By Ronald Blum The Associated Press CHICAGO — They’ve waited 108 years for a championship. So with this World Series on the verge of slipping away, the Chicago Cubs could not wait any longer. Manager Joe Maddon summoned closer Aroldis Chapman from the bullpen in the seventh inning for the […]
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By Nancy Benac The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Good riddance to Campaign 2016, the election that put the “ugh” in ugly. Headed for history books a week from Tuesday, the duel between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump became a battle of “nasty women” and “bad hombres” vs. “deplorables” and voters […]
By Eric Tucker The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The FBI has obtained a warrant to begin reviewing newly discovered emails that may be relevant to the Hillary Clinton email server investigation, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. FBI investigators want to review emails of longtime Clinton aide Huma […]
By The Culinary Institute Of America The Associated Press Leaves are changing, the weather is cooling, and the smell of fall lingers in the air. Pumpkins are appearing on doorsteps and families are beginning to plan their Thanksgiving menus. Pecan pie should always be on the list. Pecan pie can […]
By Sara Moulton The Associated Press Any number of tasks may strike you as easy as pie, but anyone who’s ever actually made a pie can tell you that it actually requires some care if you want it to turn out well. Consider apple pie. Its ingredients are few and […]
The Canadian Press EXETER, N.H. — A pair of big Canadian investors are proposing to buy Performance Sports Group Ltd. (TSX:PSG), the maker of Bauer hockey skates and other sports equipment, for US$575 million through a court-supervised restructuring. The sale process will be overseen by a bankruptcy court in Delaware […]
Heather Latter Samantha Pearson, left, and Elaine Fischer of the Northwestern Health Unit filled their plates with some of the local samples available to try at a consumer information session hosted by the Cloverbelt Local Food Co-op at the Rainy River Future Development Corp. office here yesterday. With the online […]
Staff All the big guns were blazing last night in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League. The top three teams in the standings all garnered the maximum six points, as did last year’s league finalist in what was their best showing so far this season. No Diggity (32 points), Kiss […]
Heather Latter Katelyn Bruyere was about to turn cannibalistic on Mackenzie Wright, one of the two narrators from Fort High’s version of “10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse,” during the presentation of the play yesterday afternoon to fellow students. The cast then took to the Townshend Theatre stage for […]
We sadly announce the passing of Mario Venerus on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. Born in Cordenons, Italy to Teresa and Cesare Venerus, he immigrated to Canada on Feb. 5, 1955, making the journey on a ship called the Homeric to Halifax, N.S. and then travelled by train to settle at […]
Staff Next year begins today for the Muskie football team. The St. John’s Tigers ended a difficult football season for the black-and-gold with a 40-6 win yesterday in the first round of the WHSFL Bowl playoffs in Winnipeg. St. John’s now advances on face Kenora in the semi-finals next Thursday […]
Duane Hicks A local group of individuals is looking for expressions of interest regarding a proposed senior-friendly housing project in Fort Frances. Bill Naturkach, Duane Cridland, Dave Beazley, and John Myers have taken the lead on trying to get apartments or condos built on property east of Flinders Place. But […]
