Parents, volunteers, and 4-H members packed the Millennium Hall in Stratton on Friday evening for the annual awards night. Over 100 people turned out to the event to enjoy a meal and recognize all of the hard work 4-H members and volunteers put in throughout the 2018 season. “The banquet […]
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Sam Odrowski
People from across Northwestern Ontario, Manitoba, and Northern Minnesota traveled to Nestor Falls over the weekend for its 37th-annual winter carnival. Nestor Falls Recreation Committee member Howard Dodd was very pleased with the turnout and glad to see so many people from different areas travelling to the carnival to participate. […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie sports teams have made a habit of qualifying for the all-Ontarios this school year and you can now add the girls’ curling rink to that list. The squad, comprised of Daffni Chabot, Jillian Cousineau, Andrea Schram, and Ashley Payne went a perfect 5-0 en route to […]
Jamie Mountain Playing 180 minutes of hockey over three days proved too much of a challenge for the Fort Frances Lakers to overcome on the weekend. The squad lost all three games played at the Ice For Kids Arena, which included a narrow 3-2 setback to the Thief River Falls […]
Jamie Mountain A new season led to same old heartbreak for the Muskie boys’ hockey team. Ben Lavoie scored with 5:05 left in overtime to lift the second-place Sioux Lookout Warriors to a 3-2 win over the top-ranked Muskies in the third-and-deciding game of their NorWOSSA final Sunday afternoon at […]
Jamie Mountain Sometimes in sports, it simply comes down to the fact the opposing team is better than you are. That was the case in the best-of-three NorWOSSA girls’ hockey final between the Muskies and Eagles last week as Dryden swept the series 2-0 following a 5-1 win in Game […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie Nordic ski team steadily improved throughout the season–and just may have saved their best for last. The four-member contingent that qualified all put in great performances at the OFSAA championships held Thursday and Friday in Duntroon. Emma Toriseva, Kayli Machura, Tori Toriseva, and Joseph Dueck all […]
Jamie Mountain Tatum Glowasky had the puck squirt out to her after Dryden Eagles’ defenceman Michaela Morrison fell to the ice in front of the net during the third period of the visitors’ 5-1 win over the Muskie girls’ hockey team in Game 2 of their best-of-three NorWOSSA final Thursday […]
Sam Odrowski Garret Mose cocked back his arm before whirling a dodgeball at the opposite team during the school’s dodgeball tournament last Tuesday. The tournament started on Feb. 25 and will wrap up this Friday.
Sam Odrowski Phillip Cooze was at J.W Walker School last Tuesday afternoon to sign up his son, Reed, for kindergarten there this fall. Parents also had a chance to meet with staff and take a tour of the facility.
Sam Odrowski Sarah Gagne and Crystal George of NCDS here worked with a Grade 10 student from FFHS on career planning last Wednesday afternoon. NCDS will be returning to the school every other Wednesday and students can book appointments through the guidance office. The services being offered include résumé/cover letter […]
Sam Odrowski Teachers Nicole Cheetham, left, and Andrea Coyle smiled with their French Immersion kindergarten class at St. Michael’s last Wednesday as they showed off their pink shirts in support of Anti-Bullying Day. Schools across the district and throughout Canada participated in the occasion by wearing pink shirts and discussing […]
