Joey Payeur Jillian Calder, centre, was obviously thrilled for linemate Jess Steele, left, after Steele scored her second goal of the game less than seven minutes into the third period to give the Muskies a 2-0 lead on the way to a 5-1 win over the Sioux Lookout Warriors in […]
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Staff Both Fort Frances teams at the Tim Hortons 2017 NOCA U18 provincial curling championships will be looking for better days today. The girls team of skip Tory Beaudry, third Anika Beaudry, second Katrina Slomke, lead Andrea Schram and fifth Ashley Payne are 1-1 after yesterday’s opening draws in Longlac. […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario’s ban on disconnecting people’s electricity for non-payment during the winter will extend to April 30. The legislature sped through a bill Wednesday to change the rules and the Ontario Energy Board announced yesterday that it had officially amended the electricity distributors’ licences. The new licence conditions […]
Staff “Would you like to go for Double Jeopardy where the scores can really change?” Don’t mind if we do, John McClane. Some of the “Die Hards” of the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League had more up for grabs than usual last night in their games at Fort Frances High […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Transit service was delayed for hours in downtown Toronto yesterday after a man allegedly followed GPS instructions that got him stuck in a streetcar tunnel. Toronto Transit Commission spokesman Brad Ross says a streetcar came across the vehicle blocking the tunnel at one of the city’s main […]
Duane Hicks Brad Loveday checked out a display of Masonic artifacts during an open house for the exhibit, “Freemasonry: A History Hidden in Plain Sight,” yesterday at the Fort Frances Museum. Loveday was among several members of the local Freemason lodge–Granite Lodge 446–in attendance. The exhibit will here until the […]
The Canadian PressJonas Siegel TORONTO–The Maple Leafs got the Frederik Andersen they were hoping for last night. Toronto’s struggling No. 1 stood toe-to-toe with Henrik Lundqvist, stopping 37-of-38 shots before falling to the New York Rangers in a shootout–the Leafs seventh such defeat in eight tries this season. “This is […]
From the OPP Shortly after 12:15 p.m. yesterday, members of the Kenora Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Kenora Fire Department and Kenora Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a collision on Lakeview Drive. Upon arrival at the restaurant, members observed that a lone vehicle had struck the building and entered inside […]
The Associated PressMark Long DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.–Jeff Gordon is working in the broadcast booth. Carl Edwards is spending time with family. Tony Stewart is hanging out at dirt tracks. Some of NASCAR’s biggest stars have stepped away over the last 15 months, a thought-provoking trend that doesn’t appear to be […]
The Canadian Press ST. CATHARINES, Ont.–Northern Ontario’s Krista McCarville claimed the final playoff spot at the Canadian women’s curling championship with a 10-6 win today over Northwest Territories. McCarville was a finalist in last year’s Scotties Tournament of Hearts, losing to Chelsea Carey. Carey (9-2) and McCarville (8-3) meet again […]
The Associated PressColleen BarryMaria Grazia Murru ROME–From specialty shops in Rome to supermarkets around the world, lovers of Italian olive oil are in for some sticker shock this year, with prices due to jump by as much as 20 percent. The combination of bad weather and pests hit the harvest […]
The Associated PressMarcia Dunn CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.–SpaceX made good on a 250-mile-high delivery at the International Space Station today, after fixing a navigation problem that held up the shipment a day. Everything went smoothly the second time around as the station astronauts captured the SpaceX Dragon cargo ship as the […]
