Staff It’s time for the playoffs at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Cowichan, B.C., with the cross-over quarter-finals getting underway today involving both Team Ontario squads, which each feature district players. Annalise (CC) Hayes (Couchiching) and Makenna Henttonen (Onegaming) are part of the girls’ squad that finished 2-1 and […]
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Staff A pair of district teens hoped to get off to a smashing start at the OFSAA badminton championships in Pain Court. Muskie Aaron Bujold and Jackson Arpin of the Rainy River Owls began play in the senior boys’ singles division earlier today at the event, which wraps up Saturday. […]
Staff The wide range of weather yesterday was a microcosm of the fortunes of the Muskie soccer teams on home turf. Like the sunny start to the day, the six-time defending NorWOSSA champion Muskie boys shone bright in their season-openers with a 3-1 win over the Dryden Eagles and then […]
Kiera Kowalski McDonald’s staff here was all smiles as they posed in front of the wall of donations they received on “McHappy ” yesterday. With every Big Mac, hot beverage, or Happy Meal purchased, McDonald’s donated $1 to the Ronald McDonald House. People also could donate larger amounts if they […]
Joey Payeur Carter Armstrong of the Dryden Eagles, right, wasn’t in a mood to give up possession of the ball to Muskie Brady Meeks during Fort High’s 3-1 win in the NorWOSSA regular-season opener for both teams here yesterday.
Kiera Kowalski Annie van Rozen from A.G.’s Produce set up shop outside the Fort Frances Museum this morning for the first “Market Thursday” of the season, offering spinach, salad mix, head lettuce, beet greens, radishes, potatoes, and green onions for sale. She plans to be on Scott Street every Thursday […]
Submitted It was a delicate operation–particularly in a canoe–to cut away fishing line that was wrapped around both of the merganser’s legs.
The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–Aging “baby-boomers” once again are getting the lion’s share of attention as they swell the ranks of the oldest people in the country. New census data released yesterday by Statistics Canada showed Canadians over the age of 65 now outnumber those under the age of 15 […]
The Canadian Press VICTORIA–A mascot that helped raise a stink about the dumping of raw sewage into the waters off Victoria is about to be retired. “Mr. Floatie” was created by elementary school teacher James Skwaro on April Fool’s Day in 2004 as part of the spoof organization, People Opposed […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–A provincial byelection will be held June 1 in Sault Ste. Marie. The seat was left empty when former Liberal cabinet minister David Orazietti stepped down Dec. 31. The Ontario Liberals nominated their candidate, former Sault Ste. Marie Mayor Debbie Amaroso, last week. The other major parties […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is issuing a nationwide recall warning for 1.14-litre bottles of Bombay Sapphire London Dry Gin. At least five provincial liquor control agencies previously recalled the bottles of gin because they contain more alcohol than the amount stated on the label. The Liquor […]
The Canadian PressSidhartha Banerjee MONTREAL–The parents of a Montreal pre-kindergarten student want a school board to act after their four-year-old daughter was forced to clean up her own urine following an accident on the playground last week. Sindy Moise said a daycare supervisor gave her daughter a brush and a […]
