The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — A rare “black moon” rises Friday night over the Western Hemisphere, but don’t expect to see it. NASA says a black moon is the second new moon in a calendar month. A new moon is the start of the lunar cycle and the phase where […]
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By Lolita C. Baldor The Associated Press WASHINGTON — A year after Russia waded into the war in Syria, aiming to flex its national security muscles and prop up beleaguered Syrian president Bashar Assad, Moscow appears no closer to one of its military goals, getting the U.S. to co-operate in […]
By Monika Scislowska The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland — A team of explorers say they have discovered the world’s deepest underwater cave, 404 metres (1,325 feet) down, near the eastern Czech town of Hranice. Polish explorer Krzysztof Starnawski, who led the team, told The Associated Press Friday he felt like […]
By Cassandra Szklarski The Canadian Press TORONTO — According to her doctors, Deanna Ratzlaff is cancer-free. And to anyone who looks at her, she appears to be in great health. But a year after completing treatment for breast cancer, the 46-year-old mother of two says it’s a much different story […]
By Matt O’Brien The Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. — For one sparkling minute each night, blinking lights from skyscrapers, tugboats, hotels, a yacht club and police cruisers send a goodnight message to sick kids inside a children’s hospital. A gesture that began with a single bike light cheering up a […]
By Elizabeth Karmel The Associated Press Over the summer, I travelled to Wooster, Ohio, for a barbecue summit at the headquarters of Certified Angus Beef. It was a trip filled with learning, camaraderie ‚Äî and lots of smoked beef. My fellow barbecue pit masters and I visited a black angus […]
Jeff Gustafson This past weekend was a busy one across Sunset Country for anglers competing in fishing tournaments as four were taking place. LaBelle’s Birch Point Camp on Rainy Lake hosted a one-day bass tournament on Saturday, and there was a two-day musky tournament in Nestor Falls, a two-day bass […]
Press Release The Backus Community Center in International Falls is excited to host the “Shaun Johnson Big Band Experience” this Saturday (Oct. 1). This will mark the second performance in the 2016-17 Backus Performing Arts Series and is sure to be an unbelievable night. The “Shaun Johnson Big Band Experience” […]
Staff Big ‘D’ was a big downer for the Muskie court teams. Fort High left Dryden with just one win in four matches against the host Eagles in its second NorWOSSA outing of the season Tuesday. That sole triumph belonged to the junior girls’ basketball squad, which went from a […]
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Meryle Ogden, who passed away peacefully, with family by her side, at her residence at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. Meryle was born Feb. 19, 1922 to the late Charles and Nettie Strachan. She was the fifth […]
Press Release Nexus Community Credit Union Ltd. was approached by the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation to raise money for it. Our branch was happy to participate in this fundraiser as a number of women in our community recently have been diagnosed with this disease. As well, cancer in some form […]
Heather Latter Brayden Neurinski was busy helping with the harvest during a kids’ garden club session yesterday at the Fort Frances Community Garden. With a multitude of flourishing gardens, organizers are calling it another successful season. The kids’ club, along with the adult gardeners, will host an official season wrap-up […]
