Sam Odrowski Ted DeBenetti handed out candy outside of “A Buck or Two” during the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s fifth-annual “Egg-stravaganza” event that took place Saturday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the downtown core. Hundreds of children filled their Easter baskets with chocolates and candy from the 16 participating businesses […]
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The Canadian PressSalmaan Farooqui Hundreds of people spent their Easter long weekend searching for a missing boy from a small southern Ontario community who was swept away in the Grand River during a recent flood. Searchers from several nearby communities have been congregating just outside Orangeville, Ont. every day for […]
The Associated Press HUMBLE, Tex.–Ian Poulter made a 20-foot birdie putt on the final hole to force a playoff and won the Houston Open on the first extra hole with a par to earn the last spot in the Masters. One week after Poulter mistakenly was told he had locked […]
The Canadian PressKelly Geraldine Malone WINNIPEG–Canada’s Indigenous Services minister says Ottawa has fully complied with the orders of a 2016 ruling from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal which said the federal government discriminates against indigenous children. “We have turned a corner,” Jane Philpott told The Canadian Press. “We will reach […]
From the OPP On Saturday around 2:40 p.m., members of the Kenora OPP responded to a report of a sudden death at a residence on Hawk Lake Road in Kenora. Officers attended and it was confirmed a 62-year-old female and a 57-year-old male, both from Kenora, were deceased. Members of […]
Staff Heather Wright drew the April “Trip of the Month” draw winner while her father-in-law and Kiwanian Robin Wright looked on this morning at International Travel Services here. Lawrence Armstrong of Pinewood will be heading to Berlin, Germany–a trip valued at $4,500. Next month’s trip is to Reykjavik, Iceland ($4,000).
The Canadian PressGregory Strong TORONTO–Justin Smoak felt like he let the team down in the first inning when he struck out with two men on and nobody out. The Toronto slugger made up for it in a big way. Smoak belted a two-run homer in the seventh inning, then launched […]
The Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky.–A half-century after getting a divorce, a Kentucky couple plans to get married again. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported 83-year-old Harold Holland and 78-year-old Lillian Barnes will exchange wedding vows on April 14 in Lexington. Their grandson will perform the ceremony at a local Baptist church. Holland […]
The Associated PressChristopher Bodeen BEIJING–China’s defunct Tiangong 1 space station mostly burned up on re-entry into the atmosphere over the central South Pacific today, Chinese space authorities said. The experimental space laboratory re-entered around 8:15 a.m. (Beijing time), the China Manned Space Engineering Office said. Scientists monitoring the craft’s disintegrating […]
Sam Odrowski Trish McQuaker of J.R Watkins sold various products during an “Easter Market” presented by the Rainy River District Farmers’ Market on Saturday from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Copper River Inn. It featured 36 vendors and was busy with shoppers for all six hours.
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers quickly are learning why the Dryden GM Ice Dogs have been the cream of the crop in the SIJHL the past few seasons. A pair of weekend wins, including a 7-2 romp Friday night and then a 5-2 win on Saturday, has the Ice Dogs […]
The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–Last June, Science Minister Kirsty Duncan hung out the “we’re hiring” sign and dangled grants of up to $1 million to try and lure some of the best and brightest international researchers to come to work in Canada. Nine months later, 24 scientists have been given […]
