Jamie Mountain Junior Muskie Grace Kowal had to contort her body a little in order to help return a shot during Fort High’s straight-sets win (25-8, 25-11, and 25-9) over the visiting Kenora Broncos last Thursday afternoon. The squad faced those same Broncos today in Kenora, then will wrap up […]
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Jamie Mountain Sometimes the breaks just don’t go your way–as the Muskie boys’ hockey team learned first-hand in Winnipeg over the weekend. The squad won its first three games before falling 2-1 to the Sturgeon Heights Huskies on Sunday in the championship game of the annual Piper Classic tournament. “[What] […]
The Canadian PressJoanna Smith OTTAWA–The Conservatives now are ready to ask potential candidates specifically whether they have ever been accused of inappropriate sexual behaviour. Party spokesman Cory Hann said the questionnaire that anyone seeking to join a nomination contest must complete was updated Jan. 31. That was the same day […]
The Associated PressDan Gelston PHILADELPHIA–Kevin Hart fessed up he was tipsy when he tried to crash the Super Bowl stage and celebrate with his hometown Philadelphia Eagles when they hoisted the Lombardi Trophy. The pint-sized funnyman ran into a no-nonsense security guard who refused to allow Hart, wearing an Eagles’ […]
The Canadian PressStephanie Levitz OTTAWA–The Conservatives are proposing legislation aimed at ensuring disabled Canadians don’t wind up losing their disability benefits when they get a job, earn a raise, or work longer hours. As it stands now, said Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre, both federal and provincial governments claw back […]
The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–More fish habitat in Canada will be protected from harmful activities under broad changes to the Fisheries Act scheduled to be proposed today by the federal government. Fisheries minister Dominic LeBlanc was in Vancouver to make the announcement to fulfil one of his mandate orders to […]
Press Release The Corporation of the Town of Fort Frances is pleased to announce that Jordan Forbes has been selected as the Human Resources Co-ordinator for the organization. A resident of Fort Frances, Forbes has more than 17 years of professional experience, working primarily in the field of management consulting. […]
Duane Hicks Ryder Brown, left, Brayden Neurinski, Nicholas Pocock, and Jaxon Byma stepped up to the challenge of finding 100 words and then writing them down in Sarah Freeman-Kivimaki’s kindergarten class this morning at Robert Moore School. Students at district schools have been marking their 100th day of the school […]
The Associated Press DETROIT–The Detroit Lions hired Matt Patricia yesterday, doubling down on the franchise’s hope it can copy the New England Patriots’ formula for success. The expected hiring of the defensive co-ordinator came a day after the Patriots lost to Philadelphia in the Super Bowl. “This position comes with […]
The Canadian PressLee Berthiaume OTTAWA–The federal Conservatives yesterday cited an itemized list of Liberal-approved expenditures to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as they demanded he apologize for saying some veterans want more than the government can afford. Trudeau made the comments during a town hall event in Edmonton last week, where […]
From the OPP On Feb. 3 around 1:45 p.m., Dryden OPP officers conducted a traffic stop on Highway 17 in Dryden. During the arrest of the male driver, an altercation between officers and the occupant occurred. The male later went into medical distress, at which time he was transported by […]
The Canadian PressGemma Karstens-Smith VANCOUVER–Technology is allowing researchers in British Columbia to study blooms of jellyfish and their impact on the ocean in a whole new way. University of B.C. oceanography Prof. Brian Hunt and undergraduate student Jessica Schaub have been using drones to get a better picture of the […]
