The Canadian PressJennifer Graham REGINA–A residential school cemetery has become the first in Saskatchewan to be designated as a provincial heritage site. Culture minister Ken Cheveldayoff formally recognized the cemetery on the edge of Regina yesterday, and said the children buried there will not be forgotten. “With its new provincial […]
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The Associated PressMalcolm Ritter NEW YORK–At Jef Boeke’s lab, you can whiff an odour that seems out of place, as if they were baking bread here. But he and his colleagues are cooking up something else altogether: yeast that works with chunks of man-made DNA. Scientists long have been able […]
The Canadian PressJudy Owen WINNIPEG–Kyries Hebert hasn’t slowed down on the football field–and his wit still is quick off of it. The Montreal linebacker will play the 150th game of his 12-year CFL career when the Alouettes visit the Winnipeg Blue Bombers tonight. Hebert has seen and heard a lot, […]
Joey Payeur John Janousek of Nisswa, Mn., above, showed off the largest fish anybody brought into their boat during this year’s Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship–a mammoth 5.03-pounder he and partner Chad Johnson (Rogers, Mn.) caught on Day 3 that vaulted them all the way up to a third place […]
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Hello and boozhoo from the 2017 Fort Frances Stewardship Youth Rangers! We had a successful first two weeks and are excited that our season is underway! The Stewardship Youth Rangers-Ogimaa Binesiiyog Partnership Program is supported through a partnership of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF), Shooniyaa Wa Biitong […]
Our bay on Turtle Island of Rainy Lake traditionally has had some thick aquatic plant growth. It harboured northern pike and bass, and was a great growing ground for the schools of young bass that were hatched on beds in early summer. Most of those weeds have disappeared this summer–much […]
A cat is a home’s visible soul, said Jean Cocteau. If that is the case my home’s soul is visibly in need of vacuuming. I have moments when I am sweeping up pet hair from my floors and from my furniture for the fourth time on any given day, moments […]
Wow, here we are at the end of July and into our crop tour/open house week. It honestly makes me a little sad. Time goes so fast and summer is much too short. I hope some of you are thinking about attending our crop tour this Thursday (July 27) and/or […]
Staff “I Love a Rainy Night” won’t be the anthem of choice for Borderland Racing Association organizers. The Emo Speedway lay silent and saturated Saturday night as stock car racing was cancelled due to the wet weather. That meant nothing changed when it came to the driver standings in all […]
Kim Basaraba checked out a 1937 Chevy truck at the annual “Scott Street Show ‘n Shine” last Wednesday afternoon. Vehicles owned by members of the local International Early Iron Car Club were set up along the 100-400 blocks of Scott Street, with the “Canadian Coasters” joining them throughout the day […]
Nicholas Donaldson Somali refugee Yahya Samata spoke to the youths attending the Knox United Church camp at Sunny Cove last Thursday morning. Samatar, who made headlines in 2015 after swimming across the Red River to enter Canada, recounted his story to the campers, who had been learning about the refugee […]
Timing was key to clearing the sweeping arms of the “Meltdown,” one of the inflatable games set up at Hannam Park on Saturday afternoon. Groups of eight were able to try at a time and prizes were available for the last one standing at the end of each round.
