The Associated PressDave Campbell MINNEAPOLIS–Each of Dalvin Cook’s first two seasons was interrupted by injury, and the Minnesota Vikings were subsequently much more driven by the pass. His skill set no longer under wraps, Cook has given this Vikings a clear and old-school identity. Cook cruised past the 100-yard mark […]
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Staff The Fort Frances Lakers couldn’t have asked for much of a better start to the SIJHL season. The Lakers routed the Thief River Falls Norskies 8-2 in their home-opener on Friday night before following that up the next night with a comeback 3-2 overtime victory on the road to […]
Staff The Muskie junior girls’ basketball team played well and came away with a 2-2 record at a one-day tournament hosted by the Dryden Eagles on Friday. After winning their NorWOSSA season-opener against the host Kenora Broncos by a 26-14 count last Tuesday, the Muskies again dispatched them in the […]
Staff The second time was the charm for the Muskie football team. Fort High was able to pull away in the second half as they cruised to a 50-25 romp over the Neelin Spartans in Winnipeg High School Football League action last Thursday afternoon in Winnipeg. It was the first […]
The Associated PressAleksandar FurtulaMike Corder and THE AFSLUITDIJK, Netherlands–The Dutch, whose low-lying country is crisscrossed by rivers and bordered by the sea, have been battling with water for centuries. That challenge will only grow as warmer temperatures cause sea levels to rise. With that in mind, the government this year […]
Edith M. LedererThe Associated Press The planet is getting hotter, and tackling that climate peril will grab the spotlight as world leaders gather for their annual meeting at the United Nations this week facing an undeniable backdrop: rising tensions from the Persian Gulf to Afghanistan and increasing nationalism, inequality and […]
Tonight will be clear with a low of 11 C (52 F). Tomorrow will be overcast with a couple of showers late in the afternoon and mainly clear skies at night. Expect a high of 19 (66), while the low will be eight (46). Wednesday will see a couple of […]
Jamie Mountain Christian Armstrong shook hands with emcee Vaughn Murray after he and partner Mark Nault claimed the title at the 21st-annual Rainy River Walleye Tournament on Saturday afternoon under the big tent at Hannam Park. The duo topped the 89-team field with a two-day total of 27.51 pounds for […]
Jamie Mountain Fort Frances Lakers’ defenceman Michael Chapman tried to zoom his way past Thief River Falls Norskies’ defender Greg Paseschnikoff in the offensive zone during the third period of his squad’s 8-2 romp in the SIJHL season-opener for both teams on Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. […]
Ken Kellar Mental health educator Nancy Daley-Fulton gave a presentation on choices and responsible decision making to a group of girls at the seventh-annual “I Am Awesome” self-esteem retreat at Sunny Cove Camp on Friday afternoon. The retreat ran from Thursday until Sunday and offered girls aged 11 to 16 […]
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The Rainy River District Municipal Association (RRDMA) is requesting that the town pass a resolution of support for a Northwestern Ontario Wound Care Centre of Excellence at this evening’s regular council meeting. Rainy River First Nations, Naicatchewenin First Nation and Couchiching First Nation, in collaboration with Fort Frances Chiefs Secretariat […]
By Tali Arbel The Associated Press NEW YORK — It’s a 21st century space race: Amazon, SpaceX and others are competing to get into orbit and provide internet to the earth’s most remote places. And like the last century’s battle for space supremacy that was triggered by the Soviet Union’s […]
