Jamie Mountain The Muskie girls’ hockey team celebrated Tatum Glowasky’s first-period goal that opened the scoring during Fort High’s 2-1 shootout win over the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) in their third-and-deciding game of the NorWOSSA final last night at the Ice For Kids Arena. It was the first league […]

Jamie Mountain Abbie Kenny fired a shot past St. Thomas Aquinas Saints’ captain Montana Neil and towards goalie Faith Reid during the first period of the Muskie girls’ hockey team’s 5-2 loss in Game 1 of their best-of-three NorWOSSA final last Wednesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. The […]

Jennifer Ryan of Ignace, above, and Sheila Brown, left, took advantage of the warm sunny weather as they waited for their next bites during the Fishing Derby that was held as part of the Nestor Falls Winter Carnival on Saturday. Prizes for the derby were awarded to the biggest fish […]

Jamie Mountain Flynn Perry (21) of the Fort Frances Lakers struggled to keep his balance as he was engaged in a puck battle near the end boards with his Dryden GM Ice Dogs’ opponents during the first period of the Lakers’ 5-3 win on Tuesday night at the Ice For […]

Dancers from Canada’s Ballet Jorgen stopped by a few schools in the district, including Sturgeon Creek School, earlier this week to share their Ballet 101 program. The program, which is made possible through funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, introduces audiences to dance through a combination of performance and participation. […]

Jamie Mountain Mikel Ward narrowly had a cross-ice pass from Reed Bodnar escape his grasp in front of St. Thomas Aquinas Saints’ goalie Kaden King as the puck went whizzing into the corner during the first period of the Muskie boys’ hockey team’s 5-4 loss in the opener of the […]

Nash Borger, sitting centre, was the centre of attention while his parents signed him up for Kindergarten during J.W. Walker’s Kindergarten Registration Day on Tuesday. Once the registration was completed, members of the Playground Activity Leaders in Schools (PALS) program led the new student and their parents on a tour […]

The reworked checkout counter at the local M&M Food Market highlights the company’s “Absolutely No” commitment that says none of their foods contain artificial colours, sweeteners or flavours. -Ken Kellar photo

Jamie Mountain Dylan Tessier fired a shot on Red Lake Rams’ goalie Kyle Gelderland from a sharp angle at the left side during the Muskie boys’ hockey team’s 5-0 win in Game 2 of their best-of-three NorWOSSA semifinal series on Saturday afternoon here. The black-and-gold outscored the Rams 12-0 in […]

Jamie Mountain Right, Mackenzie Kakapetum of the Sioux Lookout Warriors tried to lift the stick of Hailey Bombay in attempt to keep her from getting a scoring chance during the first period of the Muskie girls’ hockey team’s 3-2 overtime win in Game 1 of their best-of-three NorWOSSA semifinal series. […]

Jamie Mountain Fort Frances Chiefs’ goalie Dana Cridland made an excellent pad stop on Dryden 3rd Liners’ forward Martina Wintle as Nicole Clarke skated hard on the backcheck during the second period of the Chiefs’ 3-2 win in the championship game of their annual home tournament on Sunday afternoon at […]

Jamie Mountain Ben Hoefler of the Fort Frances Lakers, centre, tried to gain possession of the puck while he was hounded by a pair of Thief River Falls Norskies during the first period of his squad’s 3-0 loss here in SIJHL action on Friday night.