Mitch Calvert The Muskie girls’ hockey team wasn’t about to settle for second place again. After a pair of losses in tournament finals in Altona and Dryden last month, the Muskies took a big step forward with a 5-2 win over their NorWOSSA rivals, the Kenora Broncos, in the final […]
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Mitch Calvert It took them nearly half the game but once the Muskies figured out the visiting Churchill Trojans, they never looked back. The senior boys’ basketball team closed out their home tournament with a 56-53 victory over Thunder Bay’s lone representative here, overcoming a 14-point first-half deficit. The Muskies […]
Mitch Calvert Maybe next year. The Muskie boys’ hockey team went one step further at the Genesis Hospitality tournament in Brandon, Man. last week, advancing to Sunday’s final but then having to settle for silver after a 5-3 loss to Winnipeg’s Oak Park Raiders. They had earned a bronze medal […]
Dave Ogilvie When the life of Minnesota Sen. Paul Wellstone was cut short by a plane crash on Oct. 25, 2002, many people across the state, as well as the U.S. and Canada, mourned the loss of a great man and social activist. One of the many who personally felt […]
Dave Ogilvie The next men’s breakfast will be this Saturday (Dec. 20) at 8 a.m. at the Emo Legion. The usual $10 buffet this month will feature Pastor Conrad Dueck as guest speaker. He and his wife, Lois, and family moved into our community within the past year to become […]
Press Release The Township of Atikokan is pleased to announce the commencement of the Marmion Batholith Magnetic Survey. This 11,600-km survey will provide detailed magnetic data for an area from the Town of Atikokan east to Crooked Pine Lake, and from the Lumby Lake greenstone belt to Quetico Park in […]
the NDP NDP MPs and MPPs from across Northern Ontario were in Thunder Bay on Monday demanding immediate federal and provincial government action to deal with the region’s growing forestry jobs crisis. “We are here today because we are worried about what has happened, and what will happen, to Ontario’s […]
Dave Ogilvie It was a typical evening for a Christmas concert: the snow was falling, the parking lot was crowded, and the first dozen rows were almost full an hour before the performance was set to begin. Such was the case at the annual Sturgeon Creek School Christmas concert last […]
Duane Hicks User fee bylaw up for vote While town council is expected to pass a new user fee bylaw at its regular meeting Monday night, as well as receive a draft budget, Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig said it’s still early stages for what undoubtedly will be a very […]
Duane Hicks Just in time for Christmas, a second book about the history of the Township of La Vallee, as well as Dance, is here. “Further Connections,” a follow-up to “Connections,” published in February, 2004 to coincide with La Vallee’s centennial, was shipped last week and will be available at […]
Peggy Revell As school closes down for the Christmas break this Friday, Robert Moore principal Penny Newman also will be saying her good-byes as she retires. It was “just time” to retire, noted Newman, who will be retiring alongside her husband, Jim, who is a teacher at Robert Moore. “We […]
Mitch Calvert The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres have won five-straight games after sweeping the host Schreiber Diesels on Friday and Saturday. The Sabres (17-8-1) opened the road series Friday night with a 3-0 shutout—backstopped by a 36-save effort from Ryan Faragher in goal. Mitch Cain and Brendan Baumgartner netted power-play […]
