Tonight will see a few clouds and a low of -20 C (-4 F). Tomorrow will be mainly sunny and clear overnight with a high of -12 (10) and a low of -22 (eight below). Wednesday will bring a mix of sun and cloud and a chance of flurries overnight […]
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The Fort Frances Lakers have come oh so close in games lately but it still hasn’t registered in the win column. Despite their best efforts, the Lakers dropped both games of a home-and-home series against the Red Lake Miners over the weekend. Fort Frances has now dropped seven straight games […]
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Riverside Foundation for Health Care Director Allison Cox and Kiwanian Robin Wright displayed the winning ticket for the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club “Trip of the Month” draw for February this morning at International Travel Services. The winner of the February draw was Murray Weir, who won a trip to Barcelona, […]
-Ken Kellar photo A sold-out crowd attended and supported the Alzheimer Society’s annual “Forget Me Not” fundraiser dinner at La Place Rendez-Vous on Saturday evening. Attendees were treated to performances from several local entertainers, as well as a silent auction, penny table, and speakers from the Alzheimer Society and Rainycrest.
Jamie Mountain Kyle Uzelman of the Fort Frances Lakers looked to make a quick move with the puck to evade Red Lake Miners’ defenceman Skylar Tremblay during the first period of his squad’s 2-1 loss in SIJHL action on Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. Uzelman tallied the […]
Ken Kellar Aspen Avis, left, and Fort Frances Public Library’s Sam Manty worked together on a modelling clay puppy during one of the activities put on by the Library for the PD Day on Friday. Activities included BINGO, craft time and board games and gave kids a safe place to […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–A woman whose sister was found dead in a Toronto stairwell two years ago says her mother called her screaming after making the devastating discovery. On the stand this morning, Rachel Richey described her family’s frantic search to find Tess Richey in the days after she vanished […]
The Canadian PressBill Graveland AIRDRIE, Alta.–A hockey player paralyzed in a bus crash has been working hard since undergoing spinal surgery in Thailand late last year and it’s getting him closer to his dream of making the national sledge hockey team Ryan Straschnitzki, who can’t move from the chest down, […]
The Canadian Press COWESSESS, Sask.–A Saskatchewan chief says his First Nation is not waiting on Ottawa to announce funding before the band works toward taking over its own child welfare. Cowessess First Nation, about 170 kilometres east of Regina, is one of at least eight aboriginal groups in Western Canada […]
The Canadian PressBill Graveland CALGARY–Dirk Lemcke spent 8 1/2 years in a combat regiment with the United States military before he became a truck driver and a painter. He never expected to be homeless. Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and a number of chronic health problems, Lemcke found himself out […]
The Associated PressBarry Wilner MIAMI–Patrick Mahomes needed just the waning minutes of Super Bowl 54 to end a whole lot of frustration. A championship 50 years in the making for the Kansas City Chiefs. A two-decade wait for an NFL title for coach Andy Reid. All it took was falling […]
The Canadian PressLori Ewing TORONTO–Terence Davis took a pass from Fred VanVleet with four-and-a-half minutes to play yesterday afternoon, and drilled a three-pointer to propel him over the 30-point mark. Exactly how VanVleet had drawn it up. Davis poured in a career-high 31 points–with a little help from his teammates–and […]
