The Northwest Energy Association met Friday to discuss plans to amalgamate management for Northwestern Ontario utilities–and discuss plans in preparation for a competitive market. “We’re going to have to prove ourselves when competition shows up so we’re getting prepared,” said Larry Hebert, an NEA member from Thunder Bay. The NEA […]
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Joan Allison is getting out her feather boa and dusting off her top hat for the third-annual Riverside Foundation for Health Care fundraiser dinner coming up Saturday at La Place Rendez-Vous. “We’re over 200 [guests] and that was our goal. But if we can get 230 before Thursday, it would […]
More than 500 students gathered at the Red Dog Inn last Thursday to attend the Seven Generations Education Institute’s third-annual career fair. “It’s to give aboriginal students an opportunity to see what careers are available and show them how to work towards that goal,” said Delbert Horton, chief executive officer […]
Six Fort High students learned a lot while attending sessions from law to science and technology at the recent “Encounters with Canada” conference in Ottawa. “I went to a sports and fitness one,” noted Nicole Rogozinski, a grade 10 student who attended the Jan. 31-Feb. 6 conference with Erin Anderson, […]
With the FFHS Millennium Reunion now only months away, former students from Fort Frances High School have begun to meet in their decade groups to plan their events. By the end of the month, all the decade groups will have held their inaugural meetings. Topics being discussed at the meetings […]
All that’s left to do now is remodelling the interior after the new ring scale at the Stratton sales yard received the federal stamp of approval last week. “We have a sticker on it and she’s all ready to go,” said Peter Spuzak, president of the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association. […]
It took Raymond Roy 10 years to make a return appearance to the Northern Ontario men’s playdowns. He’s hoping it won’t take another decade to get there again. “If I have to wait another 10 years, it will probably be in seniors’ curling,” joked Roy, who has made it to […]
The Sunset Country Ford Mustangs were perfect in pool play but then couldn’t get things going offensively in the semi-finals against the NorWest Stars (Thunder Bay) here Sunday morning. The result was a 4-0 loss–and a sudden exit for the hosts of the 10-team Atom ‘AA’ tournament. Andrew Jarvis put […]
The Muskies senior boys’ basketball team capped off a perfect regular season here yesterday afternoon by drubbing the Kenora Broncos 69-36. The black-and-gold clinched first place in NorWOSSA with their 8-0 record and an automatic berth into the league final to be played here a week from Friday (Feb. 25). […]
The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team won a six-team tournament in Winnipeg on Saturday after an 85-79 victory over the Churchill Bulldogs. The black-and-gold fought back from a 13-point deficit midway through the third quarter to lead 59-58 going into the final stanza. Then they led by as many as […]
Ask Muskie head coach Glen Edwards if he’s wavered at all in his pre-season prediction of the Muskies winning a provincial championship this year and you get a simple answer. Not one bit. “Oh yeah, absolutely. We’ve got a good chance [to win] at the all-Ontarios,” an upbeat Edwards said […]
When the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team puts together all aspects of their game–showcasing their hitting, passing, and blocking talents–they can be very tough to beat. They proved that at a 10-team tournament in Dryden last weekend, winning the championship crown with a 25-20/25-20 victory over the Hillcrest Colts (Thunder […]
