Nicole Horn Muskie football player Rob Payne was hard at work yesterday starting to prepare the field for the squad’s annual Homecoming game, which takes place tomorrow (Oct. 5) at 1 p.m. versus the Neelin Spartans. Spectators are welcome.
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Duane Hicks Krista Nielson, right, of the Northwestern Health Unit wrote down suggestions from her break-out group yesterday during an Assisted Living Action Group strategic planning session at La Place Rendez-Vous. Led by facilitator Ian Simpson, a group of 22 people, ranging from local citizens to representatives from partner agencies, […]
Press Release Mine Centre School staff and students soon will see the grounds of their new facility evolve into a resource for learning and well-being. At a special meeting Sept. 24, the Rainy River District School Board approved funding from Mine Centre School reserves to proceed with the school campus […]
Staff After only two weeks of games, the SIJHL has lost one of its seven teams for the rest of the regular season. In a press release issued earlier today, the Sioux Lookout Flyers announced they were suspending operations after three of their games last week were cancelled due to […]
Staff With cooler weather and even some snow on the horizon, Diane Maxey already is thinking about the holiday season—and that means the Christmas cantata. Those interested in singing in this year’s cantata are encouraged to come out to a listening session next Monday (Oct. 15) at 7 p.m. at […]
Heather Latter Jane Councillor showed Robert Moore School teacher Chantel Gallagher and her Grade 5 students how to remove a goose’s down feathers over a fire yesterday afternoon during the Seven Generations Education Institute’s “Fall Harvest” preparations workshop yesterday at the Nanicost grounds here. Students from across the district attended […]
Lucas Punkari At the start of the school year, Muskie golf head coach Brian Johnstone was running around trying to get everything set up to have the black-and-gold return to NorWOSSA competition. But after seeing three members of the team advance to the NWOSSAA championships at the Beauty Bay Golf […]
Lucas Punkari As far as first impressions go, it’s hard to imagine many that went better than the one the Fort Frances junior football team made in their debut Monday evening over in International Falls. Comprised of 30 players in Grades 7 and 8, the first-year squad had their way […]
Ken Johnston The weather was spectacular and so was the fishing for the 14th-annual Rainy River Walleye Tournament on Friday and Saturday. Only one team did not catch any fish on Day 1 while the vast majority—86 teams—weighed in four fish. Local teams dominated on Day 1. Early in the […]
Lucas Punkari For all of the strides the Muskie football program has made since Chad Canfield took over as head coach in 2010, the one achievement the team had yet to accomplish was a victory on home turf. That long-time goal finally was checked off last Tuesday afternoon in convincing […]
Ken Johnston Cows in space? Well, not quite—but local beef producers did have their animals in cyberspace as the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association tried its first-ever cattle sale that included a live feed over the Internet from the Stratton sales barn! RRCA member Kim Jo Bliss is always busy at […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Museum next month will unveil an important addition to its collection—a painting by late prominent aboriginal Canadian artist Norval Morrisseau. The piece will be showcased during the Friends of the Fort Frances Museum’s fall soirée and fundraiser gala there on Thursday, Nov. 1. Museum curator […]
