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Team Northern Ontario had an up-and-down opening day Monday at the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship.

An off-ice squabble between two Thunder Bay Midget A hockey league teams has forced an on-ice delay of the semifinals and possible changes to the playoffs.

Delays at Toronto’s airport forced the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship organization committee to find an alternate national anthem singer. Practice for the upcoming tournament started at the Fort William Curling Club on Sunday.

The Thunder Bay North Stars scored first. But Travis Tilley's goal at 2:21 of the opening period would be their last of the night. The host Wisconsin Wilderness, on the other hand, were nowhere near finished their offensive output.

Max Vaclav has a bit of a hook in his golf swing, but says being able to hit balls in mid-March is a good chance to fix the hitch early.

The return of the Heart to Heart Charity Bonspiel was a shortlived one.

Carter Hutton is back in the NHL. The Thunder Bay goalie got the call Friday from the Chicago Blackhawks, whose starter Ray Emery is feeling under the weather.

Lindsay Druery’s playing days at Lakehead University may be over, but the accolades keep pouring in.

Dryden Ice Dogs president Malcolm Robertson has been named the Gary Cook Memorial SIJHL Executive of the Year.

In 2008 they were teammates by chance.