Staff Winless seniors now hoping for playoff success The thought of an unbeaten season for the Muskie junior boys’ volleyball team went from a dream to an inevitability as the eight-game campaign progressed. The black-and-gold put the finishing touches on an amazing 8-0 regular-season with a pair of straight-set victories […]
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Staff Both Muskie girls’ basketball teams could be doing more relaxing than playing in Kenora come next Thursday (Nov. 12). The squads still have to wait for their NorWOSSA rivals to wrap up regular-season action this week, but both are almost mathematical locks to finish in first place in their […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team displayed an exceptional flair for the dramatic in Dryden over the weekend. David Chambers followed his second-period goal with the lone tally of the shootout to lift the black-and-gold to a 2-1 victory over the St. John’s-Ravenscourt Eagles (Winnipeg) in the final of a […]
Staff There were more shots flying than in a 1980s Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie, but the Muskie girls’ hockey team was having trouble keeping their target within rifle range. But enough of the Muskies’ ammunition hit the bull’s-eye to allow them to be the best of the second tier at […]
Duane Hicks Pearl Pidlubny put the finishing touches on the Remembrance Day display in the storefront windows at Howarth’s Home Centre on Scott Street yesterday afternoon. The display, which features photos and newspaper clippings featuring local war veterans, will remain up until Nov. 16. See story A2.
Duane Hicks Pam Munn got an H1N1 vaccination from public health nurse Myrna Kraynyk-Cooper last Wednesday afternoon at the Northwestern Health Unit office here. The health began administering the shots by appointment that day to people in high-risk groups. Two public walk-in clinics are planned in Fort Frances—one at Robert […]
Dave Ogilvie Ike Dyck, Margaret Ferris, and Nancy Gamache peeled and cored apples for hours during the annual “pie sale” fundraiser held Saturday at the Christian Reformed Church in Emo. The amazing work of dozens of volunteers produced 1,000 apple pies in one day, with proceeds going to support the […]
Peggy Revell Jamie Steel tested her skills at eating an apple hanging from a string during the Fort Frances Museum’s Hallowe’en activities Saturday afternoon. Children who dropped buy ghost-bowled, ghost-busted, and much more.
File Both Muskie girls’ basketball squads likely will have byes to their respective league finals next Thursday in Kenora. The two teams finished regular-season action last week with identical 6-2 records.
Staff The Rainy River District School Board is set to approve an architectural services’ proposal for the renovation of the board’s office and demolition of the old Robert Moore School. With three proposals submitted by architectural firms, the board is looking to accept the one submitted by Evans Bertrand Hill […]
Staff With no new bear reports made in the past two weeks, it appears the bruins started to find their dens to hibernate for the winter. And with chilly winds and regular bouts of rain and snow lately, who can blame them? Local bylaw enforcement/animal control officer Arlene Byrnes said […]
Heather Latter Local CN Police Cst. Pete LeDrew offered up railway safety messages to Brad Hill’s Grade 4 class from J.W Walker School at the McIrvine Road crossing here yesterday. He will be giving a similar presentation to students at St. Francis School on Friday in conjunction with national “Safe […]
