The Canadian Press WARWICK, Que.–It took about 1,000 kilograms of cheese curds, but a small town in central Quebec believes it has broken the world record for the biggest poutine. Three cheesemakers in the town of Warwick joined forces on Saturday to make the winning fries, gravy and cheese concoction […]
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The Associated Press PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla.–A Florida woman says lightning destroyed her septic tank and caused a toilet in her house to explode. Marylou Ward tells television station WINK News that the sole toilet in her Port Charlotte home was shattered into hundreds of pieces on Sunday. Ward says the […]
The Associated Press Chicago isn’t quite ready to say see you later, alligator. The Chicago Sun Times reports that officers serving a search warrant at a northwest side house found a three-foot alligator along with some guns and drugs. They turned the alligator over to animal control. The discovery comes […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–The Toronto International Film Festival is introducing a new director’s prize, and the first recipient will be New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi. Festival co-heads Joana Vicente and Cameron Bailey say the TIFF Ebert Director Award will be handed out at the inaugural Tribute Gala, which will also […]
Tonight will be clear with a low of 10 C (50 F). Tomorrow will be sunny and nice. Expect a high of 24 (75) and a low of 11 (52). Saturday will be mostly cloudy. Expect a high of 26 (79) and a low of 13 (55). In the extended […]
Staff The Fort Frances Her-icanes took another giant step towards their attempted title defence last night. Taylor Pagee homered to pace the third-seeded Her-icanes to a 6-2 upset win over the second-seeded Raiders in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League Winner’s Side playoff action at Couchiching. Mariah Leahy pitched well […]
Staff The goals were hard to come by in the first game of the Borderland Soccer League men’s division playoffs. A first-half goal was all they needed as second-place CJ Contracting blanked third-place Manitou Forest Products 1-0 last night in the opener of the two-game, total-goals semi-final at the St. […]
Jamie Mountain CJ Contracting keeper Jacob Albright was able to leap higher than Connor Nelson of Manitou Forest Products to make a difficult save during the second half of his squad’s 1-0 win in the first leg of the Borderland Soccer League’s men’s division semi-final last night at the St. […]
Collin Howarth, left, and Keifer McKinnon played with circuit boards during the Fort Frances Public Library’s “Mad Science Day” yesterday on the facility’s front lawn. The event featured a day of wacky and wild science experiments, along with a live show of demonstrations by real scientist, Connie Schwartz. -Sam Odrowski […]
Staff Work is progressing well on the reconstruction of Second Street East from Portage Avenue to Victoria Avenue. The water main work in the Victoria Avenue intersection is now complete. Disinfection and testing still remain before these mains are put into service. Sanitary sewer and water mains and services are […]
Ken Kellar Award-winning blues musician Suzie Vinnick played to an enthusiastic crowd at Cornell Farms last night. Vinnick is a 10-time winner of the Maple Blues Award and was the voice behind the “Always Fresh, Always Tim Hortons” jingle. The next barn concert at Cornell Farms is “Ragged Road” on […]
Sam Odrowski Dairy Queen co-owner Christin Thomson this morning held up two of the Miracle Treat Day Blizzards that will be distributed to over 15 local businesses today for the nation-wide fundraiser. All of the proceeds made from each Blizzard sale today (Aug. 8) will be donated to the Children’s […]
