Joey Payeur Maybe the passing of the CJHL trade deadline has everyone in the Fort Frances Lakers’ dressing room in a more peaceful frame of mind. Whatever it is, the Lakers haven’t lost since the nation-wide junior hockey roster freeze—claiming both of their SIJHL home games over the weekend to […]
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By Darlene Superville The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The swing set that President Barack Obama installed on the South Lawn for his young daughters eight years ago has a new home. The White House said Friday that the Obamas donated the set to a shelter in southeast Washington. The Obama […]
By The Culinary Institute Of America The Associated Press Though students at The Culinary Institute of America face a seemingly endless to-do list, central to their course work is recipe and menu development. At the CIA, food is life, and even the best-managed restaurant is nothing without flavourful, exciting, and […]
By Pan Pylas The Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland — The gap between the super-rich and the poorest half of the global population is starker than previously thought, with just eight men, from Bill Gates to Michael Bloomberg, owning as much wealth as 3.6 billion people, according to an analysis by […]
By Liz Weston The Associated Press Most retirement advice has a flaw: It’s being given by people who haven’t yet retired. So I asked money experts who have quit the 9-to-5 for their best advice on how to prepare for retirement. They still faced curveballs when it was their turn. […]
Duane Hicks Borderland awoke to a frigid minus-40 C temperature this morning after an Arctic air mass moved into the region last night. The cold snap prompted the cancellation of school buses around the district and likely resulted in a some residents’ vehicles not starting. The good news is the […]
Staff A combination of falling temperatures, tricky highways, and late-arriving cancellations led to a messy night for the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League. A league rule stating all intended postponements must be made by teams before 4 p.m. to avoid being forfeited affected four squads that chose not to challenge […]
Nicholas Donaldson Work still is being done to get the local Salvation Army ready to open in its new building on Scott Street. The Thrift Store section of the building looks empty right now but will be up and running soon.
Staff It was two sets of chipping off rust and three sets of kicking up dust. The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team rallied from a two-set deficit to earn 3-2 win (19-25, 18-25, 25-8, 25-20, and 15-10) over the host Kenora Broncos yesterday in the squad’s first NorWOSSA action following […]
From the OPP In the early afternoon of Jan. 11, members of the OPP’s Community Drug Action Team, Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, and North West Region Emergency Response Team executed a search warrant at a residence in Fort Frances. In executing the warrant, a quantity of cocaine, marijuana, and crime-related […]
Staff Anyone who thinks they know how stubborn athletes can be may have seen nothing yet. Falls High School will host what should be a unique and entertaining fundraising event this Wednesday (Jan. 18) at 7 p.m. when “Dairyland Donkey Basketball” takes over the gym for a pair games. Fort […]
Staff Todd Hamilton left town for one game and his team got itself in the middle of a Wild West shootout. The Muskie girls’ hockey team luckily had one more bullet in the chamber—the one Annalise (CC) Hayes fired home for the game-winner with 1:12 to go to lift Fort […]
