal government is asking the provinces and territories for their plans to deal with COVID-19 ahead of a meeting on Friday between the premiers and the prime minister. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland wrote the provinces and territories asking them to inform the federal government of […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Former Liberal leader Bob Rae is being named Canada’s special envoy for humanitarian and refugee issues. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is appointing Rae to the new role to continue the work he started as the special envoy to Myanmar two years ago. Rae spent seven […]
The Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Ivy League on Tuesday cancelled its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments because of concerns about the spread of coronavirus. The four-team tournaments were scheduled to be played Friday through Sunday at Lavietes Pavilion in Cambridge. The Ivy League instead will award its automatic […]
