Jeff Savage scored four goals and added an assist to help pace the B•Macs Bantam “AA” rep team to a 7-1 exhibition win over the Northwestern “AAA” PeeWee all-star squad here Sunday. Ross Anderson, Scott Witherspoon, and Steve Niskala also scored in the win. Mike Bylawski, assisted by A.J. Tucker, […]
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After losing the NorWOSSA gold-medal game to Dryden just a few weeks ago, and then dropping another decision to them to open the NWOSSAA playdowns in Thunder Bay, Fort Frances skip Bill Crewson was hoping to get another crack at his closest rival. So after Crewson had already closed out […]
The Sunset Country Snowmobile Club and local OPP have a simple message for snowmobilers in the wake of last Monday’s fatality on Stanjiko-ming Bay. Stay off the ice. The local snowmobile club closed all of its groomed trails last Wednesday, club president Jerry Darvell said, even though the accident, which […]
Could murals painted on the sides of buildings help draw tourists to this area? That’s something a local group is looking at in conjunction with a plan to divert east/west traffic off the Trans-Canada Highway and through Rainy River District. Rainy River Mayor Gord Armstrong, who’s spearheading the push to […]
Abitibi-Consolidated’s and Boise Cascade’s dams along the Rainy Lake-Namakan watershed are among those the International Joint Commission is warning may not be safe because they don’t have regular government inspections. And now it’s recommending more rigorous government standards be set, including regular on-site inspections by independent, qualified experts. But local […]
Abitibi-Consolidated here was fined $5,000 in provincial court Friday after pleading guilty to one count of discharging a contaminant into the natural environment that caused or was likely to cause an adverse effect. A joint submission between prosecutor Marlene Wilson and Abitibi counsel Dennis Mahony also agreed the mill would […]
The district’s welfare office is warning it may have to close because it doesn’t have the money to pay its March bills–much less make payments to social assistance recipients. That could leave some 40 individuals and families without cheques this month. And the Rainy River District Ontario Works said the […]
Federal funding for a full-time economic development office in Rainy River has been secured, giving the west end of the district an economic development officer once more. The announcement was made last week after local MP Bob Nault presented the Rainy River Future Development Corp. with more than $550,000. Part […]
Heading into the NorWOSSA playoffs last week, it appeared the previously undefeated Dryden Eagles would be the team to beat. But the Kenora Broncos were the best team when it counted, vaulting themselves into the NWOSSAA playoffs against the Thunder Bay champs after sweeping the Muskies and Eagles last Thursday […]
Throughout this season, the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team made it a habit of playing close games, with several decided in the final seconds or overtime. So it was fitting that the NorWOSSA final against Kenora last Thursday was no different. Trailing by 13 points at halftime, the black-and-gold roared […]
Members of the local chapter of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters are worried designating land in Northwestern Ontario as parks will directly affect those people who fish and hunt in this area. “The government was getting flak on how they were managing their resources so they set up […]
The Muskies picked the perfect time to become road Warriors last night in Red Lake, upsetting the Rams 6-4 to win the third, and deciding game, in their best of three semi-final series. The win capped off a wild comeback for the black-and-gold, who battled back from a 1-0 deficit […]
