Jamie Mountain Former Muskie Evan Woodland once again will be involved with the game he loves. The Lakehead University men’s basketball team announced earlier this month that Woodland would be joining its staff as an assistant coach. Joining Woodland on head coach Ryan Thomson’s staff will be Matt Erdman, also […]
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Staff One more bowler from Fort Frances will join the Sunset Country contingent competing at the P.O.A. (pins over average) provincial championships Feb. 22-24 in North Bay. Mike Behan advanced after capturing top spot in the President Division of the Executive portion of the tournament at the zone roll-offs held […]
Jamie Mountain It looks like the Muskie curling teams will be hurrying hard all the way to Sioux Lookout. The boys’, girls’, and mixed rinks all won their NorWOSSA qualifiers that were held in Atikokan on Monday and Tuesday. In Monday’s action, the boys swept away the competition–routing the Whitefish […]
Jamie Mountain It all started out so well for the Fort Frances Canadians. Noah McPherson scored on a clear-cut breakaway just 3:47 into the opening period to put the Canadians up 1-0 on the Neebing Hawks in Sunday’s final of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s annual PeeWee ‘AA’ tournament. […]
From the MNRF A Thunder Bay area man has been fined $1,000 for offences under the Forest Fires Prevention Act and ordered to pay the $5,940 cost to extinguish several fires. Stephan Schmidt pleaded guilty and was fined $500 for starting a fire and failing to leave a person in […]
Jamie Mountain It was nearly a clean sweep for the four Muskie court teams yesterday against the visiting Dryden Eagles. The senior girls’ volleyball team took care of business, winning 3-1 to improve their NorWOSSA record to 3-2. After the black-and-gold took the first set 25-17, Dryden bounced back to […]
Jamie Mountain Senior Muskie Pasquel Shortreed bumped a shot from the visiting Dryden Eagles during Fort High’s four-set victory (25-17, 23-25, 25-20, and 26-24) yesterday afternoon. The seniors improved their NorWOSSA record to 3-2 with the win. The junior Muskies (4-1) won their match in a three-set sweep while the […]
of the FFPLTC Dahlia Kaun, left, Hayden Allam, Olivia Allan, Avery Sinclair, Lynden Peters, Marie Mai Langevin, Izzy Meeks, and Cadence Smith-Anderson showed off some of the postcards they received from penpals during a meeting of the “Tween Club” yesterday afternoon at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. The […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Ontario will spend $784 million this year to build or renovate 79 schools across the province, but opposition critics say it’s not enough to address a growing multi-billion-dollar repair backlog. Education minister Mitzie Hunter said the funding announced yesterday will support construction of 39 new schools, […]
The Canadian PressLaura Kane VANCOUVER–A gathering of foreign ministers in Vancouver today to discuss the perils posed by North Korea is expected to focus on sanctions, non-proliferation, and diplomacy. Eric Walsh, Canada’s ambassador to Korea, says ministers will aim to identify which sanctions are being evaded and how to improve […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Auto insurance rates in Ontario increased in the last quarter of 2017, putting the Liberal government further away from its promise to cut rates by 15 percent. Fourth-quarter numbers released Friday by the Financial Services Commission of Ontario show an average increase of about one percent. Ontario’s […]
The Canadian PressColin Perkel TORONTO–The possibility of an incoming nuclear warhead from a country such as North Korea does not appear to be a major concern for Canadian emergency management authorities, according to government information available to the public. The weekend fiasco in Hawaii, where people spent 40 minutes expecting […]
