Joey Payeur Muskie junior basketball player Alina Eldridge raced up the court during practice in preparation for today’s NorWOSSA season-opener against the visiting Kenora Broncos. The senior girls’ basketball team, as well as both boys’ volleyball squads, also were in action.
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From the MNRF A fire that had been burning for several weeks on an island on Crooked Lake in Quetico Park was declared “out” on Sunday. It was a recreation-caused blaze. Meanwhile, a fire that started when lightning ignited a single tree Sunday still is “being monitored” at 0.1 hectares […]
Duane Hicks Celina Caprini tried her hand at silk painting a suncatcher during a “Sip & Paint” workshop yesterday evening at From the Grind Up here. The event, which was sponsored by the Fort Frances Museum and the “Friends of the Museum,” saw 12 participants get tips from local artist […]
The Associated Press DOUGLAS, Ariz. — Mexican authorities believe that a stolen truck outfitted with a cannon and parked near the U.S.-Mexico border was used to launch items into Douglas, Arizona. Federal police found the van parked in a street in Agua Prieta, Mexico, which borders with Douglas, last week. […]
The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland — A city official in northwestern Poland says that Nazi-era newspapers, coins, documents and Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” have been found in a “time capsule” that was buried in 1934 in the foundations of a Nazi training centre. Explorers in Zlocieniec dug for the copper cylinder […]
The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland — A city official in northwestern Poland says that Nazi-era newspapers, coins, documents and Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” have been found in a “time capsule” that was buried in 1934 in the foundations of a Nazi training centre. Explorers in Zlocieniec dug for the copper cylinder […]
By Tom Krisher The Associated Press DETROIT — General Motors and the Canadian auto workers union Unifor have reached a tentative contract agreement, averting a strike that was threatened for midnight Monday. Union President Jerry Dias said the deal will bring new products to the Oshawa assembly plant near Toronto […]
The Associated Press CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — Visitors to a central Kentucky farm may do a double-take when they see the newest addition: a two-faced calf. Stan McCubbin of Campbellsville told WDRB-TV (http://bit.ly/2cT1RoQ) that he thought he had twins when he first saw the calf on Friday, but quickly realized he […]
By Sara Moulton The Associated Press This recipe is a template for topping sauteed steaks or chops of most any kind with a wilted salad, a splendid dish for an early fall dinner. Mostly, I’m taking my cues here from the Italians. In Florence, they like to pep up their […]
By Ross Marowits The Canadian Press MONTREAL — A Montreal company is entering the competitive sports bra market by launching a smart technology product specifically targeting female runners. OMbra contains sensors that read biometric signals such as heart rate, movement and breathing rhythms, which are streamed to an app that […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Blair “Noo Waa Sin” Jack, Pizhew Clan, announces his passing on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016 at his home at Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation. Blair left a legacy and a teaching that we should never give up on life; that we […]
Joey Payeur Muskie quarterback Brandon Whitecrow held off the pressure from the likes of St. Norbert Celtics’ defensive lineman Michael Green to have one of his most productive days of his high school career in a 45-29 loss in Currie Division (‘A’) play here Friday afternoon.
