From the OPP On Dec. 2 around 5:15 p.m., the Manitouwadge/Marathon OPP responded to a report of a two-vehicle collision involving two pickup trucks on Highway 614 about 16 km south of Manitouwadge. Police and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) attended the scene and determined a northbound Dodge Ram pickup impacted […]
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Heather Latter Members of the Fort Frances Choraliers, led by Diane Maxey, raised their voices in song yesterday afternoon as they presented their annual Christmas cantata, this year entitled “Come Let Us Adore,” along with a few additional numbers, to wow the packed house at the Townshend Theatre. An encore […]
Heather Latter Blaine Landry, left, and Alivia Bordynuik looked at a Christmas storybook with Santa as they had their photo taken by Maple Street Photography during “Holly Daze” festivities Saturday in Emo. The annual two-day event featured sales at local businesses, a parade, local vendors displaying the wares, kids’ crafts, […]
Staff They were the kind of firm pushes a team planning on defending a provincial championship this spring needed. The Muskie boys’ hockey team was tested twice by the St. Paul’s Crusaders (Winnipeg) in exhibition games Saturday at the Ice For Kids Arena and then yesterday at “The Duke” (Couchiching […]
Staff Make some room on your fridge door. The 2017-18 garbage and recycling collection schedule now is being delivered to town residents. The two-sided refuse schedule notes all of the pick-up dates for 2017 on one side and for 2018 on the other. Environmental and Facilities superintendent Doug Herr said […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers were taking care of business by working overtime. Maverick Lynes netted the game-winner with 40 seconds left in the extra session to give the Lakers a 3-2 win over the host Thief River Falls Norskies in SIJHL action Saturday. Dylan Kooner and Jared Virtanen drew […]
By Jill Lawless The Associated Press LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May wants to start Britain’s divorce from the European Union. Eleven judges may stand in her way. On Monday, May’s government will ask Supreme Court justices to overturn a ruling that Parliament must hold a vote before Britain’s exit […]
By Kristin J. Bender And Brian Melley The Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — As investigators searched for signs of a crime in the fire that killed at least 33 in an Oakland warehouse during a late-night dance party, survivors and teary-eyed friends of those who perished viewed the charred building […]
By Nomaan Merchant The Associated Press BEIJING — Chinese leaders face a challenge: How to deal with Donald Trump. Weeks before taking office, the incoming American president is riling Beijing with confrontation and online statements that appear to foreshadow a tougher foreign policy toward China. China awoke Monday to sharp […]
The Associated Press GENEVA — The U.N.’s humanitarian aid co-ordination agency says it and partners require a record $22.2 billion next year to help people hit by conflict and disasters around the world, a 10 per cent increase from the appeal for this year with war and disease wracking countries […]
By Mike Corder The Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Gen. Ratko Mladic “called the shots” as his troops murdered and expelled thousands of civilians to carve out an ethnically pure Serb mini-state in Bosnia during the Balkan nation’s 1992-95 war, a United Nations prosecutor said Monday as Mladic’s genocide […]
By James MacPherson The Associated Press CANNON BALL, N.D. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Sunday that it won’t grant an easement for the Dakota Access oil pipeline in southern North Dakota, handing a victory to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and its supporters, who argued the project […]
