Mother Nature seems to be making up for the overly wet spring and summer by giving district producers a mild, easy winter so far for their livestock to weather. Although the long-range forecast calls for more seasonable temperatures to arrive in the next week or so, last night’s expected low […]
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There wasn’t much firefighters could do to save a home on Highway 11/71 just east of Devlin that caught fire Friday afternoon, La Vallee volunteer fire chief Leo Pruys said yesterday. Pruys said the fire was called in around 1:30 p.m. by someone on a mobile phone. But he noted […]
Nothing beats getting off to a fast start. The Muskies did just that in all three of their games–including in the final against the Hillcrest Colts (Thunder Bay)–to capture the inaugural Rendez-Vous Tip-Off here over the weekend. The black-and-gold were firing on all cylinders Saturday night against Hillcrest en route […]
Any talk of the Muskies going undefeated this season went crashing out the window here Friday night as they dropped a 7-5 decision to the Baudette Bears. And if you talk to veteran assistant coach Ken Christiansen, the loss–which left the Muskies 8-1 overall (6-0 in NorWOSSA play)–probably was a […]
After six years of plying his trade as the golf pro at Kitchen Creek, Gord Workum has decided to swing his career in another direction–as head pro at the private Pine Ridge Golf and Country Club in Winnipeg. “I loved this place, I’m sure going to miss it,” said Workum, […]
After watching his Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team take part in their first tournament action of the season, veteran head coach Rick Wiedenhoeft admits he isn’t quite sure how good the squad will be this year. The Muskies are coming off a third-place showing in Thunder Bay last weekend–finishing second […]
Despite beating the Dryden Eagles 3-1 in their best-of-five match to open the NorWOSSA season here yesterday afternoon, Muskie senior girls’ head coach Rick Wiedenhoeft was less than impressed with his team’s play. In fact, he said it probably would have been better for his team if they had lost. […]
The Muskies opened the NorWOSSA season here yesterday afternoon faced with a dilemma. They could have played their potent starting five against the Dryden Eagles, and most likely run up the score, or play most of the game with their back-ups–keeping the score relatively close. They chose the latter, and […]
The Pollard Lumber Atom/Novice girls’ hockey team won the consolation final at a tournament in Dryden after shutting out the host team 4-0 on Sunday. Courtney Caldwell paced the locals with two goals while Teresa Smith and Melissa Calder (named the Fort’s game star) also scored. Katie Stearns was solid […]
Emo Atom teams had a good week, winning three of four games. First the Selects bounced visiting Gillons’ (Fort Frances) 4-1, scoring three second-period markers to pull away. Eric Soucy blinked the light twice while Braden Baker and Brian Wayash had one each. Taylor Jorgenson notched Gillons’ lone goal. Then […]
There isn’t a Christmas I can remember, as a child, when my family and I didn’t make the annual trek out into the bush for a real Christmas tree. Most times my dad had gone out earlier in the year and tagged the perfect tree with ribbon so we could […]
While students at two Thunder Bay high schools may be turning in jeans and T-shirts in favour of school uniforms next September, both the Northwest Catholic District School Board and the Rainy River District School Board have no such plans for now. “It came up at one school council meeting […]
