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 […]
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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 […]
By Nick Perry The Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The countries that decide the fate of Antarctica reached an historic agreement on Friday to create the world’s largest marine protected area in the ocean next to the frozen continent. The agreement comes after years of diplomatic wrangling and high-level […]
By Rahim Faiez And Lynne O’Donnell The Associated Press KABUL — Every day that Dil Agha works at his backbreaking job at a brick kiln on the outskirts of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, from before sunrise to well after sunset, he digs himself deeper into debt. He knows he will never […]
By Will Weissert The Associated Press NEW YORK — Republican vice-presidential candidate Mike Pence’s campaign plane slid off a runway during a rainstorm at New York’s LaGuardia Airport late Thursday, tearing up concrete before coming to rest on a patch of grass. When the plane came to a stop, U.S. […]
By James MacPherson And Blake Nicholson The Associated Press CANNON BALL, N.D. — Law enforcement officers dressed in riot gear and firing bean bags and pepper spray evicted protesters Thursday from private land in the path of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, dramatically escalating a monthslong dispute over Native American […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO — Norbord Inc. (TSX:OSB) and Louisiana-Pacific Corp. have agreed to exchange ownership of two wood panel mills in Quebec. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. Louisiana-Pacific’s mill in Chambord, Que., is bigger than Norbord’s oriented strand board mill in Val-d’Ore, Que., but both have been idled for a […]
By Katie Workman The Associated Press Almost any big meal could use a green salad to round things out (and balance the heavier items on the table). But not just any old pile of lettuce. This salad is simply gorgeous, and a great way to bring colour, flavour and oomph […]
