By Steven Wine The Associated Press MIAMI — Three Miami Dolphins and nearly two dozen other VIPs simultaneously smashed guitars in the end zone Wednesday to christen Hard Rock Stadium as the new name for the team’s home. “I’ve never broken a guitar before,” receiver Jarvis Landry said with a […]
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The Associated Press BERLIN — A BMW driver brought out the wurst in a pedestrian in Germany, who dented the luxury vehicle with a 30 centimetre (foot-long) bologna saying the car was going too fast and endangering his son. Police in the eastern city of Neubrandenburg said Wednesday the sausage […]
By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press Autumn might be the official season of the one-pot wonder. Kids are back in school, the office watercooler gets crowded as we trickle back from summer vacations, and suddenly dinnertime feels like more of a time-squeeze. Busy lives need quick meals that don’t require […]
By Malcolm Ritter The Associated Press NEW YORK — A huge catalogue of human DNA is helping researchers find tiny glitches that cause disease, in part by pointing out some false leads. The database, with genetic codes from more than 60,000 people, is aimed at researching rare diseases that are […]
The Canadian Press Sixty per cent of kids don’t eat enough vegetables and fruit, so adding shredded vegetables to everyday foods helps. It also add moisture and flavour. “Once you’ve got meatballs there’s five or six different ways you can turn that into a lunch,” says registered dietitian Carol Harrison. […]
Large golden round bales dot the fields along the highway. Today, some are lined in rows along fence lines waiting to be moved to feeding areas later this year. The tops of barley quickly are turning brown and will be harvested soon. The oats are turning from green to gold […]
Don Rusnak
Member of Parliament
Thunder Bay-Rainy River
Member of Parliament
Thunder Bay-Rainy River
We kicked off this summer in Fort Frances with some very exciting announcements about FedNor funding for the region. FedNor is a funding program from the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development whose purpose is to promote economic development and job creation in Northern Ontario. This year, Fort Frances […]
By Gary Sliworsky Ag and rural rep, Emo During the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) crisis of 2003, farmers embraced swath grazing—and it likely saved some of them from bankruptcy because it dramatically reduced winter feeding costs. Today, about 22 percent of Prairie cattle producers use swath grazing for winter feeding. […]
“War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.” So said Thomas Mann, a German writer who, in 1929, won a Nobel Prize in Literature for his thoughts; those thoughts he recorded on paper. I am just such a coward, it would seem. And when the war I […]
After a week of some of the worst fishing I’ve ever seen in my life down in Alabama, it was nice to be back at home in Northwestern Ontario to go fishing over the past week. I was on the water a bunch, with a couple of guide trips, a […]
Joey Payeur Fresh off her experience in Brazil, Martha McCabe will be spreading some Olympic magic around right here in Fort Frances. The Vancouver native will be in town Sept. 11 to conduct a seminar with the local Cyclone Swim Club. It was only a week ago that McCabe went […]
Joey Payeur From third place to second place to no place at all. The Rainy River Community College Voyageurs women’s hockey team, which reached the podium at the past two ACHA Division II national championships, will be shelved for at least this season, it was announced Monday. Five of the […]
