Duane Hicks The “Piñata Posse” from Gillons’ Insurance were set to “Fiesta like there’s no mañana” on Saturday evening during the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s annual fundraiser gala at the Memorial Sports Centre auditorium. Pictured here were Christy Dowty, front row left, and Nancy Brown, along Michelle Sabbe, back […]

By Rodney Muhumuza The Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda — The suspicion of a third wife was planted in Irene Atenyo’s mind when her husband could not account for his most recent pay. When she confronted him, he beat her “like an animal” and briefly kicked her out, she said. She […]

By Colleen Long The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has not settled on a plan for what to do if a migrant caravan arrives at the southern border, despite threats by President Donald Trump to declare a national emergency or rescind aid from the countries whose people are […]

Jackson Arpin looked to set the ball for his power hitter during the second set of the Rainy River Owls’ senior boys’ volleyball team’s 3-0 win over the Ignace Falcons last Wednesaday afternoon in NorWOSSA ‘A’ action at RRHS.

Jamie Mountain Caleb Allan (#1) and Ben Larson (#8) looked to combine for a block during the Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team’s 3-2 comeback win over the Dryden Eagles last Tuesday afternoon in NorWOSSA action at Fort High. The Muskies then fell in four sets to the Broncos in Kenora […]

Jamie Mountain Emily Heil of the Dryden Eagles tried to reach in and steal the ball from Alina Eldridge during the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team’s 57-55 loss last Tuesday afternoon in NorWOSSA action at Fort High. The Muskies rebounded later in the week, though, with a 59-24 rout of […]

Jamie Mountain Fort Frances Lakers’ goalie Jacob Gnidziejko had the daunting task of looking through the traffic in Dryden GM Ice Dogs’ captain Trey Palermo (#22), forward Cameron Coutre, and his own defenceman, Colton Bodnar, during the second period of his squad’s 6-4 win last Tuesday night at the Ice […]

Submitted Muskie Greta Fedoruk shone yet again, running to a first-place finish in the junior girls’ division to nab gold at the NWOSSAA championships held last Wednesday at the Kamview Ski Trails in Thunder Bay. Fedoruk clocked in with a time of 24:03 to lead the junior squad, who all […]

Jamie Mountain Aynsley Williams had her back to her Igance Falcons’ opponent and was looking for an option to pass to during the second half of the Rainy River Owls’ senior girls’ basketball team’s 47-30 loss last Wednesday afternoon in NorWOSSA ‘A’ action at RRHS.

Jamie Mountain Getting better each and every time they take to the court still is the goal for the Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team. The Muskies saw some mixed results last week, including a hard-fought, five-set comeback win against the visiting Dryden Eagles last Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 16) before losing […]

Jamie Mountain The Muskie cross-country team was spectacular yet again at the NWOSSAA championships held last Wednesday at the Kamview Ski Trails in Thunder Bay. Fort High qualified eight runners for the all-Ontarios, which are slated for Nov. 3 in Burlington, while all 13 Muskie runners improved on the times […]

Jamie Mountain It was a weekend of mixed results for the Muskie junior girls’ basketball team at the annual Tiger Fall Classic tournament in Thunder Bay. The black-and-gold compiled a 2-2 record at the tourney, bowing out in the consolation final on Saturday. The Muskies are slated to resume NorWOSSA […]