Jamie Mountain When you’re playing some of the top teams in the SIJHL, nothing is going to come easy. The Lakers know that first-hand after losing a pair of weekend games to the host Red Lake Miners. The second-place Miners (5-1-0-0) roared out to an 8-2 rout Friday, then staved […]
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Jamie Mountain The Rainy River Owls’ senior boys’ volleyball team has been hit hard by the injury bug but the remaining players still are giving it all they got on the court. With only one sub on the bench, the Owls (3-2) did they best they could but just didn’t […]
Jamie Mountain The black-and-gold were the ones holding gold when all was said and done. The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team went 2-0 en route to claiming the title at its annual home tournament held Friday and Saturday at Fort High. “We only played two games and beat two teams […]
Jamie Mountain For the Muskie football team, a serious dedication in all practises will be paramount to playoff success. That’s the message head coach Mike Cuzzolino wants to get through to his squad before the games become even more pressure-packed. A 21-13 loss to the St. John’s Tigers (4-1) on […]
Staff That winning feeling never gets old for Mike Dysart and Steve Paulsen. The Nestor Falls duo teamed up once again to claim their fourth-straight Lake of the Woods Walleye Challenge crown back on Oct. 6-7 in Morson. Dysart and Paulsen topped the 52-team field with a two-day haul of […]
Jamie Mountain The black-and-gold were trekking for gold today at the NWOSSAA championships in Thunder Bay. The Muskie cross-country team was impressive yet again at the final meet of their regular season last Tuesday–the Hial Pike in International Falls, where they ran to some more excellent finishes. Fort High’s focus […]
Jamie Mountain An 0-3 start to the season could have dampened any team’s spirits, but the Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team opted to take the high road and work hard on improving. That was evident in their five-set victory over the Kenora Broncos here back on Oct. 4 for their […]
Jamie Mountain Monday afternoon produced two different results for the Rainy River Owls’ senior and junior girls’ basketball teams. The seniors were in tough against a skilled St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) team and suffered their second-straight loss with a 43-30 defeat in NorWOSSA ‘A’ action at RRHS. The Owls […]
Duane Hicks Sarah Faragher, centre, helped her daughter, Carmen, and son, Theo, stick pins in a pattern in preparation to make string art yesterday afternoon during Community Living Fort Frances and District’s open art studio in the Shaw Room at the Fort Frances Public Library. Community Living is expected to […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–With just hours to go before pot is legal in Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says parents will play a role in talking to their kids about the drug. Trudeau says a regulated market for marijuana–a pillar of his 2015 election campaign–will help keep cannabis out of […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Two Ontario legislators from different parties introduced separate bills yesterday aimed at stopping auto insurance companies from charging drivers higher premiums based on where they live, saying it was time for the practice to end. The politicians–one from the ruling Progressive Conservatives and another from the […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–MPs spent their first day back in Parliament after Thanksgiving break debating the perils of climate change. The emergency debate was granted by House of Commons Speaker Geoffrey Regan just a week after the United Nations climate change arm dropped an explosive warning. It bluntly said the […]
