Joey Payeur It was a night for reminiscing for the second class of inductees into the Fort Frances Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday night at La Place Rendez-Vous. Among those honoured were the quartet of Leonard McQuarrie, left, Bob Grattan, and Peter McLeod, who captured the 1958 Manitoba Schoolboys […]
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Staff The effort was there but the victories were not. Team Ontario’s female indoor volleyball team, with Fort Frances resident Amy Wilson-Hands along as an apprentice coach, finished in fourth place at the Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg over weekend. After going 4-1 during the preliminary round, then beating Saskatchewan […]
From the MNRF The forest fire situation has escalated throughout the Northwest Region, with upwards of 30 new fires in a day and many northern communities affected by smoke and fires in the surrounding areas. Ontario has brought in aviation resources from the Great Lakes Forest Fire Compact and Quebec, […]
The Canadian PressLiam Casey A widely-used pesticide is placing bumblebee populations at an increased risk of extinction, a new study from an Ontario researcher suggests. Nigel Raine, an environmental science professor at the University of Guelph, discovered that thiamethoxam, a major neonicotinoid found in agricultural crops throughout the world, reduced […]
The Canadian Press SASKATOON–Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says a long-awaited apology to victims of the ’60s Scoop could come before he ends his decade-long career in office. Wall announced two years ago that an apology would be coming for decades-old policies of removing indigenous children from their homes and placing […]
The Associated Press BROOKLYN, Mich.–Kyle Larson slipped between cars on an overtime restart–capping his wild weekend with a victory in yesterday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway. Larson was in the spotlight after team owner Chip Ganassi allowed him to go to Iowa to compete in the Knoxville […]
The Associated PressDoug Ferguson CHARLOTTE, N.C.–Justin Thomas emerged from the shadow of a longtime friend and won the PGA Championship to take his place among the young elite in golf. With two big breaks to start the back nine, a chip-in for birdie to seize control, and a timely seven-iron […]
The Associated PressSeth Borenstein WASHINGTON–One of the coldest places on Earth is so hot, it’s melting. Glaciers, sea ice, and a massive ice sheet in the Arctic are thawing from toasty air above and warm water below. The northern polar region is heating up twice as fast as the rest […]
Duane Hicks Lyla Moen carefully unwrapped her piece of dyed fabric yesterday afternoon at the Point Park during the weekly “Open Air Art Studio” organized by Community Living Fort Frances and District. The day’s activity was Japanese Shibori dyeing–a traditional method using indigo dye, and pleating and binding techniques. The […]
Edith M. LedererThe Associated PressLorne Cook Smugglers have thrown some 280 migrants into the sea off the coast of Yemen in the last two days, causing more than 50 to drown and leaving over 30 missing, the U.N. migration agency said yesterday. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the migrants who […]
From T3PS In the early morning hours of Saturday, uniform and street crime members of the Treaty Three Police Service conducted a traffic stop in the City of Kenora that resulted in the seizure of a large amount of illegal drugs. In total, nearly 200 grams of cocaine was seized […]
Joey Payeur Garnet Cornell found the back of the net with the final salvo for Centra Pipelines past goalkeeper Cole Kowalski of CJ Contracting in last night’s thrilling Borderland Soccer League men’s division final at the Struchan Gilson Memorial Soccer Pitch. The teams played to a 1-1 tie through regulation […]
