The Associated PressJake Seiner NEW YORK–Jose Altuve and the Houston Astros have grown together, enduring an arduous rebuild and coming out the other side among baseball’s best. These days, nobody is standing taller. Altuve won the American League MVP award yesterday, towering over N.Y. Yankees’ slugger Aaron Judge by a […]
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The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Ontario’s government has had a report in hand about mercury contamination upstream from the Grassy Narrows First Nation for more than a year, but the premier says she didn’t see it. Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation minister David Zimmer said this week the report was received by […]
The Canadian PressJennifer Graham REGINA–The head of the organization that represents Saskatchewan First Nations says he appreciates that the province wants to apologize to victims of the ’60s Scoop but adds there must be compensation, too. Chief Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations said survivors are adamant […]
The Associated PressMarcia Dunn CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.–A newly-discovered object from another star system that’s passing through ours is shaped like a giant pink fire extinguisher. That’s the word this week from astronomers who have been observing this first-ever confirmed interstellar visitor. “I’m surprised by the elongated shape; nobody expected that,” […]
Nicholas Donaldson Students performed Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5” last night during the opening show of the Fort High musical revue, “Country meets City.” The show, which uses popular songs to tell the story of a group of country youths trying out life in the big city, will run again […]
Duane Hicks Safeway second manager Tyler Wojtanowski, left, drew the third early-bird winner in the Fort Frances Lions Club’s food draw yesterday at Safeway as club treasurer Paul Patterson looked on. DeDe McCool won a $100 food gift card from Safeway. Other early-bird draws will be held Nov. 30 and […]
The Associated PressWill Graves PITTSBURGH–Another uninspiring half in the books in a season littered with them for a team that expects to play deep into January and beyond, Ben Roethlisberger decided he had seen enough. So the Pittsburgh Steelers’ quarterback decided it was time to speak up. The defence had […]
Duane Hicks While the flood of June, 2014 may seem like a distant memory to some, the process of dealing with the aftermath only recently has wrapped up. Town council passed a resolution at its regular meeting Tuesday night to terminate the declared “emergency” in the Town of Fort Frances […]
The Canadian PressAllison JonesShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Ontario’s Liberal government is moving to introduce back-to-work legislation that would end a nearly five-week strike by college faculty, though opposition from the NDP means it may not happen quickly. Premier Kathleen Wynne said unanimous support of the legislation would have meant students could return […]
“Country Meet City,” this year’s musical revue presented by Fort Frances High School, runs again today and tomorrow (Nov. 17-18) at 7 p.m. at the Townshend Theatre (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) Tickets cost $10 for adults and $8 for students/seniors, which are available at Northwoods Gallery & Gifts and […]
The Canadian PressDonna Spencer CALGARY–The Calgary Stampeders are aware of the doubts. After all, they created them. The team that finished first in the CFL with a 13-4-1 record doesn’t have much momentum heading into Sunday’s West Division final against the Edmonton Eskimos, who went 12-6. Calgary has lost three […]
The Canadian PressBob Weber EDMONTON–A massive and uncontrollable build-up of mountain pine beetles in Jasper National Park is starting to explode into commercially-valuable forests along its boundaries. Foresters along the park’s edge have seen a tenfold increase in beetle infestation in just months, and some scientists wonder if Parks Canada […]
