A Thunder Bay couple has been fined $8,400 for illegally possessing 24 walleye and 18 brook trout over the allowed limit. Shane Corlett, 37, and Amanda Blackshaw, 25, who were not in court, were fined $4,200 each. The fish have been forfeited to the Crown. Court heard that back on […]
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The Ontario government is helping to enhance tourism opportunities in the Thunder Bay and Superior North area by investing in a study to assess the status of the region’s tourism market, it was announced yesterday. “Tourism plays an important role in supporting the economies of many small northern communities and […]
FORT FRANCES—The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has condemned all meat—inspected, wild game, and farmers’ meat—currently on the premises at Sunrise Meat and Sausage in Barwick after discovering uninspected meat there last week. The Northwestern Health Unit had closed the facility last Wednesday (Nov. 1) because of […]
FORT FRANCES—The horses have been called Kentucky’s best-kept secret. And this rare breed, known as Rocky Mountain Horses, are being raised by Gayle Arpin, along with her husband, Chuck, on their farm just west of Fort Frances. “They were featured in ‘Horse Illustrated’ [magazine] in October, 2001,” Arpin recalled. “I […]
Prior to the season, the biggest concern for the coaching staff of the Muskie boys’ hockey team was whether or not the squad would be to able to generate enough offence to win games. But following last weekend’s slate of exhibition games at the Ice for Kids Arena here, it […]
The headline in the Sunday Winnipeg Free Press sports section said it all: “Krukoski’s hat trick lifts Muskies into final.” Having the opportunity to compete in the championship final of last weekend’s fifth-annual Silver Oak Invitational Winnipeg Women’s High School Hockey Tournament was a dream come true for the 21 […]
It’s been a long season for the Muskie boys’ volleyball program. Both the junior and senior spikers were winless in NorWOSSA action this season, losing all eight of their regular-season matches. But despite their woes, both teams are optimistic as they prepare for the NorWOSSA playoffs this Friday in Kenora. […]
It isn’t often sports fans get to cheer for both David and Goliath. The Muskie faithful will have that luxury this Friday when the junior and senior girls’ basketball teams begin their quests for NorWOSSA gold in Kenora. The junior hoopsters, who finished the regular season with a 6-2 mark, […]
This past weekend, the lady Woolers squash team tournament took place at CFB Winnipeg. Two local ladies were entered the eight-team showdown. Dana Kosowick lost her first best-of-five match 3-2 to Melina Turk of Winnipeg. But she rebounded with two best-of-three wins (2-0 over both Cathie Hutfluss and Tasha Vance […]
Joan Taylor, left, Ed Haglund, and Betty Newman, of the Royal Canadian Legion’s Br. #29 Poppy Fund committee, along with Larry Cousineau, chair of the Riverside Foundation for Health Care, and Wendy Derendorf of the Poppy Fund committee, surrounded nurse manager Glenna Morand as she demonstrated the new CPM (Continuous […]
Darryl Allan, Information and Technology manager for the town, demonstrated to mayoral and councillor candidates how one of the two electronic voting tabulators to be used this coming Monday works during a meeting Thursday afternoon at the Civic Centre. At a processing rate of 500 votes an hour, the election […]
Jenna Nowak and Michael Brady danced and sang with the chorus in the opening number, “Barbie Girl,” of Fort Frances High School’s musical revue “When Boy Meets Girl” at the Townshend Theatre on Thursday night. The show ran for three nights, and featured a mix of group and solo numbers. […]
