Press Release Some 168 physicians and nurse practitioners are now receiving patient reports electronically from 12 hospitals in the North West Local Health Integration Network (NW LHIN) through the Physician Office Integration (POI) program. The program enables a person’s health records and diagnostic test reports to be sent from a […]
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Press Release Students are being encouraged to show how they can make their schools healthier. Now in its fifth year, the Healthy Schools Recognition Program encourages school communities to pledge to do something healthy, such as: •planting a vegetable garden on school grounds; •establishing a daily running or walking club; […]
Staff Six business start-ups in the Fort Frances and Kenora area are being supported by Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. investments. Five getting support through the NOHFC’s Northern Ontario Entrepreneur Program include: •Squeek E Kleen Auto Detail Specialist of Fort Frances ($21,484) for leasehold improvements to establish a vehicle-cleaning service; […]
Robin McCormick The cemetery committee would like to thank Jim Kellar for plowing the cemetery roads. As well, thanks to the many people who shovelled and blew snow. The candle lighting was beautiful this year. There were many candles lit in the evening of Christmas Eve and they burned into […]
Dave Ogilvie The Emo and District Lions Club is hosting a “Robbie Burns Dinner” on Saturday, Jan. 22 at the Emo Legion. The evening will begin with cocktails at 6 p.m., followed by a roast beef dinner at 7 p.m. Included in this traditional Scottish celebration will be the piping […]
Press Release Confucius, Buddha, Jesus, and Mohammad are among the most important and influential persons in history. They are remembered for the examples of their lives, their insights into the human condition and the nature of ultimate reality, and the religious movements they inspired. It would be hard to name […]
the SIJHL The SIJHL announced Monday that Sioux Lookout Flyers’ goalie Jesse Wilkins has been named Pizza Hut player-of-the-week for the period ending Jan. 9. In two games last week, Wilkins stopped 77 of 80 shots he faced in nearly 125 minutes of action, helping his squad pick up three […]
Press Release The North American Hockey League has announced that Ryan Faragher of the Bismarck Bobcats has been named the SBK Hockey goalie-of-the-month for December. Faragher, a 20-year-old from Fort Frances, posted a perfect 5-0 record during the month, including a 23-save shutout performance in a 5-0 victory over the […]
Joey Payeur Living a double life suited the Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team well. With 16 players on the roster, head coach Jason Cain decided his team would benefit the most by splitting into two groups for the Kenora Broncos’ annual home tournament over the weekend. His plan bore fruit […]
Joey Payeur Junior squad still looking for first win Offence, defence, hustle. The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team scored high in all three categories in a 59-30 rout of the Dryden Eagles in NorWOSSA action there last Thursday. “Everything pretty much went according to plan,” said Muskie head coach Paul […]
Staff An animal cornered is at its most dangerous. A short-handed goal that gave the Muskie boys’ hockey team the lead inspired the International Falls Broncos to turn the tables in a hurry. With a little late-game dramatics thrown into the mix, the host Broncos eked out a 4-3 exhibition […]
Joey Payeur The gap is closing. The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team served notice this past weekend at the Kenora Broncos’ home tournament that even in defeat, they are starting to unravel the mystery of the Dryden Eagles—the long-tenured volleyball powerhouse of the NorWOSSA circuit. The black-and-gold settled for fourth […]
