Staff Leaving points off of the board wasn’t an issue for the Muskie football team this time around. The fourth-ranked Muskies scored six touchdowns as they routed the fifth-ranked Maples Marauders 39-0 in their WHSFL quarter-final showdown Thursday afternoon at Fort High. After being intercepted early in the first quarter, […]

Sam Odrowski Fort High student Kylie Stafford, left, played Rapunzel while Maya Davis played Rapunzel’s prince during “The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon” that was performed Friday to Sunday night at the Townshend Theatre.

Sam Odrowski The annual “Coats 4 Kids” campaign that kicked off back in September is in dire need of more donations before it wraps up this Wednesday (Oct. 31). “It’s been a great experience, and we are excited about the donations we have already received, but it’s not as much […]

From the OPP The Rainy River District OPP was busy arresting and charging individuals in the district for impaired driving earlier this month. On Oct. 20 around 10:15 a.m., officers were advised of a possible impaired driver and motor-vehicle collision on Highway 11 east of Emo. An officer attended the […]

The Canadian Press TORONTO–Travellers driving across the border into Ontario soon will see signs put up by the government that say the province is open for business. Premier Doug Ford, who repeatedly promised such signs during the spring election campaign, said they will be set up in the coming weeks. […]

The Canadian Press NANAIMO, B.C.–Federal New Democrat MP Sheila Malcolmson said she’s been pondering her jump to provincial politics in British Columbia since the summer when she was approached by officials in Premier John Horgan’s office. The Nanaimo-Ladysmith member of Parliament said yesterday she has no beefs with federal NDP […]

Submitted Want to park behind the Rainy Lake Square? It’s now going to cost you. Six parking meters were installed Friday at the south end of the square along the laneway. The fee to park there is $1.25/hour. Users are able to pay for parking by coin, credit card, or […]

It will be cloudy tonight, with an overnight low of four C (39 F) and east winds gusting up to 15 km/h. Tomorrow will see cloudy skies and some rain, with a high of eight (46) and low around three (37). Look for east-southeast winds gusting up to 17 km/h. […]

The Canadian PressScott Edmonds WINNIPEG–Nazem Kadri finally broke his scoring drought with what turned out to be an important goal. Kadri’s first of the season stood up as the winner as the Toronto Maple Leafs doubled the Winnipeg Jets 4-2 last night. “We need him to score and he knows […]

From the OPP On Oct. 19 around 5:30 a.m., members of the Kenora OPP responded to a break-and-enter in progress in the south side of Kenora. Police attended and were advised that the home owner had located the suspect inside the detached garage. Entry was not gained into the main […]

The Associated PressKristie Rieken HOUSTON–When the Texans host the Miami Dolphins tonight, it will be a matchup of Houston’s quarterback of the future in Deshaun Watson and one of the many failed quarterbacks of the team’s past in Brock Osweiler. It will be Osweiler’s third-straight start in place of Ryan […]

The Canadian PressColin Perkel TORONTO–A major online voting issue that forced more than 50 communities in Ontario to extend municipal election voting hours prompted questions on Tuesday about the integrity of the balloting process. One candidate, forced to wait more than 24 hours longer to find out that he had […]