It was like catching up to someone on the highway, only to have them find an extra gear and leave you in their rearview mirror. The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team looked, at times, the equal of the Hammarskjold Vikings of Thunder Bay—their opponent in the final and ultimately deciding […]
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December has been a very busy month, with classes preparing for the annual Christmas concert coming up Thursday, Dec. 19 at 7 p.m., noted Donald Young School principal Lucinda Meyers. Mrs. Mose and Mrs. Loney have been singing Christmas carols on Tuesdays and Thursdays with interested students. The response has […]
Students in public and Catholic schools across the district have reached a higher level of achievement in reading, writing, and math over previous years, according to recently-released provincial test results. The Education Quality and Assessment Office has released test scores for literacy and math for Grade 3 and 6 students […]
The pieces of the puzzle are starting to fall into place for economic growth in Northern Ontario, said Tannis Drysdale, president of the Northern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce. NOACC has proposed to the provincial government a plan to make so-called “grow bonds” available to people in Northern Ontario wanting […]
So, if the early bird gets the worm, then the early birder must get . . . the count? That’s right. The 103rd-annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) for the Audubon Society has begun and getting that early worm were members of the Rainy River Field Naturalists. On Sunday, more than […]
Highway 17 was closed between Highway 699 and Upsala for almost two hours overnight today due to a collision involving two tractor-trailer units. Two westbound tractor-trailer units were travelling on Highway 17, near Corman Township, about 45 km east of Ignace, around 1:50 a.m., police said. When one of the […]
With numerous projects in mind following input from both consultants and the public, the “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” committee is asking the town set aside $80,000 in its 2003 budget so the group can start making those ideas a reality. “We’re looking to get something is place for the centennial,” said […]
While the snowfall so far might not warrant much use for it quite yet, CN police here now have a new snowmobile to aid in the fight against trespassing on CN property during the winter. “As soon as we get some snow, I’ll be out there,” Cst. Pete LeDrew of […]
What a difference a night makes. After managing just one goal on 43 shots in a 1-1 tie Friday night against the visiting Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs, the Borderland Thunder readjusted their rifle scopes and were deadly accurate in a 7-3 defeat of the Bulldogs on Saturday night at the […]
It was almost a perfect debut. The second half of the NorWOSSA court sports season kicked off here yesterday afternoon with the Muskies winning three of four matches against the visiting Kenora Broncos. Larry Pham had 23 points as the Muskie junior boys’ basketball squad turned a one-point halftime deficit […]
They are different-coloured horses who both showed they have got a pretty mean kick. Both the Muskie girls’ and boys’ hockey teams will be involved in on-ice clashes tonight with teams that dominated them the last time they hooked up. The female Muskies (0-4) will look to get back on […]
Couchiching First Nation began broadcasting a new radio station Wednesday on 92.3 FM. The plan is to broadcast Thunder across the airwaves—Borderland Thunder hockey, that is. The new station has a remote that will allow it to broadcast away games as well as ones here at home. “One of our […]
