Jamie Mountain Now there’s a sight you don’t usually see. Due to the Fort Frances Lakers’ SIJHL pre-season game against the Red Lake Miners here getting postponed on Friday evening, the Lakers decided to combine rosters with the Muskie boys’ hockey team and made up two teams to play a […]

The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Ontario’s budget deficit now stands at $7.4 billion, nearly half of the $15 billion Premier Doug Ford claimed he inherited last year from the previous Liberal government–a figure critics have said was vastly inflated. Treasury Board President Peter Bethlenfalvy and Finance Minister Rod Phillips gave a […]

Staff It unfortunately wasn’t a winning start to the Winnipeg High School Football League season for the Muskies. The host Springfield Collegiate Sabres–playing in their inaugural game–stormed out to an early lead and never looked back as they dumped the Muskies 29-7 on Friday evening in a Currie Division (‘A’) […]

Staff Better late than never. Newcomer Stone Stelzl scored with just 91 seconds left in regulation time to lift the Fort Frances Lakers to an exciting 2-1 win over the Red Lake Miners in the pre-season finale for both teams yesterday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena. Red Lake […]

The Canadian PressTim Wharnsby TORONTO–Randal Grichuck has struggled to find consistency in his first season with the Toronto Blue Jays by his admission. But that hasn’t hindered his power numbers this summer. The 28-year-old Texan swatted two more homers, including a three-run blast in the fifth inning to put the […]

The Canadian PressHina Alam VANCOUVER–You can take out almost anything from libraries these days, but this one requires a leash. Eight therapy dogs will be available to borrow from the Canine Library on Saturday for 15-minute outings as part of the Vancouver’s Poetry in Parks initiative. On Friday, Anna Boekhoven […]

The Associated Press GREEN BAY, Wis.–All that mattered to Aaron Rodgers yesterday was that the Packers won. That’s it. Rodgers threw two early touchdowns and Green Bay held on for a 21-16 victory over the Minnesota Vikings. “The biggest thing is that we’re 2-0,” he said. “I know we owe […]

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The town is currently working on developing its next strategic plan which will help guide the municipality in all of its decisions-making and provide a vision of what the community can look like in three years. Part of the plan’s purpose is to ensure the town works in coordination towards […]

Tonight will have periods of rain and a low of nine C (48 F). Tomorrow will also have periods of rain through the day and clouds in the evening as well as a high of 13 (55) and low of four (39). Saturday will be partly sunny in the day […]

The Canadian PressDean Bennett EDMONTON–The Alberta government has made changes and apologized to the families involved after video was aired of a deceased person in a body bag being manhandled outside the medical examiner’s office. “It is a continuous expectation of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner that dignity […]

An article in yesterday’s times regarding the Muskie junior girls’ basketball team had some incorrect information. The story wrongly listed Anna and Ayiana Gagne as being sisters when, in fact, they are just great friends. The Times regrets any inconvenience this error may have caused.

The Associated PressTim Reynolds DONGGUAN, China–The U.S. came to China looking to again be the best in the world. It’ll go home with the worst tournament showing in program history. Such is the reality for the Americans now, assured of finishing no better than seventh at the World Cup after […]