Staff Run faster, jump higher, fly farther than the rest and a trip to the ultimate athletics battlefield awaits. The mission is clear for the Muskie track-and-field team, which is competing at the NWOSSAA championships in Thunder Bay yesterday and today. All gold medalists from NWOSSAA and the two other […]
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Joey Payeur The tears in Rebecca Tolen’s eyes were that of sadness from a dream unrealized, but also of unabashed satisfaction at her team’s incredible effort. “I was so proud, I cried–the sunglasses had to stay on,” the coach said of her emotional response to the Rainy River Owls’ girls’ […]
Joey Payeur A casual observer might suggest Chris Sinclair’s toughest task going into today’s NorWOSSA boys’ soccer final was to keep his team’s collective head from swelling to Rocky Mountain-size proportions. But Sinclair believed his team’s mindset was exactly where it needed to be after completing an undefeated regular season […]
Staff One traditional adult recreational league just barely survived the chopping block, but another is facing its own possible demise. The women’s division of the Borderland Soccer League is in crisis mode due to a lack of players for the upcoming season. “This [women’s] season is in jeopardy if we […]
The Associated Press NASHVILLE–The Nashville Predators, the final team into the NHL playoffs, are headed to the first Stanley Cup final in franchise history. Coach Peter Laviolette insists they won’t just be happy to be there, either. “Our guys know the big picture,” Laviolette said. “They understand what it is […]
Staff Town council will receive a pair of presentations at its regular meeting tonight–one about healthy water, the other about healthy citizens. Local teacher Jody Bonner-Vickers will speak about a binational initiative on May 30 to raise awareness of the Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed and promote stewardship of the […]
Nicholas Donaldson A combination of nice weather, community spirit, and free food brought hundreds of people out for the Rainy River First Nations’ 47th-annual fish fry on Friday afternoon. Those on hand patiently waited in a lengthy line to load up their plates with delicious bannock, salads, and fried fish […]
Duane Hicks Summer student McKenna Begin served up an ice cream cone Friday afternoon at the Sorting Gap Marina, which now is open Monday to Thursday from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. and again from 8 a.m.-10 p.m. on Friday through Sunday.
Joey Payeur Paige McFayden (7) of the Fort Frances Muskies Grade 7 girls’ soccer team was headed in the right direction when it came to making an offensive foray into the St. Francis Sentinels’ end during the Rainy River District Athletic Association’s elementary soccer showcase Friday at St. Francis. Teams […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones A high-speed rail corridor between Toronto and Windsor, Ont. is in the works–an idea floated in Ontario for decades but the premier says this time it’s happening. A government-commissioned report looking at the feasibility of such a project pegs the cost around $20 billion and suggests […]
The Canadian PressJoan Bryden OTTAWA–A constitutional challenge to the Trudeau government’s restrictive law on assisted dying has been bolstered with the addition of a second plaintiff: a B.C. woman who suffers unbearable pain from a debilitating, incurable disease but can’t get medical help to end her life because her death […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians “are shocked by the news of the horrific attack in Manchester,” and that federal officials are “still in the process of determining whether any Canadians have been impacted by this event.” Trudeau issued a statement after police in the English city […]
