Sam Odrowski Fort Frances High School students Jaykob Ryll (“Sir Galahad”), left, Brenden Laur (“King Arthur”), and Carmen Hebert (“Patsy”) took part in the first full-scale dress rehearsal of the comedic musical, “Spamalot,” last night on the Townshend Theatre stage. The musical, from the 1975 film, “Monty Python and the […]
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The Associated PressSeth Borenstein DENVER–For decades America’s air was getting cleaner as levels of a key smog ingredient steadily dropped. That changed about seven years ago when pollution reductions levelled off, a new study found. This means when tighter federal air quality standards go into effect later this year, many […]
Jamie Mountain Talk about a strong showing for the Muskie track-and-field contingent at the Lake of the Woods meet yesterday in Baudette, Mn. The black-and-gold snagged a multitude of top-five finishes across a variety of events. Sekina Scheibler nabbed gold in boys’ discus with a throw of 139′,09″. Sean Huziak […]
The Associated PressBrian Hall MINNEAPOLIS–Even with Josh Donaldson missing 16 games on the disabled list, Jose Bautista gone, and Kendrys Morales off to a slow start, the Toronto Blue Jays are powering up again and supplying the offence they’ve become used to north of the border. Justin Smoak and Russell […]
The Associated PressJosh Dubow SAN JOSE, Calif.–William Karlsson and the expansion Vegas Golden Knights proved they can handle some adversity just as well as they can thrive as front-runners like they did most of their inaugural season. The Golden Knights bounced back after allowing a late tying goal in regulation […]
The Canadian PressJoanna Smith OTTAWA–The federal Liberal government wants to make it easier for Canadians to cast a ballot while making it harder for political parties–or foreign entities–to violate their privacy or persuade them who to vote for using falsehoods or vast sums of money. “We are committed to maintaining […]
Duane Hicks Kerry Zucchiatti of 93.1 The Border drew the May “Trip of the Month” draw winner while Kiwanian Robin Wright looked on this morning at International Travel Services here. Ted Scholten will be heading to Reykjavik, Iceland–a trip valued at $4,000. Next month’s trip is to Barcelona, Spain ($4,500).
The Canadian PressLee Berthiaume OTTAWA–If money equals momentum, the federal Conservatives appear to be chugging along with a strong head of steam heading into next year’s federal election. New fundraising numbers show the Tories raked in nearly twice as much cash as the Liberals during the first three months of […]
From the MNRF Two new fires were confirmed in the Northwest Region by yesterday afternoon. Both are small, and are located in the Sioux Lookout and Dryden districts. There were eight forest fires in the Northwest Region over the weekend, located in the Fort Frances, Dryden, Kenora, and Thunder Bay […]
The Canadian PressJim Diamond NASHVILLE–Winnipeg played a better game but the result they desired didn’t follow. Kevin Fiala scored at 5:37 of the second overtime to give the Nashville Predators a 5-4 victory over the Jets last night–evening their Western Conference semi-final series at one game apiece. The series now […]
Staff Add another name to the list of Fort Frances Lakers who will be with a different team next season. The Lakers announced Friday that defenceman Jack Dunnell has committed to playing for the University of Mary Marauders. The Bismarck, N.D.-based team will play its inaugural season in the American […]
From the OPP During the night of April 27, members of the Rainy River District OPP conducted a traffic stop of a motor vehicle that had four occupants. During the stop, it was learned the male driver was wanted on a warrant from the City of Winnipeg. After the male […]
