Staff It was the Sunset Country Squash Club’s turn to see what defeat tastes like. The second-annual Northern Cup Squash Challenge is now history between Sioux Lookout and Fort Frances, with Sioux Lookout claiming the title this year with a slim 29-28 win on Saturday here. This year instead of […]
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Jamie Mountain The Muskie cross-country team has been battle tested all year and came through with some more impressive performances at the OFSAA championships in Sudbury on Saturday. Capping the year in style, and adding more to a lengthy list of accomplishments for the team, 10 of the 17 athletes […]
Ken Kellar Emily Hyatt, left, Mayor June Caul and Jean Richards celebrated the official opening of the Fine Line Art Gallery’s new location at 326 Scott St. on Friday afternoon. The new gallery space is the group’s third since it opened in the fall of 1995, and Richards said while […]
Ken Kellar Riverside Community Counselling Service’s community family violence counsellor Jacquee Loerzel and Kiwanian Robin Wright displayed the winning ticket on Friday morning for the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s “Trip of the Month” draw for November at International Travel Services. This month’s winners were Sylvia Hyatt and Tim Rowe who […]
The Associated Press OXON HILL, Md.–Police in Maryland say a man fatally stabbed another customer outside a Popeye’s restaurant in a fight over the recently rereleased chicken sandwich. Prince George’s County police spokeswoman Jennifer Donelan told news outlets the two men were waiting in line at an Oxon Hill Popeye’s […]
The Associated Press CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — A South Florida 911 dispatch supervisor was watching “I Am Mother” on Netflix while a caller unsuccessfully tried to get help after someone shot out her car’s windshield, an internal affairs investigation found. Records show a 34-minute delay in the June 9 call […]
The Associated Press MONROE, La.–A Louisiana man who rented a motel room for seven men and bought them sausage biscuits has been arrested, because authorities say the seven were escapees from a jail. News outlets report 38-year-old Trevor Toney of Monroe was arrested last week on charges of assisting escape […]
The Associated Press ATHENS, Greece–Greece’s Culture Ministry said three shipwrecks from ancient and mediaeval times and large sections of their cargoes have been discovered off the small Aegean island of Kasos. A statement yesterday said an underwater survey that ended last month also located cannons and other scattered finds–possibly from […]
The Associated Press PRESCOTT, Ariz.–A boulder that mysteriously disappeared two weeks ago from a national forest in Arizona is back, and forest officials aren’t asking any questions. Prescott National Forest officials said a forest employee on patrol Friday noticed that the one-ton boulder dubbed “Wizard Rock” had been returned to […]
Tonight will be cloudy with a chance of flurries and a low of minus-12 C (10 F). Tomorrow will continue with a chance of flurries all day and overnight, bringing a high of minus-five (23) and a low of -15 (5). Thursday will once again bring flurries during the day […]
The Canadian Press IQALUIT, Nunavut–First, someone using a government of Nunavut computer clicked on a link they shouldn’t have. Next, there was a message saying: “If you want your data back, then please contact us this way.” Then, at about 4 a.m. Saturday, the government’s entire computer system went dark. […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Elizabeth May officially left her post as the leader of the federal Green party yesterday after 13 years in the role. May, 65, said she made a promise to her daughter that the 2019 campaign would be her last as leader. The timing of her departure was […]
