Matt Gushulak’s dream of advancing to the Bantam mixed provincial playdowns were dashed with his final shot Sunday morning at the association playdowns in Marathon. Trailing Rob Skinner (Fort William) 5-4 with the hammer in the eighth and final end, Gushulak missed with his last stone, ending the Fort Frances […]
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The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team lost a dramatic 66-63 overtime decision to Hillcrest (Thunder Bay) in the third-place game of the 25th-annual Kenora Invitational Tournament last weekend. The Muskies led 34-29 at the half, and stretched the gap to 49-39 after three quarters. But Hillcrest suddenly found their scoring […]
Even though the scores from last weekend’s John Piper Taylor Classic hockey tournament in Winnipeg might indicate otherwise, Muskie head coach Glen Edwards said his team didn’t really play that poorly. The Muskies struggled in the tournament, finishing last in their four-team pool with an 0-2-1 record, including a pair […]
Although Kathie Jackson was pleased with her 5-4 record and fourth-place showing at the provincial Scott Tournament of Hearts in Kenora last week, she knew she was just a few shots away from finishing much higher. “We curled well but we should have won two more games,” Jackson lamented yesterday […]
It was a quiet visit to Fort Frances for Natural Resource minister John Snobelen–almost. During a question and answer session at a PC fundraising dinner at the Red Dog Inn, the minister to defend the “Land for Life” process. Questions from the floor skirted around the “Lands for Life” round […]
The number of resident physicians working out of the Fort Frances Clinic will get a boost in mid-June when Dr. Peter Mikhail joins the staff roster there. His appointment will bring the clinic’s complement of general practitioners to nine (not including two resident surgeons), which is edging closer to the […]
Among the new activities geared towards kids at this year’s Little Amik Winter Carnival is a chess tournament slated Sunday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. upstairs in the arena. Participants will be grouped into three categories–age nine and under, 10-12, and 13 and over. Bob Barron, one of the event organizers, […]
If the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines wants to consider itself the lead ministry for the north, it better start acting like it. That’s the message that seemed to come out of Monday night’s public meeting at the Emo-La Vallee Community Centre with the Minister’s Advisory Council on Government […]
Anyone going to the doctor in the near future will have to show their health card before each visit as the province tries to crack down on health care fraud. Starting March 1, the Ministry of Health is getting rid of its “good faith policy,” leaving it up to the […]
I want to stress that the primary focus of “Heavy Weights” is not weight loss–it’s health gain. It’s not a diet or a fad but rather an attempt to take the bad health habits we have and exchange them for healthy ones. Hence the motto, “Championing better health through better […]
The words were a little less sharp Saturday when the Northwestern Health Unit made its plea to local municipalities to continue making monthly payments necessary to pay for public health in the Kenora and Rainy River districts. But the calmer tempers didn’t stop the Rainy River District Municipal Association from […]
“Inside every skinny person is a fat person waiting to get out. More often than not, the fat guy wins.”–Jack Elliott My name is Mark Elliott. I’m drastically overweight. I’m not alone, either. The latest national survey found 51 percent of all Canadians are overweight or obese. By the way, […]
