With the Muskie junior girls’ basketball team showing a strong ability to handle the more simplistic defensive systems in the early going of the season, head coach Gord McCabe decided to make a change. He elected to go with a new 1-2-2 zone press–much more complicated than most junior teams […]
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Fresh off a solid second-place finish at a tournament in Atikokan over the weekend, the Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team continued its winning ways yesterday afternoon with a victory over the Dryden Eagles in NorWOSSA action here. The Muskies had little trouble beating the Eagles, decimated by the loss of […]
If you take a new rink that just began practising together a week before an event and put it up against some of the top curlers in Canada and the U.S., you shouldn’t expect the best of results. And there weren’t any this past weekend for the Raymond Roy foursome […]
There were a lot of happy hunters in the area as moose and deer season opened earlier this month–which didn’t surprise the local Ministry of Natural Resources. “It seemed to be hot and cold,” Dave Saunders, MNR’s acting enforcement supervisor, said Friday morning. “It depended on where you were but […]
Coaches often say the way a football team practices during the week before a game is often an indication of how well they will play. Bad practices. Bad games. The Muskies had a bad week of practice. They also went out and played a very bad football game last Friday […]
The Roseau Rams came out like a new team–literally–against the Muskie “Bee” football team in the second half of their game there last Thursday. With the Muskies leading 8-6 at halftime on a 30-yard touchdown by Kevin Gemmell on a reverse, the Rams suddenly got bigger, faster, and stronger after […]
After weeks of hard work and several losses along the way, the Muskie ‘C’ football team finally did something they hadn’t done all season. They won a football game. The Muskies drubbed the International Falls Broncos ‘C’ team 26-0 in an exhibition game here last Friday afternoon. Head coach Rob […]
Last week’s speech from the throne by new Gov. Gen. Adrienne Clarkson shows the federal government’s “balanced approach” to social spending and tax reduction, local MP Robert Nault said Friday. But Ontario NDP leader and local MPP Howard Hampton said the federal Liberals still come up short in the areas […]
Medical professionals across the district could be one step closer to better understanding what impact a disease called Blastomycosis has had here when a case study on it is released next week by the Northwestern Health Unit. The study was done under the direction of Bill Limerick, team leader for […]
“I used to see staff in the hallway who would say this day would never come–well, here it is.” The first words uttered by principal Terry Ellwood during the grand opening of the new Fort Frances High School last Wednesday summed up the spirit of the moment. About 300 district […]
The Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre at Couchiching will hold its grand opening this Monday (Oct. 25) at 10 a.m. to showcase the numerous services available to First Nations members throughout Tribal Area #10. Located near the Nanicost building, the access centre has been busy serving the 5,700 reserve residents of […]
It was a chance to gather and share information for Doug Langtry, who is just back from attending the World Health Organization’s annual meeting in Vienna, Austria. This year’s theme was “Networking for Safe Communities,” with keynote speakers from around the world sharing their information on safety programs. “This is […]
