Submitted Mayor June Caul did a stint behind bars on Saturday during the Fort Frances Voyageur Lions’ annual “Bail or Jail” fundraiser at the Fort Frances Curling Club, in conjunction with the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s Business and Community Expo. Mayor Caul was serving hard time after being charged […]
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The Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–Student pranksters at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have struck again, this time drawing inspiration from America’s hottest movie. MIT students over the weekend draped the university’s signature Great Dome with a giant cloth version of Captain America’s red, white and blue shield. Their efforts drew […]
The Canadian PressColin Perkel TORONTO — Treatment of a group of psychiatric patients detained at an Ontario facility decades ago amounted to torture that resembled the experimentation Nazis performed on Jews, the opening of a civil trial heard yesterday. More than two dozen inmates of what was the maximum security […]
The Canadian PressMichelle McQuigge Communities in central Ontario’s flood-ravaged cottage country worked to stave off more damage yesterday while bracing for heavy rainfall forecast for later in the week. More military personnel were deployed throughout the region and municipalities called on volunteers to help replenish the supply of sandbags as […]
The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–B’nai Brith Canada says online hatred is fuelling a rise in anti-Semitism that saw record numbers of Jewish Canadians harassed and assaulted last year. The group released its annual audit of anti-Semitism yesterday, showing 2,041 recorded incidents of hatred towards Jews in 2018, up 16 percent […]
Sam Odrowski Blayne Orr carefully snipped off a couple tree branches by the Sorting Gap Marina during the community tree care workshop hosted by the Fort Frances Museum and Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry on Saturday afternoon. Attendees used a variety of tree care tools to trim and remove […]
Ken Kellar Ryleigh Tucker showed off the yarn creation she made at “Tween Club” at the Fort Frances Library Technology Centre yesterday. The club used yards of yarn, cardboard discs and glue to create pom-poms and other fibrous figures. The “Tween Club” meets at the library each Monday from 4-5 […]
Sam Odrowski The Fort Frances Choraliers brought the sweet sounds of Easter-themed songs to a large group of residents at Rainycrest’s Hallett Hall on Saturday afternoon. The theme of this year’s Easter cantana was “Hope Alive in Me,” and following the Rainycrest performance, the choraliers sung at the Zion Lutheran […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Ontario’s high school teachers will start the early stages of contract talks next month in what could be a contentious round of bargaining. Contracts for teachers and education workers at the province’s publicly funded schools expire at the end of August, but Education Minister Lisa Thompson […]
The Associated PressStephen Hawkins DALLAS–Pat Maroon paused briefly before thrusting both of his arms into the air, unsure if he had gotten the puck into the net to put the St. Louis Blues back in front late in a wild third period. Maroon’s flicked shot across the body and over […]
The Associated PressBrian Hall MINNEAPOLIS–Jake Odorizzi punched out Yuli Gurriel looking, and the usually stoic right-hander couldn’t help but clench his fist and let out a yell. Odorizzi and the Minnesota Twins made another early season statement. Odorizzi pitched seven solid innings to outduel Justin Verlander, Ehire Adrianza homered off […]
Sam Odrowski Mrs. Sieders’ and Mrs. Wood’s classes at St. Michaels School shared some smiles last Thursday on “Career Day” where students throughout the school wore outfits depicting the jobs they want to work when they grow up. Some students dressed up as professional hockey players while others put on […]
