Given their rash of early-season injuries, the Muskies would have been content with a split against the Red Lake Rams up there last weekend. But after winning the opener 4-2 on Friday night, the black-and-gold capped off the weekend when Jesse Rodrigues scored with four minutes left in overtime for […]
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When Jackie Bonot’s rink jumped out to a 5-0 start in the Husky Oil Women’s Major Curling League in Thunder Bay, a few people on the circuit were surprised at their success. Bonot didn’t think it was a surprise at all. In fact, winning on the curling sheet is nothing […]
In a battle pitting Kenora’s speed and quickness against the Muskies’ height, it was the former which won out in a big way in the senior girls’ NorWOSSA basketball final here last Friday. The Muskie offence, which relied heavily on its size underneath the basket to grab rebounds on both […]
Emo minor hockey teams tamed their opponents over the past week. In Novice action, Jordan Davis notched the hat trick as the Emo Wings soared over Emo OPP 3-0. Then against the Times Tigers (Fort Frances), third-period goals by Davis and Chris Strachan erased a 1-0 deficit to give the […]
Raymond Roy’s rink continued its winning ways at the district mixed curling playdowns in Kenora last weekend, finishing with a perfect 5-0 record to advance to the provincial playdowns here Dec. 10-12. After nipping Tim Warkentin (Kenora) 8-7 in an extra end, Bob Whalen (Sioux Lookout) 9-3 in just six […]
The Muskie junior girls’ basketball team hasn’t won the NorWOSSA championship since 1979 season–an amazing span of 19 years considering they just compete in a three-team league against Dryden and Kenora. But Fort High finally will get to see its name inscribed on the junior trophy once again after a […]
The Muskie senior boys went into last Friday’s NorWOSSA championship game here on a losing streak, often playing uninspired volleyball along the way. But the black-and-gold won the match that counted most, downing the Kenora Broncos in straight sets 15-10, 15-9, and 15-11 to capture the gold medal. (Because there […]
Although just 50 people attended a benefit dinner/dance Saturday night in support of local cancer patient Christina Stoessinger, organizer Linda Thorpe considered it a success. Thorpe, who lives in North Dakota, said she wasn’t overly surprised at the low turnout given the event fell on the same night as the […]
Although he doesn’t start his job until Jan. 4, the new chief executive officer for Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. already seems excited about coming here. “I’m definitely looking forward to it . . . it will be a challenge,” Wayne Woods noted Monday. Woods was born in Pembroke, Ont. […]
After working diligently for six years to arrange and prepare for last week’s visit by the president of the World Health Organization, the chairman of the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition could breathe a well-deserved sigh of relief. “It was worth it!” enthused Doug Anderson on Monday. “We’ve gained a […]
NCDS Career Services, Valley Adult Learning Association, and Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition staged the grand opening of their new offices last Thursday and members of all three groups had one thing to say–“We love it.” “When the landlords asked if we wanted it, we said ‘Yes!’” enthused NCDS executive […]
The Town of Fort Frances needs to find just shy of $1.5 million somewhere in the system to avoid a 20.3 percent tax increase from last year, Monday’s preliminary budget revealed. But for a preliminary budget, the town’s not in a bad position to remain tax neutral, Treasurer Carol Busch […]
