After a great week in Florida, I made the trek to the Atlanta, Ga. area last week to get ready for FLW Tour stop #3 this week at Lake Lanier. My tournament last week in Florida was special because it was my best finish in one of these pro events […]
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From the OPP On Thursday shortly before 6:30 p.m., members of the Kenora OPP responded to a 9-1-1 call of an unknown male intruder in a residence in the Rideout area of Kenora. Police attended and were advised the home owner had arrived home and found the door to the […]
The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–Right about now, the kings of the butterfly world are emerging from hibernation in Mexico looking for love and ready to make more butterflies. But scientists said the number of monarch butterflies that will start their annual, 5,000-km migration north to Canadian gardens and wild flower […]
The Associated PressLauran Neergaard WASHINGTON–It’s pretty extraordinary for people in their 80s and 90s to keep the same sharp memory as someone several decades younger, and now scientists are peeking into the brains of these “superagers” to uncover their secret. The work is the flip side of the disappointing hunt […]
Staff “Project Petunia” is almost sold out. The annual beautification initiative by the Rainy River Future Development Corp. only has 10 more flower baskets up for sponsorship. A total of 40 have been adopted so far. These are the baskets that are hung along King’s Highway during the late spring […]
Duane Hicks Monica Sus, left, Heather Johnson, and Mary Martinson took a brief break late yesterday afternoon from getting ready for the grand-opening of the new Fort Frances Women’s Centre, which is set for this Thursday (March 8). The public is urged to drop by anytime from 10 a..m.-6 p.m. […]
Press Release Riverside Health Care, in conjunction with the Northwestern Health Unit, has declared the gastroenteritis outbreak over at Rainycrest Long-Term Care, effective yesterday (March 5). As such, all social events and activities at Rainycrest have resumed. All visitors also are now welcomed. We still are urging people to refrain […]
The Canadian PressPaige Kreutzwieser REGINA–Team Canada’s Brad Gushue showed the form that won him last year’s Tim Hortons Brier last night, edging Mike McEwen’s wild-card rink 6-5 in Draw 8 of Canada’s men’s curling championship. Gushue, from St. John’s N.L., came into the game as the skip with the most […]
The Associated PressJohn Wawrow BUFFALO, N.Y.–Don’t tell Jason Pominville and the Buffalo Sabres they have nothing to play for. For a team all but mathematically out of playoff contention, the Sabres continued making a dent in in the Eastern Conference playoff race with a 5-3 win against their cross-border and […]
Jamie Mountain Steve Windels of the Revco Renegades went up to put a basket home during his team’s 85-35 upset win of the second-place RBC Lions last Tuesday night during the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League’s first semi-final. Windels chipped in 16 points to help send third-place Revco into tonight’s […]
The Canadian PressGeordon Omand OTTAWA–The government of Alberta is being lambasted in a review of Canada’s justice system as the only province to keep secret the number of indigenous people it has locked up over the last five years. The criticism comes as part of an annual report card released […]
The Canadian PressColin Perkel TORONTO–A decision by police officers in Thunder Bay, Ont. to rule out foul play just hours after the body of an indigenous man was found floating in a river was the result of a grossly-inadequate investigation tainted by racism, an independent review has determined. In a […]
