The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates–Tiger Woods withdrew from the Dubai Desert Classic today with back spasms after shooting an opening-round 77 a day earlier. It marks another frustrating start to his return to golf from a lengthy injury layoff. Woods’ manager, Mark Steinberg, said Woods had back spasms […]
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Staff If any other NorWOSSA team plans to dethrone the Muskie girls’ hockey team, they’re going to have to win at least one playoff game on Fort Frances ice. Annalise (CC) Hayes had a hat trick and an assist as the Muskies dumped the Sioux Lookout Warriors 8-2 yesterday afternoon […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Ontario’s elementary school teachers and education workers have agreed to extend their contracts by two years, leaving the Liberal government nearly free of teacher negotiations ahead of the next election. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario was one of the last major education unions to agree […]
Staff Kiss My Pass and No Diggity matched each other with the maximum six points last night as they remained locked in a battle for second place in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League. Kiss My Pass now has 72 points to lead No Diggity by just one. Both trail […]
The Associated PressKyle Hightower HOUSTON–When you play for the Patriots, being selfish is not an option. And no other group may be a greater example of that this season than the trio of running backs New England will lean on Sunday in its Super Bowl matchup with the Atlanta Falcons. […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Conservative leadership candidate Kevin O’Leary says he took down an Internet video of himself firing automatic weapons out of “respect” for the memorial to three of the six victims of the weekend massacre at a Quebec City mosque. The video depicted O’Leary firing a variety of high-powered […]
The Canadian Press PLYMPTON-WYOMING, Ont.–Nearly 4,000 pigs were killed when a fire destroyed a large barn in southwestern Ontario earlier this week. The OPP said the blaze broke out just before 9 a.m. on Tuesday and quickly spread throughout the barn in the town of Plympton-Wyoming, east of Sarnia. At […]
It will clear tonight, with an low of minus-22 C (eight below zero F) that will feel more like minus-29 (20 below) thanks to southwest winds gusting up to 15 m.p.h. Tomorrow will be partly sunny and milder, with a high of minus-12 (11) and low around minus-15 (five). Cloudy […]
The Canadian PressJoanna Smith OTTAWA–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an unequivocal promise to change the way Canadians vote in federal elections. Then after winning one, he abandoned it. That was the narrative his political rivals were building yesterday after Trudeau officially walked away from his oft-repeated commitment to get rid […]
Staff The town has received $77,000 through the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Ontario 150 Community Capital Program to make much-needed repairs to the local museum. The funds will be used to replace the museum’s roof, install a ramp, and make accessibility upgrades to the washrooms. Museum curator Sherry George said the […]
The Canadian Press Canada’s celebrity groundhogs have “predicted” an early spring after officials declared the pudgy prognosticators did not see their shadows. Ontario’s Wiarton Willie and Nova Scotia’s Shubenacadie Sam both were greeted by cheers as their forecasts were issued by their handlers this morning. Folklore has it that if […]
