Duane Hicks Be careful about accidentally dialing 9-1-1. The local OPP detachment has been getting too many accidental 9-1-1 calls due to “pocket dialing,” Mayor Roy Avis said at last night’s town council meeting. As such, the Police Services Board is asking the public to take extra care with their […]
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Staff The hazy, yellow sky seen in Borderland yesterday was the result of fires burning along the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border. “The western sectors of the Northwest Region are receiving drift smoke from the Prairies,” MNRF fire information officer Jonathan Scott told the Times. “It’s most likely from the northern Prairies where […]
Dave Ogilvie Rebecca Upjohn, author of children’s books such as “The Last Loon,” was on hand at the grand re-opening of the Sturgeon Creek School library yesterday. Not only did she cut the official scarf-ribbon inspired by her book, she also added her handprint to the fish canvas that will […]
Joey Payeur Bill Godin and Ralph Galusha posed with their EWC trophies Saturday evening after becoming the tournament’s first repeat winners.
Lindsay Campbell Kayla Lauzon wowed the crowd and judges with her performance of Carrie Underwood’s “Something in the Water” on Friday night to capture the “Emo Walleyedol” crown. Piper Lidkea sang “Bright” by Echosmith to take home the title in the “Minnow” division of the singing competition, which was held […]
Staff Four new fires were reported in the Northwest Region on Saturday. Three of them were in Nipigon District—with two having been declared “out” while the other one last was reported as “being held.” A fire in Red Lake District, located near Sandy Lake First Nation, was last reported as […]
Lindsay Campbell Mary Jane Kewakundo, organizer of the inaugural Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD) walk here Saturday, led more than 20 participants over the four-km route from the Gizhewaadiziwin Health Centre (Couchiching) to La Verendrye Hospital.
Duane Hicks Chris Eisenzopf, left, and Margaret Lidkea were among the many church volunteers and tea-goers who dressed fancy for the “Downton Abbey”-style tea Saturday afternoon at St. John’s Anglican Church. The event, inspired by the British Edwardian-era drama, drew a full house.
Staff For the first time, talk of golden moments in Muskie sports now can be about something other than hockey. Grade 9 student Sekina Scheibler powered his way to a gold medal in the Midget boys’ discus event at the OFSAA track-and-field championships Saturday in Toronto. According to all research […]
Joey Payeur It was going to take exactly four pounds to win a fourth title. Bill Godin and Ralph Galusha didn’t get much more than that—but they didn’t need to. The Devlin duo became the first team in the history of the Emo Walleye Classic to repeat as champions after […]
Joey Payeur Every coach hopes their team wins the last game of the season. That usually means a championship has been won. But for the five-time defending NorWOSSA champion Muskie boys’ soccer team, this victory was special in its own right. Isaac Firth netted the only goal of the game […]
Staff Council will get a few ideas as to what residents want included in the town’s next four-year strategic plan this evening. Starting at 7 p.m., a public meeting will see two individuals speak to council—local resident Samantha Manty and Erma Armit of the Assisted Living Action Group (A.L.A.G.) Council […]
