Staff When one goes on a big stage for the first time, it only makes sense to make a grand entrance. Tyler VanUden’s short-handed goal early in the first period yesterday morning sparked the Muskie boys’ hockey team to a 4-2 victory over the host Fellowes Falcons in their opening […]
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Staff The captain is on deck and she means business. Amy Penner was front-and-centre in leading the Muskie girls’ hockey team to the quarter-final round with back-to-back victories at the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ championships in Kenora. With Jessica Coran back on her wing after fully recovering from an emergency appendectomy several […]
Staff First-set fortitude gave way to second-set blues for the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team on Monday. But with the pressure off, the black and gold delivered its best performance yesterday before fading away in their finale. The reigning NWOSSAA champs were swept 2-0 in both their best-of-three matches on […]
Heather Latter Shooniyaa Wa-Biitong held the grand-opening of its Anokiiwin office last Thursday with an open house for people to check out its new location at the corner of Mowat Avenue and Church Street. “We had a number of employers and job-seekers stop in,” said Anokiiwin manager Dana Bridgeman Cross. […]
Duane Hicks A local man was honoured with a Medal of Bravery at a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Friday. Kyle Griffiths—recognized for his act of bravery in hazardous circumstances by Gov. Gen. David Johnston—was among 40 recipients so honoured. “I felt overwhelmed at first,” admitted Griffiths, who […]
Heather Latter Joelle Barron is a poet and a writer, with works having been published in the Malahat Review, ARC Poetry Magazine, and on The Hairpin. But she’s always wanted to win one of CBC’s literary prizes. Now the local resident has a chance at earning the top prize in […]
Duane Hicks More deer means more wolves. It’s a simple truth that explains why wolf sightings have become more common in the Fort Frances area in recent years. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry received four reports of wolves from the public in December, noted Adriana Pacitto, MNRF assistant […]
Heather Latter The first-ever “Relay Reunion” event is being planned to kick-off this year’s “Relay for Life.” Set for March 26 from 6-8 p.m. at From the Grind Up here, it will be a causal come-and-go event for anyone involved (or who wants to be involved) in the “Relay”—an inspirational, […]
Duane Hicks A group of local volunteers is trying to get new tennis courts built in Fort Frances. Committee chair Rick Wiedenhoeft asked town council Monday night to keep the $112,000 currently earmarked for tennis courts in this year’s municipal budget. The former councillor said ever since the new library […]
Cameron Penney Mother Nature seemed to send an apology to participants of the 33rd-annual Nestor Falls Winter Carnival over the weekend. Temperatures hovering just below zero C made the cold of last year’s numbing minus-40 readings a distant memory. “We couldn’t have asked for better weather the last two days,” […]
Joey Payeur Shelby Tymkin had, in her words, the time of her life. She just wished time hadn’t run out on her and her team. Tymkin, along with her former Muskie “Fantastic Four” teammates Katie Sinclair, Hailey Clendenning, and Shilo Beck, saw their quest to lead the Rainy River Community […]
Cameron Penney Klyde Laplante, left, along with Gary Tolen, showed off the northern pike they caught while competing in the fish derby Saturday in conjunction with the 33rd-annual Nestor Falls Winter Carnival. The 30-inch pike was too big to be entered in the competition but Laplante was able to net […]
