The Canadian PressDavid Alter TORONTO–It was a bizarre collision that Justin Smoak believes Randal Grichuk probably didn’t see coming–and the one negative on an otherwise solid afternoon for the Toronto Blue Jays. Smoak hit his team-leading 24th home run of the season as the Jays beat the Cleveland Indians 6-2 […]
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Staff The Muskie football team’s start to the WHSFL season has been delayed. The black-and-gold had to cancel their season-opener against the Churchill Bulldogs in Winnipeg on Friday after FFHS administrators felt not enough players had received adequate practice time. “We had to forfeit our first game due to lack […]
Staff It is only the pre-season but wins still feel good. The Fort Frances Lakers got off to a winning start in SIJHL exhibition play by sweeping both games of a home-and-home series against the Minnesota Iron Rangers over the weekend. The Lakers used a well-balanced attack last night, getting […]
The Associated PressDavid Bauder NEW YORK–The #MeToo movement fighting sexual misconduct already had claimed one of Hollywood’s top movie moguls in Harvey Weinstein. Now it has done the same for Leslie Moonves–one of the television industry’s most powerful executives. The CBS Corp. announced its chairman’s exit late yesterday, hours after […]
Sam Odrowski Natasha Yarmovich expressed her interest in joining the Wado Kai Karate Club by filling out a registration form during the inaugural “1-Stop Registration” event held by KidSport in the arena auditorium on Thursday evening. Residents had the opportunity to sign up for more than 20 different clubs, sports […]
The Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.–Miss New York Nia Imani Franklin was named Miss America 2019 in Atlantic City. Her victory last night resurrected a string of successes the Empire State has had in the pageant in recent years. Mallory Hagan, Nina Davuluri, and Kira Kazantsev won the title from […]
Staff Four formerly reserved parking spaces now are available for public use in the downtown area. In a report from bylaw enforcement officer Patrick Briere, to be received by council at its regular meeting tonight, the town has received a few requests to remove private parking spaces at Fort Floral […]
The Associated PressHoward Fendrich NEW YORK–The U.S. Open final suddenly appeared to be slipping away from Novak Djokovic. He dropped three-consecutive games. He was barking at himself, at his entourage, at a crowd vocally supporting his opponent, Juan Martin del Potro. He was, in short, out of sorts. And then […]
The Canadian PressJudy Owen WINNIPEG–Even Saskatchewan Roughriders’ head coach Chris Jones had a hard time believing how his team’s 32-27 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers unfolded on Saturday. The Roughriders scored a pair of touchdowns and three field goals off Winnipeg interceptions while the Bombers recorded a pair of […]
From the MNRF Four new fires were confirmed in the Northwest Region by yesterday afternoon, including two in Fort Frances District. Fort Frances Fire #76, located near Calm Lake about 30 km northwest of Atikokan, was listed as “not under control” at 0.1 hectares in size at last report. Fort […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Josie Jourdain announces her passing on Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care Home in Fort Frances, Ont. She was born on July 18, 1949 in Fort Frances to Norman and Stella Bruyere. She worked at various tourist camps throughout […]
From the OPP On Sunday, the OPP were dispatched to a report of an unknown male who had sexually assaulted a female around 1 a.m. between Park Street and Second Street South in Kenora. The OPP were unable to locate the male suspect and are requesting the public’s assistance to […]
