Joey Payeur Two days, three games, 25 goals scores, none allowed. The bad news? That belongs to the rest of NorWOSSA because both Muskie hockey squads say they can play much better. The girls’ squad dumped the Kenora Broncos 8-0 in their regular-season home-opener Tuesday night at the Ice For […]
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Staff The local Xi Tau chapter of Beta Sigma Phi is hosting a “Holiday Baby” photo contest. It is looking for photos featuring babies aged 24 months or younger (as of Dec. 1). Entries must be dropped off at either Curvy Chick or Sun Life Financial by tomorrow at 8 […]
Staff Local MP Don Rusnak’s constituency office here will be moving. The office will be relocating from its current location at 608 Scott St. to its new one at 271 Scott St. The office will be closed Nov. 28-Dec. 9 to make the move. A Christmas open house will be […]
The Associated Press HOUSTON—High-scoring DeMar DeRozan knows he’s going to start getting some new looks and will have to find ways to make an impact when defences are focusing on him. Last night, he found that opening in the third quarter—scoring 21 of his 24 points in the period to […]
The Associated Press LAS VEGAS—The NHL’s newest team is named the Vegas Golden Knights. Owner Bill Foley and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced the Las Vegas expansion franchise’s official name and revealed its logo and colours Tuesday night at a gala ceremony for about 5,000 fans outside T-Mobile Arena, where […]
The Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn.—Devan Dubnyk has been one of the best goalies in the NHL lately. Good thing for the Minnesota Wild, too, because they haven’t provided him with much offence. Dubnyk got a little more help last night as the Wild earned a 3-1 victory over the […]
Staff The action was fast and furious, both here and away, the last couple of weeks for teams in the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association. On Tuesday, the Fort Frances Atom Competitive Leafs blanked the Fort Frances PeeWee Fusion 4-0. Fairnington, Piper Miller, Courtney McCoy, and Julia Guertin all scored […]
The Canadian PressKristy Kirkup OTTAWA—New Democrat MP Charlie Angus stepped aside as his party’s caucus chair and indigenous affairs critic yesterday to contemplate a potential leadership bid. The 54-year-old Northern Ontario MP is considering entering the race to replace Tom Mulcair at the helm of the NDP—a contest that doesn’t […]
The Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Three patients remained critically ill on Thursday, three days after a rare condition known as thunderstorm asthma killed four people and sent hundreds to hospitals in Australia’s second-largest city, an official said. Doctors were amazed there were not more fatalities given the numbers of […]
By William J. Kole The Associated Press BOSTON — The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 ‚Äî one of Boston’s most peculiar disasters ‚Äî killed 21 people, injured 150 others and flattened buildings when a giant storage tank ruptured. Now Harvard University researchers think they know why the wave of sticky […]
The Associated Press BEIJING — At least 40 people were killed in a scaffolding collapse Thursday morning at a construction site in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangxi, state media reported. A work platform at a power plant cooling tower being built in the city of Fengcheng came tumbling down […]
By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Turkey and football will be the main Thanksgiving headliners up on the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, the station’s commander, is serving as Thanksgiving chef for the six-person crew. He showed off the specialties he’ll be preparing in […]
