The Canadian Press KASHECHEWAN, Ont.–An evacuation due to flooding fears is underway at a remote First Nation community in Northern Ontario. Area MP Charlie Angus says 325 people from Kashechewan First Nation flew to Kapuskasing, Ont. yesterday and another 200 are expected to leave the community today as ice breaks […]
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The Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C.–Wesley Bryan remembers pestering players with a lot of crazy questions at Harbour Town Golf Links as he followed father George III’s only appearance at the RBC Heritage in 2004. “I was probably the most annoying 14-year-old there was,” Bryan noted. Once a pesky […]
The Canadian Press ITUNA, Sask.–It’s about as Canadian as a cattle drive can get. Ranchers northeast of Regina are shaking their heads after watching a herd of curious bovines slowly follow a beaver across one of their pastures. Adrienne Ivey and her husband, Aaron, were out checking their 150 cattle […]
The Associated Press HARPURSVILLE, N.Y.–A giraffe calf is nursing strongly and his mother is recovering “perfectly,” officials with Animal Adventure Park said yesterday after a morning veterinarian check with the newborn. “April” gave birth to a healthy male calf Saturday at the privately-owned Animal Adventure Park before an online audience […]
Staff The team results, as a whole, didn’t have them near the top of the charts. But plenty of individual members of the Muskie track-and-field squad established themselves as credible contenders at the season-opening Bronco Booster Track & Field Invite varsity meet Thursday at Falls High School. The black-and-gold girls’ […]
Joey Payeur Muskie Ben Olsen sailed over the bar successfully on this attempt en route to a fourth-place finish in the boys’ high jump event at the Bronco Booster Track & Field Invite varsity meet on Thursday at Falls High School.
Duane Hicks FFHS student volunteer Cassidy Martin, left, handed treats to Sasha and Miranda Lowry outside of Curvy Chick on Saturday during the fourth-annual “Easter Egg-Stravaganza.” Hosted by the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club and The Shops on Scott, the event drew nearly 400 youngsters downtown, where they picked up maps […]
Joey Payeur The return of the Ducks Unlimited fundraising dinner and auction to Fort Frances looks to be on its way to being a rousing success. Tickets are available at the Fort Frances Times office for $50 each or two for $90. “Things are going well and tickets have been […]
Conrad DueckSubmitted by When the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball season began back on November first, the goal was to come out, play some good basketball, get a workout, and have fun. As the season progressed and standings came out, eyes started to shift to what playoff match-ups could look like. […]
The Associated Press VIENNA–A town south of Vienna is abuzz over the reported theft of dozens of beehives, containing about one million bees, from a local park. Police said yesterday they got involved after residents in the town of Ebreichsdorf noticed that the covers of wooden boxes containing 40 hives […]
The Associated Press LYNN, Mass.–A Massachusetts man has a ready answer when asked for his two cents’ worth: He presents a cheque he got from the government. Bruce Rideout, of Lynn, told The Daily Item he got the two-cent cheque from the U.S. Treasury Department a couple of days ago […]
The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–Polar bears and the Canadian monarch butterfly have been added to an international list of species and subspecies that are at risk of disappearing entirely from the planet. The list is part of a new report released today at an international biodiversity conference in Ottawa. The […]
