Staff Instead of leaving it in their coach’s hands, the Fort Frances Lakers made the decision themselves to take the weekend off. Six different players scored as the Lakers swept their best-of-seven semi-final series with a 6-3 victory over the host English River Miners last night. The Lakers now advance […]
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Heather Latter Local MP Don Rusnak greeted Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis yesterday during the grand opening of his constituency office here. Located at 608 Scott St., it soon will be open Tuesdays through Thursdays from 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m.
Staff Greenbank will bring their brand of upbeat folk rock to the stage at From the Grind Up here next Friday (April 15) at 7 p.m. The Thunder Bay-based group played here last year for the “Harmony of Nations Music Festival” and are coming through again. “We had a really […]
The Associated Press NEW YORK—High school students who get too little sleep—or too much—also are more likely to drive drunk or take other risks, according to government researchers. The scientists say they don’t know if sleep issues cause teens to take dangerous risks, or whether both are a reflection of […]
The Associated Press BALTIMORE—On a night when the Baltimore Orioles benefited from several impressive individual performances, one stood above the rest. Ubaldo Jimenez pitched seven sharp innings in his 2016 debut as Baltimore rallied to beat the Minnesota Twins 4-2 yesterday for a three-game sweep. Manny Machado and rookie Joey […]
The Associated Press WASHINGTON—There was all sorts of sunny talk before the Washington Nationals’ home opener. And why not? Washington had allowed only four runs over 19 innings while winning its first two games on the road. General manager Mike Rizzo spoke about optimism. Bryce Harper, who collected his NL […]
The Canadian Press BASEL, Switzerland—With an emphatic rout of the tournament host, Canada has sent notice it’s the team to beat heading into the playoffs at the men’s world curling championship. Kevin Koe’s Calgary rink finished the round-robin in first place at 10-1—capping its run to the playoffs with an […]
The Associated Press MORRO BAY, Calif. — As marriage proposals go, Michael Banks’ was a cliff-hanger. Banks, 27, scaled 600-foot Morro Rock just off California’s Central Coast early Thursday morning to propose to his girlfriend, who was watching via FaceTime video. The good news: Banks’ girlfriend said yes, according to […]
By Juan Zamorano And Joshua Goodman The Associated Press PANAMA CITY — Rich and influential people around the globe have found themselves under siege since a major data leak revealed their ties to secretive financial accounts and shell companies in low-tax havens used to hide wealth. The uproar has brought […]
By John Rogers The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Long before he was president of the United States or even governor of California, Ronald Reagan had an army of star-struck movie fans who wrote him letters and who to their surprise often got a personal reply. For one writer in […]
By Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press BEIJING — Chinese authorities have released the pastor of the country’s largest Protestant mega-church after he was detained for more than two months following protests against the government’s removal of crosses from churches, a church worker said Friday. Despite gaining his freedom, Joseph Gu […]
The Associated Press BRUSSELS — The European Union’s executive plans to discuss instituting mandatory visa requirements for American and Canadian visitors because the U.S. and Canada maintain similar restrictions on some EU nationals. EU Commission spokeswoman Mina Andreeva said Friday the item will be on the Commission’s agenda next week. […]
