The Associated PressBen Walker HOUSTON–Gerrit Cole rattles off the names of the pitching greats with ease, featuring the same command he shows with his vaunted four-seam fastball. Bob Gibson. Tom Seaver. Don Drysdale. Plus the guys he saw in person as a kid–Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling–when they dominated in […]
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Staff Both the Muskie senior and junior boys’ volleyball team competed at tournaments over the weekend, with both coming away with respectable showings. The seniors put in a solid performance and wound up with a 2-3 record at the St. Patrick Volleyball Festival held in Thunder Bay on Friday and […]
Mark ThiessenThe Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska–The suspect in a brutal torture killing in Alaska’s biggest city ended up leading police right to him, first by losing a digital memory card labeled “Homicide at midtown Marriott” that contained video of the dying woman. Then came an even more innocuous blunder: He […]
Ken Kellar Dr. Jeremy McGuire visited Mrs. Gurski’s Grade 4/5 class at St. Francis school on Friday morning to talk to them about the skeletal and muscular systems of the human body. Dr. McGuire also imparted the importance of maintaining flexibility and fitness levels in life in order to maintain […]
Ken Kellar Could there be a killer among these Fort Frances High School students as they rehearsed a scene for their fall play, “Scared Silly” on Saturday evening? The spooky comedy is made up of nine short skits in an anthology style similar to “Creepshow” or “Tales from the Crypt,” […]
The Canadian PressSalmaan Farooqui A United Nations report is highlighting the role “abhorrent” housing conditions play in the poverty and exploitation that Indigenous people face in Canada and around the world. The report, presented to the UN General Assembly on Friday, examines the lack of access to secure housing both […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–The contenders in today’s federal election spent the last day of the campaign calling for voters to unite behind their parties amid accusations of dirty politicking and outright lying. From when Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau fired the starting gun on the campaign on Sept. 11, voters have […]
The Canadian PressJudy Owen WINNIPEG–Connor Hellebuyck’s first shutout of the season couldn’t have come at a better time for the Winnipeg Jets. Kyle Connor and Patrik Laine scored in the shootout as the Jets ended a three-game losing skid with a 1-0 victory over the red-hot Edmonton Oilers yesterday. “I […]
The Associated Press VATICAN CITY–Pope Francis’ controversial meeting on the Amazon has taken a criminal twist after thieves stole indigenous fertility statues from a Vatican-area church and tossed them into the Tiber River. Video of the pre-dawn theft from the Santa Maria in Traspontina church was shared and celebrated on […]
Staff On a sloppy day it was the Muskie football team that managed to smooth out its own game. The Muskies scored most of their points in the third quarter en route to a 20-0 win over the Neelin Spartans on Thursday in Winnipeg High School Football League action at […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–The union representing Ontario’s public high school teachers filed for conciliation Friday, saying contracts talks with the provincial government have stalled. The president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation called the talks with the government and school boards, which started this month, “extremely frustrating and […]
From the OPP
On Oct. 16, 2019, at approximately 3:05 p.m., an officer from the Highway Safety Division of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was on patrol on Highway 11/17, east of Balsam Street, in the City of Thunder Bay when the officer observed the driver of a motor vehicle travelling at a […]
