Duane Hicks Black bears aren’t expected to go into hibernation for at least another month, and right now are on the prowl to fatten up before their winter-long rest. Local bylaw enforcement/animal control officer Arlene Byrnes noted Monday that 30 nuisance bears have been reported this year, including nine over […]
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Dan Falloon The Muskie boys’ hockey team will have a decidedly different look this year, with numerous spots up for grabs as the squad hits the midway point of its training camp. The black-and-gold held a pair of tryout camps last week, and have two more slated for this week […]
Dan Falloon While the Muskie girls’ hockey team appears as though it’ll be business as usual up front, with several of their top scorers in camp, the back end is a different kettle of fish. With four defenders having graduated and one no longer in town, Melanie Scott is the […]
Dan Falloon Just as the name of the event—“Bordertown Shutdown”—suggested, Bordertown did get shut down at the inaugural roller derby bout here Saturday night. And in more ways than one. On the one hand, the negative one, the local “Kraft Milfs” dropped a 178-82 decision to the “Paper Milfs” of […]
Dan Falloon There’s a buzz around Nestor Falls in the World Fishing Network’s “Ultimate Fishing Town” contest. The local community sat in second place as of press time yesterday, nowgwithin 1,000 votes of leader Port Alberni, B.C. after surging past Dauphin, Man. over the weekend. Port Alberni was nearing 34,500 […]
Dan Falloon Local blueliner Jon Carlson may not have been able to crack the Ottawa 67’s opening day lineup as a 16-year-old, but there is plenty of optimism around his showing at the OHL club’s training camp earlier this month. Carlson went right down to the wire, surviving the first […]
Dan Falloon Make a couple of tackles, don’t get sucked into a couple of penalties, kick a couple of roughly 20-yard field goals and the Muskies would have been right there with the Elmwood Giants. Instead, the black-and-gold gave up a couple of big runs for Elmwood touchdowns, were flagged […]
Dan Falloon Muskie defender Ian Grant fought hard to bring down the Elmwood Giants’ running back during Fort High’s season-opener Friday afternoon at Muskie Field. Elmwood earned a 26-8 victory to spoil the rain-drenched outing. The Muskies will be be back in action Friday against the St. John’s Tigers (0-1) […]
Peggy Revell Erin McMahon and Brenda McPherson, with the Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre, showed off the differences that consuming alcohol during pregnancy will have in the development of a child. This display and others were part of activities organized last Thursday at the Nanicost building to mark Fetal Alcohol Spectrum […]
Peggy Revell Roxanne Fillion and Lance Towers, with Miller Environmental Corp., sorted through the many containers that were being dropped off at the Public Works yard here Saturday as part of the annual Municipal Hazardous and Special Waste Day. A Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment free collection day will be […]
Dan Falloon Terra “Shear Evil” Hyatt battled Winnipeg’s “Paindexter” during Saturday night’s “Bordertown Shutdown” bout at the ’52 Canadians Arena here as Kerry “Argyle Spankr” Zub looked on. Winnipeg came away with a 178-82 victory in front of 333 raucous fans taking in the first roller derby event in Fort […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances residents who are supporters of either the public and separate school board will be voting in the Oct. 25 municipal election, and should expect to get their voter kits in the mail the week of Sept. 27. As in the past few elections, the format will […]
