The Canadian PressJoan Bryden OTTAWA–The Trudeau government is extending public consultations to find out what Canadians want to see in a new North American Free Trade Agreement. The consultations were to end today but officials say the government will continue indefinitely to accept responses to its online survey, which asks […]
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The Associated Press BOSTON–Blue Jays’ reliever Ryan Tepera couldn’t believe his eyes when he looked up and saw that he was the winning pitcher–his fifth career victory. Starter Marcus Stroman was the best pitcher of the game, taking a three-hit shutout into the seventh inning and leaving without allowing an […]
Kiera KowalskiSummer reporter The “Canadian Coasters” finally will begin cruising into town late tomorrow morning. Heading into their third week of their two-month cross-Canada tour, the group is stopping in Fort Frances for a few days as a break from their travels. The 112 classic cars are expected to start […]
The Canadian PressLee Berthiaume OTTAWA–The veterans’ grave markers standing in orderly rows are clean and well-maintained on a brilliant summer afternoon. The words on each are easy to read–even those carved decades ago–while the grey stones are all clean. The surrounding grass and flowers are trim and manicured. Such a […]
Staff Rainy Lake is buzzing with more than mosquitoes these days. Most of the anglers taking part in the 2017 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship already have hit the water for pre-fishing to try and find their own special spot to haul in what they hope will be a prize-winning […]
The Associated PressDoug Ferguson SOUTHPORT, England–Sergio Garcia won’t be wearing his green jacket from Augusta National at his wedding. What about pouring champagne from a claret jug? Garcia doesn’t have one yet, though he loves the thought of such possibilities, especially considering that only four months ago, the 36-year-old Spaniard […]
Joey Payeur Red Gut Babes’ pitcher Tracy Morningstar ended the regular season on a high note as the reigning league MVP helped her team dump the defending champion Fort Frances Her-icanes 17-7 in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action there yesterday evening. The league will hold its annual all-star […]
The Associated Press LOUDON, N.H.–Joe Gibbs Racing has undergone an unexpected upheaval that forced the organization into a youth movement. The biggest surprise, though, was going 0-for-2017. Denny Hamlin ended that rut with the kind of finish down the stretch that showed that yes, the new generation may be on […]
The Associated PressAlex Sanz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.–Forty-eight years after he landed on the moon, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin rolled out a red carpet for the red planet at a star-studded gala at the Kennedy Space Center. Aldrin, 87, commemorated the upcoming anniversary of the 1969 mission to the moon […]
The Associated Press LONDON–The annual count of swans belonging to Queen Elizabeth II has begun on the River Thames. The five-day event known as “Swan Upping” dates back to the 12th century and began as a ritual to ensure there were enough swans for feasting. Now it is more about […]
The Canadian PressCaroline Plante Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard has contacted several of his counterparts to discuss his constitutional initiative, and says he wants to raise the topic at this week’s Council of the Federation meeting in Edmonton. “I’m quite happy about the public and private reaction of my colleagues,” Couillard […]
The Canadian PressRyan McKenna TORONTO–James Hinchcliffe is the face of the Honda Indy Toronto, so beating the hometown favourite at his race is that much sweeter for Josef Newgarden. Newgarden yesterday captured his second title on the streets surrounding Exhibition Place–finishing ahead of Hinchcliffe, who came third for a second-straight […]
