Heather Latter Lauren Hyatt, right, rehearsed a scene yesterday alongside a group of young actors for the upcoming production of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.” Presented by Fort Frances Little Theatre, the traditional Christmas comedy will take to the stage at McMillan Hall (Knox United Church) on Dec. 1-4 at […]
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The Canadian Press TORONTO—Time has done little to curb Henry Burris’ pain. The veteran quarterback will lead the underdog Ottawa Redblacks into the Grey Cup game against Calgary on Sunday at BMO Field. It will be Burris’ first meeting of the season against the Stampeders and an opportunity to avenge […]
Staff The Fort Frances Atom Black Panthers captured their division at the “November Chill” tournament in Thunder Bay over the weekend, defeating the Thunder Bay Ice Cycles 3-0 in the final. Madison Bliss earned the shutout while Kiera Fairnington had the game-winning goal (the other goal scorers weren’t provided). The […]
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 […]
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 […]
