Staff The head coach of the Muskie girls’ basketball team wants to see the NorWOSSA playoff format changed. Gord McCabe strongly disagrees with a rule change NorWOSSA made over the last couple of years that sees playoff games trimmed to eight-minute quarters after having playing 10-minute quarters in regular-season play. […]
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Muskie Simone Payne (#25) put up a shot from near the free-throw line during the black-and-gold’s 46-20 win over the visiting Kenora Broncos in NorWOSSA junior girls’ action last Wednesday afternoon. The squad finished atop the regular-season standings and has a bye to the final at the NorWOSSA playoffs next […]
Staff The Muskie girls’ hockey team played solid defence on the weekend–giving up just four goals in four games at the annual Scott Clendenning Memorial Showcase, including none against the Kenora Broncos in an 8-0 win Saturday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena.
Submitted The new Lake of the Woods Speedway hosted its first-ever event earlier this month. Work on the track is now 90 percent complete.
Staff Muskie Carmen Hebert (#31) had a clear lane to deliver this lay-up during first-quarter action here last Wednesday against Kenora.
Staff Muskie goalie Kamryn Sandelovich has been a virtual wall between the pipes so far this pre-season, earning three shutouts at the Sturgeon Heights tournament in Winnipeg on Oct. 20-22 before blanking the Kenora Broncos here Saturday afternoon during the Scott Clendenning Memorial Showcase. But Sandelovich will be trading in […]
Duane Hicks The staff at Nexus Community Savings, sporting “emoji” hats, were among the local businesses that got into the Hallowe’en spirit and dressed up today. Pictured here are Denice (front row left), Terri-Anne, and June H., along with Cheryl (back row left), Krista, Barb, Iris, Teresa, and June W.
Nicholas Donaldson Students at Robert Moore School, like many youths across the district, showed off their creative side by dressing up in costumes this morning ranging from scary to silly in honour of Hallowe’en. “Haunted” library tours, a pumpkin-carving contest, a costume contest, and dance-off also were held at the […]
The Canadian PressStephanie Levitz OTTAWA–A possible clue to how the federal Liberal government will arrive at its annual immigration targets for 2018, to be unveiled tomorrow, can be found in a similar provincial plan unveiled just last week. Quebec, which sets its own immigration targets in connection with the federal […]
The Canadian PressAlexander Panetta WASHINGTON–The Russia investigation struck its first blows against Donald Trump’s presidency in a one-two punch yesterday. His former campaign manager was arrested on numerous charges while a lower-level adviser has admitted to communicating with intermediaries of the Putin government about stolen e-mails, has pleaded guilty to […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Crown attorneys are being told that bail considerations should start with the least restrictive form of release, as Ontario tries to cut court backlogs and reduce the number of legally innocent people in custody. A new bail directive announced yesterday is part of Ontario’s response to […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–The Royal Canadian Mint says a phoney gold bar sold to a jeweller by an Ottawa bank may have looked like the real thing but actually was a counterfeit. The small gold wafer wasn’t made or sold by the mint, although it was made to look genuine, […]
