The Canadian Press MONTREAL–One child is dead and another is fighting for her life after a crash involving two vehicles and a moose in western Quebec. The collision occurred yesterday afternoon, when a vehicle hit the moose on route 323 in Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix, about 150 kilometres northwest of Montreal. Provincial police […]
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Ken Kellar Fort Frances mayor June Caul, left, Salvation Army Corps Officer Arthur Heathcote, and Danny Smith celebrated the kick-off to the Salvation Army’s annual Christmas Kettle campaign at Walmart on Friday afternoon. The kettles will be at various businesses around town until Dec. 24, and all proceeds from the […]
Staff The Muskie football team was able to cap an impressive season with a championship. An electrified offence scored early and often and the defence got stops when it need to as the third-ranked Muskies snared their first-ever WHSFL title with a 65-49 win over the fourth-place Churchill Bulldogs in […]
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There continues to be a lot of public interest in the Fort Frances Senior Centre board’s deliberations surrounding the feasibility of moving the current centre to the town’s former day care building, according to Coun. Wendy Brunetta. Coun. Brunetta, who serves on the senior centre board, said Tuesday evening they […]
The Associated PressErik García Gundersen PORTLAND, Ore.–The Toronto Raptors defence gave the team another reason to celebrate. The Raptors held Damian Lillard to just nine points in a 114-106 win over the Portland Trail Blazers last night. Pascal Siakam scored 36 points and Fred VanVleet had 30, but the story […]
The Canadian PressLaura Kane VANCOUVER–Superbugs are likely to kill nearly 400,000 Canadians and cost the economy about $400 billion in gross domestic product over the next 30 years, warns a landmark report. An expert panel cautions in “When Antibiotics Fail: The growing cost of antimicrobial resistance in Canada” that the […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh met Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa today to try to leverage his party’s position in a minority government. “For us we want to make sure that we deliver real action for fighting the climate crisis, we want to make sure that we […]
The Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky.–A federal court is allowing a Kentucky man to personalize a licence plate with the phrase “IM GOD,” after a three-year legal battle over the custom engraving. Court documents show Ben Hart, a self-identified atheist, set out to get the Kentucky plate in 2016. But Hart’s […]
Ken Kellar Capt. Donald Matheson spoke to students of St. Michael’s school during their Remembrance Day ceremony on Monday. Capt. Matheson spoke about the importance of Remembrance Day and honouring historical and contemporary veterans, as well as thanking those service members who are called to assist in peace time.
Ken Kellar FFHS student Wendy Danylchuk, above left, graced the audience with her performance of Sara Bareilles’ “She Used to be Mine,” while above right, Lilly Wyder took to the stage with a ukulele to perform Anthony Amorim’s “2004” during the high school’s production of “What’s the Difference?: A Musical […]
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Council lauded the Rainy Lake Gymnastic Academy’s grand opening that was held last Wednesday at the Memorial Sports Centre Auditorium. The sport has been absent from the community for a long time, and Mayor June Caul said during Tuesday evening’s council meeting she was thrilled to see it return in […]
Jamie Mountain Muskie goalie Darian Klem got his paddle down to deny a scoring chance for his Kenora Broncos’ opponent during Fort High’s 13-0 rout in the NorWOSSA regular season-opener for both teams on Tuesday evening in Kenora. Klem was solid when called upon and turned aside every shot he […]
