Editor’s note: the names of the people in this article have been changed in order to protect their identity. In many ways, they’re a “typical” family. The children go to school during the day, come home and do homework or visit with friends, and spend Saturdays doing chores for a […]
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Sewer forcemain work is not to blame for 10 rail cars carrying coal to jump the CN tracks–with eight tipping over–between Christie and Victoria Avenues here late Saturday morning, the general contractor on the Fifth Street project said yesterday. Larry Armstrong noted consultants brought in by CN engineers dug at […]
Miles Kupila and Lee Millett were relaxing over coffee around 11:05 a.m. Saturday when something strange started happening along the CN track outside the latter’s Christie Avenue kitchen window. And then the pair couldn’t believe what they were seeing. Things just started happening–almost at once. Box cars teetered, crashing off […]
About 50 people turned up at the Civic Centre last night to hear what representatives from Normiska Corp. had to say about their plans for a peat plant here. Alex Bartholomew, general manager for Normiska, led the half-hour presentation, giving details on the company’s short and long-term operation plans. Topping […]
Marina Bauman spent some of her childhood in foster homes, and several other years in two different adoptive ones. Now as an adult, she has reversed the role–she and husband, Glen, are one of 43 foster parents in Rainy River District. It’s been a long road getting to where she […]
It’s taken nearly seven years but Ted Kaemingh finally has signed a subdivision agreement with Emo for his Meadowlands project yesterday at 11 a.m. Dan Wright, a private consultant for TJ Kaemingh and Sons, said the agreement is now ready for execution, which he said will take a week or […]
While the teachers’ strike has captured the attention of everyone in Ontario, Country View Day Care in Devlin was busy focusing its attention on what the teachers say they’re striking for. Children. Since Saturday marked the last day of “Week of the Child,” Country View owner/operator Bobbi Morken decided the […]
Having already clinched a berth in the NorWOSSA final, and without several key starters for last Friday’s tilt here with Kenora, the Muskies were prime targets for a letdown. But the black-and-gold never missed a beat, thrashing the Broncos 43-7 before a decent crowd at Westfort to improve to 5-0 […]
In the event the dispute between Ontario teachers and the provincial government leads to a strike, high school sports will be cancelled immediately, OFSAA executive director Colin Hood said yesterday morning. “If there is a strike, there will be no school sports because sports programs are part of the education […]
For two seasons in the early 1970s, Jim Miller of Fort Frances helped lead Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota to a pair of MIAC titles. Last Saturday, the college rewarded the former Muskie by inducting him–along with six others–into its Athletic Hall of Fame. It was a fitting distinction for […]
After recording two straight wins to open the NorWOSSA season, the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team seemed to be headed in the right direction. But that direction has taken an abrupt turn for the worst as the black-and-gold dropped their third-straight league game yesterday afternoon, this time a 56-38 in […]
While Scott Fawcett has left the small-town atmosphere of high school football here for the big-city life at the pro level in Edmonton, what hasn’t change is his success on the football field. After helping lead the Muskies to the NorWOSSA title last season as the team’s offensive co-ordinator, Fawcett […]
