Duane Hicks Cassandra Armstrong, left, and her older sister, Callahan Wiedenhoeft, performed songs during the lunch break at Saturday’s women’s retreat at the Copper River Inn. Piper Lidkea also entertained the nearly 90 women on hand.

Jamie Mountain The Muskie junior boys’ basketball team was hard at work setting up offensive plays during practice on Thursday. The black-and-gold kicked off play with a pre-season tournament in Dryden over the weekend, where they went a perfect 5-0, highlighted by wins over the host Eagles (57-31) and Kenora […]

Muskie forward Jillian Calder looked to jam the puck past Kenora Broncos’ goalie Carlee Holmstrom during Fort High’s 20-2 blowout win here last Tuesday night (Nov. 21). Calder recorded a hat trick to help pace the Muskies’ attack.

Jamie Mountain Muskie forward Eric Pitkanen had a wide-open net as he fired one home past the Kenora Broncos’ goalie during Fort High’s 9-1 rout here last Tuesday night (Nov. 21). Pitkanen scored twice and added an assist to continue his hot start to the NorWOSSA regular season.

Submitted Evan Wright, left, and his brother, Grayson, had some fun trying to keep their balance during a “log”-rolling session at the Memorial Sports Centre on Sunday evening. The classes, which run each Sunday at 5 p.m., are led by local instructor Jill Horwath.

Jamie Mountain A pair of Fort William Canadians’ defenders looked to keep a Thunder Bay Elks’ forward from scoring during Sunday’s final of a Midget ‘A’ tournament held here. The Elks prevailed 2-1 in overtime to claim the tourney title. The host FFMHA Gold/Blacks failed to advance past round-robin play […]

Jamie Mountain A member of the Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team looked to return the ball during a day-long mini-tournament held Saturday in the small gym at Fort High and at J.W. Walker. The tournament, which also included teams from Rainy River, Atikokan, and St. Thomas Aquinas (Kenora), was held […]

Jamie Mountain Muskie forward Taylor Croswell looked to put a backhander past Kenora Broncos’ goalie Carlee Holmstrom during the black-and-gold’s 20-2 blowout win here last Tuesday night (Nov. 21). Croswell scored four times to pace the Muskies’ offence.

Submitted Jeff Gustafson with a nice bass he caught using the new Shimano Curado reel this past fall.

Duane Hicks Evelyn Metke shared a few words after being honoured as the 2017 “Citizen of the Year” during last night’s council meeting. In front of family and friends, the 93-year-old active volunteer was given a plaque and bouquet for her lifelong track record of community service, ranging from “Meals […]

Duane Hicks Another batch of community members proudly showed off the “Canada 150” pins they received durng last night’s council meeting at the Civic Centre. This group marks the final bunch to be honoured during council meetings, although some more volunteers belonging to various town committees still will be receiving […]

Duane Hicks Heather Johnson, front left, April Labbé, and Lindsay Hamilton, along with Allene Perusse, back row left, Cheri Tolton Whatley, Patti Phillips, Donna Kroocmo, Jessica Snell, and Jessica Wilson, were among the organizers and presenters at the all-day women’s holistic health retreat on Saturday at the Copper River Inn. […]