Heather Latter Morgan Beckett, left, and Kaylyn Levesque worked on some self-esteem exercises at Sunny Cove on Saturday during the second-annual “I Am Awesome! (And I Know It!)” retreat for girls ages 10-16. A total of 70 girls from across the region took part in the four-day event, which featured […]
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Joey Payeur Colton Spicer politely declined any post-game handshakes for fear of spreading what looked like a rather serious cold. Despite his best intentions, he still sent the Thunder Bay North Stars home feeling sick. Spicer completed his hat trick with just 41.8 seconds left in regulation time to lift […]
Staff After the lofty heights of the previous week, it was a painful plummet for the Muskie football squad on Friday. Fort High (1-3) couldn’t build off its home-opening victory in its previous outing—losing 38-3 to the host Daniel McIntyre Maroons (2-2) in a key Andy Currie Division showdown. “I’m […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers will be without one of their blueliners for the next week after receiving one of the first two SIJHL-issued punishments of the season. Defenceman Gordon Campbell was suspended today for three games after getting a match penalty for attempt to injure during Wednesday night’s 4-2 […]
Staff With the Dryden Eagles nesting elsewhere for the day, Hailey Beaudry flew to the front of the pack. The Muskie cross-country runner took advantage of a smaller field to blaze her way to victory in the senior girls’ 5.4-km event at the Mount Evergreen race in Kenora yesterday. Dryden […]
the MNRF No new forest fires were confirmed by yesterday afternoon and there currently are no active fires in the Northwest Region. Kenora Fire #17, located on an island on Lake of the Woods, has been declared out at 0.1 hectares. The fire hazard is “low” across the region. A […]
Staff The Knox United Church here once again is looking for community support as it competes in the Aviva Community Fund Challenge. Entered in the $50,000-$100,000 category, the church is seeking funding for its renewal project to make the building more accessible. “[It] is a large, centrally-located building used by […]
Staff No official word on whether the Kenora Broncos actually will be constructing a crocodile-filled moat around Beaver Brae High School before the next time the Muskies court teams come to town. After yesterday, however, they might want to consider it. It was a blitzkrieg as the Muskies captured all […]
Heather Latter Owen Ward, eight, was busy raking leaves after school yesterday. But while it’s now officially fall, the forecast is calling for a few more days of summer-like temperatures before the autumn weather returns.
Heather Latter Six-year-old Samaria Smith enjoyed a plate full of spaghetti last night at a dinner held in conjunction with Robert Moore School’s annual open house to raise money for the breakfast program there.
Staff Mehr bier, bitte! The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is busy planning its first-annual “Oktoberfest” dinner and celebration. Set for Friday, Oct. 10 at the Legion, Chamber manager Annely Armstrong-Thorstad said tickets are on sale now. They cost $25 each, and are available at Betty’s, From the Grind Up, […]
Heather Latter Dorothy Winterburn, a personal support worker with 13 years’ experience in the field, expressed her concerns about the chronic understaffing of PSWs and registered practical nurses during a press conference yesterday at the local Legion highlighting the results of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions’ focus group study […]
