Joey Payeur The St. Norbert Celtics may have the Muskies’ number but it certainly wasn’t as big as the difference on the scoreboard. Fort High nearly erased a 20-point fourth-quarter deficit without injured starting running back Sekina Scheibler but ultimately fell 45-26 to the visiting Celtics in WHSFL action Friday […]
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Duane Hicks Marc Delorne, of Miller Environmental Corp. from Winnipeg, sorted through a box of spray paint dropped off during the annual Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste Day on Saturday at the Public Works building here. The event once again was popular—a total of 277 vehicles dropped off loads of […]
Joey Payeur The two-time defending champion MNR “Smokey’s Bears” mounted a furious push over the final 100 metres to pass the New Gold “Miners” in Heat ‘D’ of the fifth-annual Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday at the Sorting Gap Marina. “Smokey’s Bears” surrendered the title, though, settling for […]
Joey Payeur Participants both tall and small gathered at the Sorting Gap Marina yesterday to take part in the annual Terry Fox Run here. A total of 51 participants turned out, raising a total of $3,907 towards cancer research.
Staff A fire was started by lightning yesterday on an island on Asheigamo Lake, north of Fort Frances. Fort Frances Fire #21 was listed as “being observed” at 0.1 hectares in size. Before that, the most recent fire in the region was reported by the day’s end Thursday. Nipigon Fire […]
From the OPP On Saturday around 8:35 p.m., the Rainy River District OPP and Emo Fire Department responded to a residential structure fire on Highway 602 within the municipality of Emo. The investigation continues into the cause of the fire with the assistance of the Fort Frances OPP Crime Unit, […]
Joey Payeur It was mistake-filled, it was ugly, and it was frustrating. Thankfully for Wayne Strachan, it also was the pre-season. The head coach and general manager watched his Fort Frances Lakers look far from the three-time defending SIJHL champions they are—falling behind by four goals in the second period […]
By Stephen Wade The Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — After 1,192 days, Brazil’s run of hosting mega-sports events came to an end Sunday at the Paralympic Games. It began with soccer’s Confederations Cup in 2013, extended to the 2014 World Cup, ran through IOC President Thomas Bach’s goodbye speech […]
By Jake Pearson And Alicia A. Caldwell The Associated Press NEW YORK — Authorities questioned several people early Monday as they worked to determine whether there was a connection between explosive devices found over the weekend in two states: an explosion in a Manhattan neighbourhood, an unexploded pressure cooker device […]
By Jake Pearson And Alicia A. Caldwell The Associated Press NEW YORK — Authorities questioned several people early Monday as they worked to determine whether there was a connection between explosive devices found over the weekend in two states: an explosion in a Manhattan neighbourhood, an unexploded pressure cooker device […]
By Jeff Baenen And Amy Forliti The Associated Press ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Authorities are investigating the stabbings of nine people at a Minnesota mall as a potential act of terrorism, a finding that would realize long-held fears of an attack in the immigrant-rich state that has struggled to stop […]
By Mike Stobbe The Associated Press NEW YORK — Brain cancer is now the deadliest childhood cancer in the U.S., now ahead of leukemia, a result of improved leukemia treatment and a frustrating lack of progress on brain cancer. Government statisticians reported the change in rankings Friday, drawing from a […]
