Staff The four Muskie court teams resumed NorWOSSA action Tuesday in Dryden, with only the junior squads coming home victorious. The junior boys’ basketball team won 39-33 to earn their second win of the season over the Eagles. Darren Lundgren led the attack with a 15-point outing. Meanwhile, the junior […]
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Staff The Muskie girls’ hockey team was blanked 4-0 by the host Kenora Broncos on Tuesday night in their first NorWOSSA game following the Christmas break. Aryn Puls was a thorn in the side of the Muskie shooters all night as they were unable to solve the Broncos’ goalie all […]
the OPP With the recent mild weather, the OPP is reminding the public to be very cautious about changing ice conditions. Last Friday (Jan. 6), officers responded to a call regarding a motorist near Haymarsh Bay on Rainy Lake. The driver of a pick-up truck was driving on an ice […]
Duane Hicks While the possible reassessment of the mill property here will play a role in this year’s town budget, it will be quite a while before council and administration find out what the impact may be. Town treasurer Laurie Witherspoon said yesterday the Assessment Review Board has scheduled a […]
the OPP Kenora OPP continues to investigate a fatal motor-vehicle collision that occurred during the early-morning hours yesterday on Highway 17 in the Dogtooth Lake area. A westbound tractor-trailer unit jackknifed on the highway around 1 a.m. and was struck by an eastbound tractor-trailer unit. The driver of the eastbound […]
Duane Hicks Rainycrest Family Council member Norman Cain tried to place a table setting while wearing goggles, gloves, and headphones impairing his senses as Eleanor Barron, “First Link” and public education co-ordinator for the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts, looked on during a free virtual dementia tour yesterday at […]
Heather Latter Meghan Cox sang some songs with her son, Arthur, at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre this morning during the “Mother Goose” program, which teach rhymes and stories to parents and babies. All children’s programs started up there again this week and anyone looking for more information […]
Press Release As of Jan. 5, Ontario students can apply to get 30 percent off the cost of their tuition. To help keep the cost of post-secondary education affordable, the provincial government is taking 30 percent off the average tuition for families—that means $800 for undergraduate university or college degree […]
Alanna Gerula The first meeting of the “A Sporting Chance” 4-H club was held at the Williams’ residence. After the meeting was called to order, Kim Desserre put us into groups of three. Then we had to think of games that have balls in them. After that, we compared what […]
Press Release This is Alzheimer Awareness Month. . . . Let’s face it! Get the facts. Know for sure. Canadians still are dismissing symptoms of dementia as “just old age” based on survey results released last week by the Alzheimer Society. Close to 50 percent of Canadians lived a year […]
Press Release Rooksana Randeree, RD, clinical dietitian for Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc., is offering a “Healthy You” weight management program for free at La Verendrye hospital here. The program is a group weight management approach that focuses on lifestyle changes that may help you reach—and maintain—a healthier body weight […]
Robin McCormick The day care centre here in Devlin is hoping the eight toboggans that were stolen from there will be returned. If you have any information about this matter, call 486-1264. Or if you have the toboggans, and enjoyed them over the holidays, perhaps you can find it in […]
