Jamie Mountain It’s been a long season for the Muskie boys’ hockey team, and they’ve endured their share of bumps and bruises along the way. The black-and-gold head into tonight’s opening game of their NorWOSSA semi-final series against the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena) fresh […]
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Jamie Mountain The Muskie junior boys’ basketball team got to witness a gold-medal celebration on Friday afternoon. Unfortunately, it happened at the opposite end of the court. Clutch baskets in the second half helped the Kenora Broncos to a 49-42 upset win over the black-and-gold in the NorWOSSA final in […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team earned a trio of wins over the weekend to finish with a league-best 14-1 record and secure home-ice advantage throughout the NorWOSSA playoffs. Fort High cruised to a 9-1 romp over the host Red Lake Rams on Friday night, then needed a late goal […]
Jamie Mountain The tides have been starting to shift for the Fort Frances Lakers of late. After snapping a six-game losing streak on Wednesday with a 6-3 win over the lowly Minnesota Iron Rangers in Hoyt Lakes, the Lakers carried that momentum into the weekend by taking five of six […]
Staff What a way to cap an excellent season. The Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team swept their way to NorWOSSA gold Friday afternoon in Dryden with a straight-sets win over the host Eagles in the best-of-five final. Set scores were 25-19, 25-15, and 21-19. The Muskies had earned the bye […]
Jamie Mountain The Good Samaritans team from International Falls dug in hard during their first preliminary race Saturday afternoon at the inaugural FMG Ice Dragons Challenge hosted by the local International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Club on the ice behind La Place Rendez-Vous here. Six teams–two women’s and four mixed–participated […]
Jamie Mountain Josh Krasaukas of the Thunder Bay North End Flames fired a shot on the Fort Frances Armstrong Crushers’ net during his team’s 1-0 shutout win in Sunday’s ‘B’ final of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s Novice tournament at the Ice For Kids Arena. In the ‘C’ final, […]
Duane Hicks In the spirit of Family Day, Ava Cousineau, left, and her dad, Tyler, worked together during a soapstone carving workshop yesterday morning at the Fort Frances Public Library. A morning and afternoon session–both of which were full–saw family members co-operate to carve beavers, foxes, bears, and other indigenous […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–As the Ontario legislature resumed sitting today for the final session before a spring election, former Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown says he won’t be there to take his seat. The 39-year-old politician from Barrie, Ont. told the radio station CKLW in Windsor this morning that he’ll […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is raising the idea of creating a use-it-or-lose-it funded leave for new dads, doing so days before he unveils a spending blueprint that has been the focus of lobbying efforts for further changes to national parental leave policies. The idea would be […]
The Associated Press NEW YORK–Minnesota knows it needs to play better on the road to strengthen its push for a playoff spot. The Wild also want to do a better job of holding third-period leads than they have lately. They accomplished both yesterday against the N.Y. Islanders. Matt Cullen and […]
The Canadian Press It was a golden farewell for Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir but an Olympic debut to remember for Cassie Sharpe. In what likely was their final competitive performance, Virtue and Moir won ice dance figure skating gold at the Pyeongchang Games after scoring 122.40 points in Tuesday’s […]
