Whether it’s steak and lobster or linguine and clams, shellfish is a popular choice at market seafood counters and restaurants. Shellfish can be divided into two main categories–crustaceans and mollusks–and due to the vast size of this topic, this will be the first of three instalments. I will discuss the […]

Staff That cloud of dust you see is Brody Strachan leaving his competition behind. The Emo native captured his fourth WISSOTA Modifieds feature win of the season in Borderland Racing Association action Saturday night at the Emo Speedway. On a night where four of the eight drivers were unable to […]

Jamie Mountain Hockey season is still a ways away but some local youth players already have hit the ice in preparation for it. The Northwestern Hockey Camp Canada is running this week at the Memorial Sports Centre to help players develop their skills. Led by instructors Jamie Davis, Harry Mahood, […]

Submitted Bethany Harrison, Ashtyn Dokuchie, Garrett Hyatt, and Sydney Beck examined and removed invasive purple loosestrife near Devlin.

Submitted by the Stewardship Youth Rangers Hello again from your local Fort Frances Ogimaa Binesiiyog Stewardship Youth Rangers! We were able to take part in the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship last month, where we assisted Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Fort Frances district biologist Melissa Mosley to monitor […]

When everything wrapped up over the weekend at Lake Ouachita and Hot Springs, Ark., it could be called one of the hottest, toughest weeks of fishing I’ve ever seen. In the end, Alabama angler Clent Davis rallied from 10th place on the final day with the largest catch of the […]

The Canadian PressMichelle McQuigge TORONTO–A union representing Ontario’s elementary school teachers is calling on its members to continue to teach a modernized sex-ed curriculum despite the provincial government’s decision to revert back to a 20-year-old lesson plan. The Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario “strongly denounced” the Progressive Conservative government’s move […]

The Associated Press MASON, Ohio–Serena Williams bounced back from the most lopsided loss of her career, cruising past Daria Gavrilova 6-1, 6-2 at the Western & Southern Open today. Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam winner who returned to the tour this year after the birth of her first child, needed […]

The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Recreational cannabis will be sold online in Ontario when legalized this fall and in private retail stores across the province early next year, the government announced yesterday, reversing the previous administration’s plan to distribute cannabis through publicly-owned outlets. The Progressive Conservatives, who took power at the […]

The Canadian PressTerri Theodore VANCOUVER–A wildlife biologist says an ailing female killer whale off the coast of Washington state is “slogging along” with her pod, but is at times unable to keep up. A veterinarian was able to dart J50 with a broad-spectrum antibiotic on Thursday but Brad Hanson, a […]

It will be mainly clear tonight, with an overnight low of 10 C (50 F) and northwest winds gusting up to 13 km/h. Tomorrow will be sunny, with a high of 24 (75) and low around 12 (54). Look for west-northwest winds gusting up to 11 km/h. A mix of […]