A local high-ranking snowmobiling official believes the future of the sport in the province is in doubt—not because of a lack of snow, but rather an overabundance of legal entanglements. District 17 operations director Vic Alberts said a rash of lawsuits levelled at snowmobile associations across Ontario in recent years—by […]
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Nobody promised that life was fair, and Sarah Noonan’s learning that lesson in spades. The sophomore midfielder/forward for the University of Minnesota-Duluth women’s soccer team just went through a glorious season that saw the Bulldogs go 8-0 in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) regular season—and 14-3-3 overall counting non-conference […]
The Muskie senior girls’ basketball squad is going to the all-Ontarios. Any attempt to tell Carley McCormick otherwise will be instantly dismissed as worthless propaganda. “We can do it,” an optimistic McCormick stressed not long after the Muskies completed a tour de force NorWOSSA campaign with a 36-24 win over […]
The ending could have used a little work, but the Muskie junior boys’ volleyball season ended up being a real page-turner after all. Coach Greg Ste. Croix guided his charges to another exciting victory in the NorWOSSA semi-final in Kenora last Friday, rallying from a 2-1 deficit to win the […]
That’s more like it. The Muskies took the first step towards exorcising the demons of a sub-par post-season last year by whipping the Kenora Broncos 6-2 in their NorWOSSA season-opener last night at the Ice for Kids Arena. Muskie newcomers Jordan Bale (power play) and Brock Benjamin sandwiched goals around […]
Whatever Justin Larson is eating these days, Shane Bliss may want to add it to the team menu. Bliss coached the Muskie boys’ hockey team to the consolation title at a pre-season tournament in Dryden last weekend, but it was Larson—a second-year forward—who wielded the big stick with eight goals […]
The gnashing of Allison Hyatt’s teeth could be heard all the way up here. The former Muskie volleyball star saw her freshman season with the Rainy River Community College Voyageurs come to what was a bitterly frustrating end for her in a 3-1 loss to the host Central Lakes College […]
The champions’ opponents could have doubled their score and it still wouldn’t have made a difference. Theresa Olson, along with her youth teammates, Caitlyn Thomson and Eric Bois, turned the PeeWee/55-Plus bowling tournament here Sunday into their personal playground—posting a +207 total to win by a staggering 108 pins. The […]
Dave Egan’s fortune-telling needs a little bit of work, but there’s nothing wrong with his hockey team. Egan’s Fort Frances Midget ‘AA’ Canadians made short work of the Rat River 59’ers on Saturday afternoon at the Ice for Kids Arena here, blasting the visitors 8-1 in Manitoba Eastman Midget League […]
Both incumbents were re-elected to the two Fort Frances seats on the Rainy River District School Board on Monday night in the first election for those seats in six years. The unofficial results put Gord McBride, current chair of the board and a trustee of 27 years, in first place […]
Bill Murdoch is no stranger to controversy. The MPP for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound has been tilting at windmills for more than 10 years and now it seems he actually may knock one over. Last week, Murdoch announced he is considering an offer from long-time friend and NDP House leader Peter Kormos […]
While almost all municipalities in the Kenora and Rainy River districts declined to pass bylaws banning smoking in enclosed public places when first asked to do so, the Northwestern Health Unit’s medical officer of health said he’s hopeful new faces in both the provincial and municipal political arenas may see […]
