Last Thursday’s throne speech is “very good news” for Northern Ontario, the minister of Northern Development and Mines told the Times last week. With a proposed 20 percent reduction in income tax and a further 20 percent cut to the provincial portion of residential taxes, Tim Hudak added northerners will […]
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Proposed renovations at La Verendrye hospital here and at the Emo Health Centre got a $4.7-million boost from the provincial government Monday and that has a lot of people smiling. “Certainly, we’re delighted to hear the good news,” said Wayne Woods, chief executive officer of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. […]
Mine Centre School tried to blend the surrounding communities into its curriculum during Native Culture Week, which kicked off there last Monday. Students from kindergarten to grade eight went on field trips to Seine River and Nicickousemenecaning First Nations, taking part in fish filleting demonstrations, games of lacrosse, and workshops […]
It was the first of its kind held in the district in a decade but those at Saturday’s “Top of the Line” cattle sale in Stratton seemed to be quite pleased with its return. Only five out of 30 lots were passed out of the ring, with several consigners finding […]
There were two questions heading into last Friday’s showdown here between the first-place Muskies and the third-place Dryden Eagles. First, could the black-and-gold stop Dryden’s vaunted rushing attack led by star running back Byron McKenzie? And second, could the Eagles stop the Muskies? The answer was yes to the first […]
With the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team uncharacteristically off to a slow start against the host Kenora Broncos last Thursday, head coach Gord McCabe elected to call a time-out. Looking sluggish and uninspired, he felt they needed a break. And it wound up being their most important time-out of the […]
The Muskie junior girls’ basketball finished third at a tournament in Thunder Bay last weekend after dumping Fort William Collegiate 35-16. It was all over practically after the opening tip-off, with the black-and-gold jumping out to a commanding 22-4 halftime lead. Carling Barton and Danielle McGee led the way with […]
Will the real Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team please stand up? Is it the talented squad that can beat you with an array of powerful hits from the power or middle positions, or the one that folds like a cheap tent? Head coach Adrian Chapman, desperately searching for answers with […]
Matthew Smith finished in second place in the boys’ three-km race at the 28th-annual Mid-Canada Legion Elementary School cross-country showdown Saturday at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay. Smith, who attends Our Lady of the Way School in Stratton, crossed the finish line in a time of 12:53–just 11 seconds behind […]
The afternoon began with the Muskie senior football team smashing a pumpkin bearing the #20 on the sidelines in reference to stopping Byron McKenzie, the Dryden Eagles’ star running back. It continued with calls of “Stop the pumpkin!” by the Muskie defence before the snap of the ball throughout the […]
In Atom action, the Emo Selects were back on the winning trail after blowing out visiting Causeway (Fort Frances) 14-1. Eric Soucy led the Selects’ attack with four goals while Beis Strachan and Ryan Witherspoon each had hat tricks. Brian Wayash (two), Matt Badiuk, and Nathan Brigham rounded out the […]
They say the best offence is a good defence, and that’s propelled the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team to a perfect 5-0 record in NorWOSSA action so far this season. The squad’s latest win was a convincing 47-17 shellacking over Dryden here yesterday afternoon. Their new trap press bottled up […]
