Staff On Monday, it was huge underdog Iceland eliminating mighty England at the Euro 2016 soccer tournament. A day later, the Borderland Soccer League had its own monumental upset. Jess Caul scored twice as Taggs dumped the previously-unbeaten La Place Rendez-Vous U18 Voyageurs 5-1 in women’s division play. After having […]
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Staff The Fort Frances Herricanes delivered an obedience lesson to the Fort Frances Mud Dogs yesterday evening. Stacy Patey and Jess Woodgate each homered off Rachelle Yeo as the ’Canes rolled to a 25-7 romp to move four points up on the Mud Dogs for first place in the Rainy […]
Staff The Canada Day parade is all set to go tomorrow, beginning at 11 a.m. at the Sorting Gap Marina. “We have quite a few floats registered and people are still able to show up tomorrow,” noted Tara Allaire of the Rainy River Future Development Corp., which is organizing the […]
Staff The Memorial Sports Centre will be open additional hours this summer to better serve patrons. Town council agreed to the recommendation of the Community Services executive committee to sanction five additional hours of weekend operation in the fitness area of the facility. This includes the aerobic room, weight room, […]
Cameron Penney Liz Allan admired a bright pink fur jacket that was available as part of a sidewalk sale outside of Betty’s during “Mall Day” on Scott Street earlier today. About 25 vendors set up booths for the annual event.
Duane Hicks Canada’s 149th birthday will be celebrated with a slew of activities here tomorrow. “It’s coming along,” said Cynthia Donald, chair of the “Fun in the Sun” committee—a team of volunteers that has been working hard up to the last minute to make the day special. “It looks like […]
By Meera Sodha The Associated Press In the weeks leading up to the Olympics, I always look forward to reading stories about what Olympians eat. What many of the athletes have in common is a favourite healthy snack that gives them an intense burst of energy. I don’t see why […]
The Associated Press NEW YORK — Samsung will sell unlocked versions of its flagship Galaxy S7 phones in the U.S. so consumers can switch carriers more easily. Although two-year service contracts are now rare, consumers are instead stuck with two-year installment plans and cannot take a phone to a rival […]
By Kevin Freking And Rob Gillies The Associated Press OTTAWA — The leaders of the United States, Canada and Mexico pushed back Wednesday on calls for walling off their nations from free trade, arguing that more commerce with the outside world is inevitable and will deliver measurable benefits for their […]
By Matthew Perrone The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Federal health officials want to know whether hand sanitizers used by millions of Americans work as well as manufacturers claim and whether there are any health risks to their growing use. The Food and Drug Administration is asking for new studies on […]
The Associated Press LONDON — Turns out the largest diamond discovered in over a century may not be worth all that much. The tennis ball-sized Lesedi la Rona failed to find a buyer Tuesday, a disappointing result for a stone which had described as “the find of a lifetime” by […]
By Barbara Ortutay THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Ask many mothers and they’ll tell you, pumping sucks in more than one sense of the word. “It feels like you are a cow. You are hooked up to a machine it’s the opposite of breastfeeding,” says Nina Emlen, who works […]
