By Holbrook MohrMike Kunzelman And Jim Suhr The Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — The man who killed two police officers and a sheriff’s deputy in Baton Rouge was a former Marine sergeant who served in Iraq and had no known ties to any extremist groups. Gavin Eugene Long, whose […]
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The Associated Press NEW YORK — It’s the end of an era. The Four Seasons restaurant, where the New York City power lunch was born, is closing. After serving a “must see” crowd of business executive and celebrities for 57 years, the Philip Johnson-designed restaurant served its last meals Saturday. […]
By Mike Stobbe The Associated Press NEW YORK — A New York City woman infected her male partner with Zika virus through sex, the first time female-to-male transmission of the germ has been documented. Zika is usually spread by mosquitoes, and health officials have known for some time that men […]
The Canadian PressLauren Krugel CALGARY—Investigators will head back to a rural area east of Calgary today to begin the gruesome task of collecting more evidence from the crime scene where the body of a missing five-year-old girl was found. “There’s also lots of work to still do,” a sombre Insp. […]
Cameron Penney Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre board chair Andrew Hallikas presented a cake to outgoing library CEO Alicia Subnaik Kilgour during a farewell reception there yesterday afternoon. She will assume her new role as CEO of several library branches in the Niagara region next week while the new […]
Heather Latter Amy Norris looked on as instructor Meghan Spooner taught those attending the “Make ’N Bake” camp how to cover a cake in fondant yesterday. The group spent the week learning about making and decorating cookies, cupcakes, and cakes, which culminated with a tea and certificate presentation today. Run […]
The Associated Press NICE, France—A Tunisian living in France drove a large truck through crowds celebrating Bastille Day along Nice’s beachfront, killing at least 84 people, many of them children, according to police and hospital officials. The slaughter ended only after police killed the armed attacker in a hail of […]
Joey Payeur Hailey McEvoy was step for step with Alina Eldridge in pursuit of the ball in the second half of yesterday evening’s 11-3 win by Al’s Racquet Stringing over Taggs in Borderland Soccer League women’s division action.
Staff He’s the one heading out of town but it was Ian Jodoin who delivered the going-away present. Jodoin tallied his third and final goal of the season to help the La Place Rendez-Vous U18 Voyageurs earn a 2-1 win over Pharmasave in Borderland Soccer League men’s division play last […]
The Canadian PressMike BlanchfieldLee Berthiaume OTTAWA—Canada’s army soon will be bound for Africa, Canada’s top soldier said yesterday, fuelling speculation it will be deployed on a peacekeeping operation to control the spread of terrorism on the continent. “The army’s been preparing for the future . . . preparing for a […]
From the OPP The Rainy River District OPP currently is investigating a break and enter to a business on the 100 block of Scott Street in Fort Frances. The break-in took place sometime between 6 p.m. on July 12 and 7 a.m. on July 14. Anyone with information regarding this […]
Staff The Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League regular season didn’t go out with a bang so much as a thud. With ninth place on the line, the Sabaskong Tebinaak was awarded the win over the Big Island Wildcats by forfeit last night in the final game before the double-elimination […]
