Nicholas Donaldson Fort Frances High School students practised the opening number for this year’s musical revue, entitled “Country meets City,” during a dress rehearsal last night at the Townshend Theatre. The show, which tells the story of a group of country youths trying out life in the city, will run […]
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The Associated PressSteve Reed CHARLOTTE, N.C.–Cam Newton was tired of the Carolina Panthers’ defence getting all of the glory. Newton took it as a challenge when the defence vaulted to the league’s No. 1 ranking last week, saying it was time for the offence to strive to match them. He […]
The Canadian PressLaura Kane VANCOUVER–John Simpson is determined to use the novel experience he gained in a troubling search for his daughter to help others who have lost loved ones. Ashley Simpson went missing in Salmon Arm, B.C. in April, 2016, and this spring her father travelled there from Ontario […]
The Canadian Press PENDER ISLAND, B.C.–A battle over beavers is brewing on South Pender Island, B.C., where residents are vowing to save the animals from euthanasia. The beavers have been building their own dams in Greenburn Lake, threatening an earthen dam constructed on part of the Gulf Island National Park […]
The Canadian PressPaola Loriggio TORONTO–Ontario’s colleges and the union representing striking faculty members are accusing each other of spreading misinformation ahead of a contract vote in the labour dispute that has left half-a-million students out of class for a month. Some 12,000 Ontario college professors, instructors, counsellors, and librarians haven’t […]
Staff The Fort Frances Choraliers are hoping the mayor and council are in the Christmas spirit. Choir director Diane Maxey is asking council if it would like to sponsor the Choraliers by way of an in-kind donation. The group of 75 singers will be performing a Christmas cantata, “O Little […]
Staff The fire department’s investigation of the scene of a north-end blaze over the weekend has been completed, with the cause deemed “undetermined.” On Saturday around 5:25 a.m., 18 members of the Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service responded to a structure fire at the former Acklands-Grainger building on Sixth […]
The Associated Press WASHINGTON–Usually when the Washington Capitals and Edmonton Oilers meet, Alex Ovechkin or Connor McDavid would be expected to figure in the win. This time, it was the goalies who stood out until T.J. Oshie came through in the shootout. Oshie scored the only goal of the tie-breaker […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL–A Montreal man said he and other residents were shocked and saddened after a war memorial was defaced with graffiti on Remembrance Day. Berj Merdjanian said he saw the lettering early Saturday morning when he went to work at his photo studio in the city’s Saint-Laurent borough. […]
The Associated PressJenna Fryer AVONDALE, Ariz.–Kevin Harvick wasted zero time in levelling the first volley in NASCAR’s championship race. In Harvick’s opinion, he’s playing with house money when he races Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Busch, and Brad Keselowski this coming Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway for the title. It’s Truex, Harvick […]
The Canadian Press PORT HARDY, B.C.–First Nations’ protesters at a salmon farm off the northern coast of Vancouver Island are vowing to stay despite court action aimed at forcing them out. Marine Harvest Canada, which runs the farm, has asked the B.C. Supreme Court for an injunction to remove protesters […]
Jamie Mountain Fort Frances Lakers’ defenceman Izzy Smith (#5) helped goalie Brett Akins prevent a goal by Bryce Litke of the Minnesota Iron Rangers during the second period of the host team’s 5-3 win here Friday night that snapped a five-game losing skid.
