Marriages today face an enormous number of obstacles and challenges. In fact, the Vanier Institute of the Family has announced that one in three Canadian marriages will end in divorce. What are married couples and adults contemplating marriage to do? Well, several couples in Emo believe they’ve found an effective […]
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The Rainy River OPP is looking for the public’s help concerning two residential break-ins that were reported there Friday (Jan. 18). The first occurred on the 300 block of Atwood Avenue. When the owner returned home, he found a door to his garage had been forced open. The owner told […]
Nearly 60 people were on hand for the annual meeting of the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association last Wednesday night at Our Lady of the Way School in Stratton. RRCA president Ken McKinnon opened the meeting by thanking staff for all their hard work throughout the year. He also expressed his […]
Atikokan OPP responded to a motor vehicle collision with a moose on Saturday on Highway 11 about five km west of Atikokan. The driver was not injured, but his vehicle sustained enough damage that it could not be driven from the scene. The moose ran into the bush. Then on […]
The local Lakewood Tire Eagles under-10 girls’ hockey team participated in a tournament in Hibbing over the weekend and came away with the consolation crown. The girls opened the tournament with a tough 3-0 loss to International Falls but rebounded that afternoon with a 11-1 win over Grand Rapids, Mn. […]
The Fort Frances Canadians had to settle for being the fourth-best team at the Wayzata Junior Gold ‘A’ Invitational hockey tournament over the weekend after the local Midget ‘AA’ team fell 3-2 in the consolation final. “When it’s all said and done, I thought we did pretty good. Out of […]
Craig Brockie, a Fort Frances native who now lives in British Columbia, still believes in the young hockey talent we have here in Fort Frances. Brockie and his business—Brockie.org—are the proud sponsors of the local Atom ‘AA’ hockey team which captured the gold medal at a tournament in Baudette, Mn. […]
Both Muskie boys’ basketball teams headed out for exhibition tournaments over the weekend and found some tough resistance in what otherwise have been very successful seasons so far. The junior boys ended up splitting their four games up in Dryden—despite starting out with a 38-33 win versus Churchill in overtime […]
Vianets overcame the Muskies in men’s basketball league action Monday night, fashioning a 78-72 win after the high school team had led for most of the game. Adrian Chapman led the Vianets with 25 points while Joey Theriault netted 21 for the Muskies. In the late game, the Vous rocked […]
The Muskie girls’ volleyball teams are glad they won’t be returning to Dryden again after both the seniors and juniors were swept last Thursday in their last NorWOSSA away games of the season. The junior girls lost their first two sets by painfully close scores, falling 27-25 and 29-27, before […]
The Muskies again proved their excellence in boys’ basketball last Thursday as both the junior and senior teams maintained their dominance in NorWOSSA play. The junior boys improved to 6-0 after defeating the host Dryden Eagles 44-32. Justin Anderson again led the way with a 10-point effort, backed up by […]
Local bowlers Scott Foster and Travis Michl are heading to the provincial round of the annual Hi-Low Doubles tournament. The pair teamed up for a +84 to finish second in the zone round, which was held Saturday and Sunday in Atikokan. Foster and Michl, who went into the tournament with […]
