Ken Kellar Diane Maxey ran through some of the house rules for rehearsals for the Christmas choraliers during a practice last night at the New Beginnings Fellowship church. According to Maxey, so far she’s had more than 70 people sign up to take part in the choraliers this year, who […]
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Jamie Mountain Issy Taylor attempted to put a backhander home while on a breakaway during the third period of the Muskie girls’ hockey team’s 5-4 win in exhibition action last night at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). Taylor scored twice to help pace the Muskies’ offence. Fort High next will be […]
The Associated Press The number of young Americans watching online videos every day has more than doubled, according to survey findings released today. They’re glued to them for nearly an hour a day, twice as long as they were four years ago. And often, the survey found, they’re seeing the […]
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The clock is ticking. The Town of Fort Frances announced at the beginning of the month that it had 90 days to begin a purchase process with a buyer for the idle mill here. Mayor June Caul said two companies are still interested in trying to make a deal and […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Ontario’s legislature returned Monday from an extended summer break, with politicians on their best behaviour in a delicate detente following a divisive federal election campaign. Gone were the endless standing ovations and loud heckling from both sides of the chamber that marked an overheated spring sitting, […]
The Associated PressBen Walker HOUSTON–From the box seats to the far reaches of the bleachers, all 40,000 umpires in the stands at Nationals Park were sure they could tell: Gerrit Cole’s fastball to Victor Robles missed the strike zone. By at least an inch, clearly. That’s not how Lance Barksdale […]
Staff It was a great start to the 2019/2020 Fort Frances Men’s League Basketball Season on Thursday at Fort High, with lots of returning players and a number of new faces. The early game featured the Muskies squaring off against the RBC Lions, which turned out to be a tight […]
The Associated PressBen Walker WASHINGTON–Gerrit Cole and the Houston Astros went to Washington, hoping to snap out of their funk and bring the World Series back to Minute Maid Park. Not only are they heading home with more games to play, now they’re just one win from another crown. Handed […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Former member of Kathleen Wynne’s government Arthur Potts has announced on Twitter that he’s entering the leadership race for the Ontario Liberals. Potts joins a race featuring multiple other former MPPs who lost their seats when the party was decimated in last year’s loss to Premier Doug […]
Ken Kellar Workers with Daryl’s Custom Landscapes took advantage of a sunny–if cool–day on Friday to trim back some trees in town, like this one on the edge of the parking lot at Fort Frances General Supply. Anyone looking to do some yardwork of their own might find this week […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers showed off some of their patented early-season resilience by splitting a pair of games over the weekend. After rallying for a 4-3 shootout win over the host Red Lake Miners on Friday night, the Lakers followed that up with a hard-fought 3-2 road loss to […]
The Associated PressKyle Hightower FOXBOROUGH, Mass.–Bill Belichick was 39 years old when he coached the Cleveland Browns to a win over the New England Patriots in 1991–his first as an NFL coach. As Belichick trotted toward the centre of the field yesterday, his trademark cutoff hooded sweatshirt soaked in rain […]
