Staff The first instalment of the Northern Cup Squash Challenge is now in the books between Sioux Lookout and the local Sunset Country Squash Club. The challenge features ‘A,’ ‘B,’ ‘C,’ and ‘D’ players facing off for five total games each, with total points being the winning decision–much like golf’s […]
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Ryan PyetteLondon Free Press Nobody is shocked Cole Tymkin is leading the London Knights in penalty minutes one month into the OHL season. But scoring? The rough-and-tumble forward didn’t realize it himself until a bunch of his teammates pointed it out to him in the dressing room this week. His […]
Jamie Mountain If you’ve never been to a high school basketball game, or haven’t been to one in a while, the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team has played in some very entertaining ones so far and would love more support from the community. That’s the message head coach Gord McCabe […]
Jamie Mountain It was an admittedly tough day for both the Muskie senior and junior boys’ volleyball teams last Thursday in Dryden. Both squads lost their matches against the host Eagles and will be aiming to regroup as quickly as possible before the NorWOSSA playoffs set for next Tuesday (Nov. […]
Jamie Mountain A new curling season is upon us and the Team Bonot rink is more than ready to roll. Comprised of Stratton-born siblings Trevor Bonot (skip) and Jackie McCormick (third), along with fellow Stratton native Angela Lee-Wiwcharyk (lead) and Mike McCarville of Thunder Bay (second), the squad is representing […]
Jamie Mountain The four Rainy River Owls’ court teams saw some mixed results in NorWOSSA ‘A’ action at RRHS on Monday afternoon. The senior boys’ volleyball squad lost 3-1 to the Atikokan Voyageurs to see their league record fall to 4-3. After dropping the first set 17-25, the Owls fought […]
Jamie Mountain Fresh off an impressive 39-0 quarter-final victory over the Maples Marauders here Thursday afternoon, the Muskie football team now is ready for its next challenge. That comes tomorrow when the fourth-seeded black-and-gold are slated to battle the top-ranked Elmwood Giants in a WHSFL semi-final showdown at 5 p.m. […]
It will be partly cloudy tonight, with an overnight low of minus-one C (30 F) and west-southwest winds gusting up to 18 km/h. Tomorrow will see spotty rain or snowshowers in the afternoon, with a high of three (37) and low around minus-four (24). Look for west winds gusting up […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL–About 6,000 Canada Post employees in Montreal have walked off the job, along with postal workers in several other cities as ongoing rotating strikes continue across the country. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said the Montreal walkout began at 10:30 p.m. (local time) yesterday, joining several […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–The family of an Ontario First Nation chief who was a vocal advocate for a community plagued by a mercury-contaminated river on Friday called for an inquest into his death, saying it was needed to shed light on the illness he grappled with for years. Those […]
The Canadian PressJoan Bryden OTTAWA–Jagmeet Singh is accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of playing games with his decision to call one byelection while leaving three other ridings vacant, including the one in which the NDP leader plans to run. Singh, who intends to run for Parliament in Burnaby South, said […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Canadian wildlife are not exempt from a “global biodiversity crisis” that is devastating worldwide animal populations, according to a stark new report by the World Wildlife Fund. The group says in its its 2018 Living Planet Report that global wildlife populations have fallen by 60 percent in […]
