Heather Latter Sheri De Gagné checked out some of the information displayed outside the Holodomor bus, which stopped at the Fort Frances Public Library on Saturday during its national awareness tour. Promoting awareness of the Soviet-orchestrated famine, the mobile classroom featured short videos shown on a 30-foot video wall. The […]
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Joey Payeur Paige McNally and Huntin For A Party were a perfect fit for one another during this past weekend’s Borderland Quarter Horse Show at the Emo fairgrounds. The Fort Frances rider and her mount captured the Jerry Nanik Memorial Award for Champion of Champions Halter Horse with the combination […]
The Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C.—Roughly five percent of North Carolina’s magistrates are refusing to marry same-sex couples for religious reasons, and lawyers for the state say people suing in federal court have no standing to challenge these opt-outs as unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Max Cogburn scheduled a hearing for today […]
The Associated PressMark Hughes MUSKOGEE, Okla.—Muskogee’s War Memorial Park can now properly display the bell of America’s most famous World War II submarine, the USS Batfish. In November 2015, sailors from Central Naval Center for Navy Aviation Technical Training detachment visited Muskogee’s War Memorial Park and saw the sub’s bell […]
Press Release Today youth from Grassy Narrows First Nation marched through the streets of Kenora to call for a cleanup of the English-Wabigoon river, which has been contaminated by mercury for over fifty years. Despite a recent expert report finding that the river can be safely remediated, the provincial government […]
The Canadian PressKeith Leslie TORONTO—Premier Kathleen Wynne will be taking her chequebook as she embarks on a northern tour amid growing political unrest in the region, including the relaunch of the separatist Northern Ontario Party. Wynne left Saturday on a weeklong visit to schools, hospitals, businesses and First Nations from […]
The Canadian Press Sightings of a shirtless Justin Trudeau are causing something of a stir across Canada and internationally this summer. The prime minister was most recently photographed shirtless while taking a break from surfing and simultaneously photobombing a couple getting married on a Tofino, B.C., beach. A Vancouver Island […]
The Canadian Press RIO DE JANEIRO—Penny Oleksiak spent her first day of competition at the Rio Games lowering her own world junior record in the 100-metre butterfly heats and anchoring Canada’s freestyle relay team to a bronze medal. Now she can add a silver medal to her impressive Olympic debut. […]
Staff Another major bass tournament in northwestern Ontario, another top 10 finish for Bill Godin. The Devlin angler teamed with Leroy Wilson from International Falls to be the top representative of the Rainy River District at the 2016 Kenora Bass International this past weekend, placing seventh with a total weight […]
The Associated PressBarry Wilner CANTON, Ohio—An emotional and invigorating Hall of Fame weekend came to a grinding halt last night when the Packers-Colts game was cancelled because of poor field conditions. One day after Brett Favre led the eight-member class of 2016 into the hall, its president, David Baker announced […]
Staff With Canada’s 150th birthday coming up next year, the Town of Fort Frances will be applying for federal dollars to do several projects. The Fort Frances Museum will apply to the Community Capital Program, a $215 million fund available for communities to renovate, repair and retrofit existing infrastructure to […]
The Canadian PressRob Drinkwater EDMONTON—Some life-sized human figures made out of clear plastic tape and attached to suicide prevention barriers on an Edmonton bridge puzzled pedestrians, as well as authorities, after they mysteriously appeared yesterday morning. Was it an art project? Were they meant to draw attention to the number […]
