Press Release Ontario is providing $74 million in 2018 to support the construction and maintenance of community access and forestry roads. In 2005, the government established the Provincial Forest Access Roads Funding Program as a way to contribute its share of costs to build and maintain these important public access […]
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Submitted Jeff Gustafson with a nice Lake Cumberland largemouth on Day 2 of the FLW Tour event last week.
Jamie Mountain Mother Nature hasn’t co-operated so far but the goal remains the same: advance to OFSAA. That’s the mindset of the Muskie boys’ soccer team ahead of its season as the black-and-gold look to make it to the all-Ontarios for an eighth-straight year. “I believe our goal every year […]
After a very tough three-day practice last week prior to the Lake Cumberland FLW Tour bass tournament down in Kentucky, my expectations were not that great heading into the event. However, I was confident I would be able to put something together in the tournament and find a way to […]
Jamie Mountain Muskie boys’ soccer assistant coach Mike Sande gave out some instructions during practice yesterday afternoon in the Fort High gym. The black-and-gold are preparing as best as they can ahead of their season, which kicks off with the annual St. John’s Ravencourt tournament April 27-29 in Winnipeg.
The Associated PressSteve Reed BRISTOL, Tenn.–Kyle Busch was all smiles and Kyle Larson was all scowls. Busch passed Larson with five laps to go at Bristol Motor Speedway yesterday afternoon to win his second-straight Cup Series race, culminating a rain-delayed weekend when temperatures dipped into the high 30s F. Busch […]
Sam Odrowski The Northwest Catholic District School Board will review the 2018 Lenten School Report, which looks at the many activities, prayers, and reflections teachers delivered in their classroom, during its regular monthly meeting tonight. Many of the board’s schools began their Lenten practices with a Shrove Tuesday pancake breakfast, […]
The Associated PressBen Walker NEW YORK–The “shear” power of Bryce Harper was startling. The late comeback by the Washington Nationals? Yep, that was shocking, too. Harper hit an eye-popping, broken-bat homer early, then grounded a key single during a six-run surge in the eighth inning that sent the Nationals past […]
From the OPP Members of the Marathon and Manitouwadge OPP detachments responded to four separate motor-vehicle collisions that occurred on Highway 17 in just over a four-hour period. Yesterday around 9:25 p.m., officers attended a single motor-vehicle collision near the Prairie River bridge. The vehicle left the roadway, coming to […]
Press Release Hospital workers across Ontario, including in Fort Frances, Emo, and Rainy River, are slated to take part in a rally tomorrow (April 18) from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. to bring public attention to the fact they want hospital employers to bargain fairly. CUPE, SEIU, and Unifor have formed an […]
The Canadian PressLee Berthiaume PARIS–With trademark rhetorical flourish, Justin Trudeau delivered a message of inclusive economic growth, environmental guardianship, progressive trade, and gender parity today as he became the first Canadian prime minister to address the French National Assembly. Beneath the soaring, gilt-edged ceilings of the assembly’s lower house, Trudeau […]
The Canadian PressGregory Strong Toronto Blue Jays’ executive Andrew Miller was standing with some colleagues by the Rogers Centre infield yesterday morning when he heard a series of unexpected bangs. Several pieces of ice fell on the domed stadium from the nearby CN Tower, with one chunk creating a hole […]
