Staff Jared Virtanen and Dylan Kooner were the only Lakers to get consideration for the SIJHL’s year-end awards. Virtanen, who still leads the league in assists with 52 and is fourth in points with 74, is up for the Mallon’s Corporate Impressions/Play It Again Sports Most Valuable Player award against […]
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Joey Payeur Anika Alexander took her opponents to court but came away guilty of overconfidence in her own mind. The Fort Frances native captured the bronze medal in the women’s Open division with a 3-2 record at the 2017 Harrow Canadian University and College Championships held March 3-5 in Waterloo. […]
Duane Hicks The local seniors’ centre will be more noticeable in the future. The Fort Frances Seniors’ Centre, also known as the Sister Kennedy Centre, has ordered a 4’x 8′ sign for the northwest corner of the property (Nelson Street and Victoria Avenue), Coun. June Caul said at last night’s […]
The Associated PressLauran Neergaard WASHINGTON–Canadians with cystic fibrosis survive about 10 years longer than Americans with the same genetic disease, according to startling new research that raises questions about how to improve care. Yesterday’s study suggests access to lung transplants and health insurance may play a role in the survival […]
It will be clear tonight, with an overnight low of minus-13 C (nine F). Tomorrow will be sunny and milder, with a high of two (36) and low around minus-three (27). Spotty afternoon showers are forecast for Thursday, along with a high of three (37) and low again dipping to […]
From the OPP On March 10 around 5:30 p.m., the Rainy River District OPP received a report of a motor-vehicle collision in a parking lot on the 200 block of Third Street East. During the investigation, the driver, a 49-year-old Fort Frances male, was arrested and taken to OPP detachment […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–A major winter storm has settled into the southern Ontario region, stretching from Windsor all the way to the Quebec border. Environment Canada says the storm already has left some areas coping with up to 20 cm of snow–with more on the way. Hamilton, Burlington, and the […]
The Canadian PressLori Ewing TORONTO–When he’s home at night watching other teams play, DeMar DeRozan’s thoughts wander to what the Toronto Raptors might be like at full strength. Until then, it’s all about scrapping and clawing for playoff positioning without their all-star point guard Kyle Lowry. DeRozan scored 25 points […]
The Canadian PressSteve Lambert WINNIPEG–Manitoba is not worried about being the last province standing in a health-funding dispute with Ottawa and will not be rushed into accepting any deals, Premier Brian Pallister said yesterday. “We’re standing alone. I’m not afraid of that and I’m not anything but proud of the […]
The Associated PressJim Diamond NASHVILLE–After his Finnish countryman scored on him once, Pekka Rinne was not going to let it happen again in overtime. Rinne made a big save against Patrik Laine before James Neal scored 2:11 into the extra period to give the Nashville Predators a 5-4 victory over […]
The Canadian PressDean Bennett EDMONTON–Alberta is taking steps to prevent donors from selling their blood and plasma for a profit. The changes are included in the Voluntary Blood Donations Act, introduced yesterday in the legislature by Health minister Sarah Hoffman. “Donating blood should not be viewed as a business venture […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA–The chorus of voices calling on Sen. Don Meredith to resign in the wake of a damning ethics probe into his sexual relationship with a 16-year-old is growing, along with expectations that a vote on his future should take place before the end of the month. […]
