By The Culinary Institute Of America The Associated Press Falafel is a mixture of mashed chickpeas, onions and herbs and spices, formed into a small cake and deep fried. It’s traditionally served in a pita or flatbread, with vegetables and tahini sauce or hummus, but you will also find it […]
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Joey Payeur Alyssa Clendenning illustrated some of the facts about the brain and its deterioration with the onset of dementia she has learned during her co-op program at La Verendrye General Hospital this fall. The Grade 12 student was one of many students sharing their newfound knowledge during co-op display […]
Staff With their eyes sagging and their tails dragging, the Muskie girls’ hockey team pushed through their fatigue to keep their NorWOSSA winning streak intact. Playing their third game in three nights, Fort High (6-0) did enough to get the job done last night in a 4-1 victory over the […]
Staff Seven games off was more than enough rest for Cole Tymkin. The Fort Frances resident got an assist in his first game back for the London Knights in a 5-3 win over the Guelph Storm in OHL action Saturday. Tymkin had received a six-game suspension for getting a major […]
Staff The weather may be getting colder but How I Set Your Mother is just getting warmed up. The defending Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League champs had a six-point outing for the third time in four weeks last night to remain in first place with 56. Second-place Kiss My Pass […]
From the OPP On Wednesday around 2:20 p.m., Rainy River District OPP officers were conducting a Festive R.I.D.E. check at the intersection of Highway 600 and 621. After speaking with the driver of the vehicle, it was determined two occupants had outstanding warrants for arrest. Both individuals, a 38-year-old man […]
Staff It’s been a little over a year since the Northwest Catholic District School Board received approval from the Ministry of Education to consolidate St. Michael’s and St. Francis schools here into a single JK-Grade 8 school. Now the project is continuing to move forward. Trustees, via electronic motion, awarded […]
Heather Latter Olivia Eldridge (Rachel Herdman), left, and Angelina Morris (Imogene Herdman) re-enacted the manger scene as part of Fort Frances Little Theatre’s presentation of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” last night at McMillan Hall (Knox United Church). The traditional Christmas comedy will take to the stage again tonight through […]
By Eric Tucker And Josh Lederman The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The sons of convicted spy Ethel Rosenberg returned to the White House on Thursday, more than 50 years after pleading unsuccessfully to spare her life, in a last-ditch appeal to President Barack Obama to exonerate her amid new evidence. […]
By Josh Lederman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has declared its support for requiring women to register for the military draft, a symbolic but significant shift that reflects the U.S. military’s evolution from a male-dominated force to one seeking to incorporate women at all levels. President Barack […]
By Nick Perry And Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, was recovering on Friday in a New Zealand hospital and was in stable condition after a “grueling” medical evacuation from the South Pole. Aldrin, 86, was visiting […]
The Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has put an American priest killed during Guatemala’s civil war on the path to possible sainthood by declaring him a martyr. Francis signed a martyrdom decree Thursday for the Rev. Stanley Rother of Oklahoma. He was killed in 1981, one of several […]
