Marc Stuempfle Mayor June Caul, far left, Borderland Pride co-chair Peter Howie, and Pride March Grand Marshal Trever Bonot watched the Agency One Drum Group drum and sing to open the ceremony Saturday at the Rainy Lake Square for the 300 participants who took part in the Passport to Pride […]
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Glenn Green and Carol VandenEngel got ready to set off from the Point on the last leg of their cross-Canada journey on Thursday. The pair began their 8,515 km canoe journey in 2017 as they set off from Ottawa towards the east coast, with the following year seeing them complete […]
Marc Stuempfle “True North” got the crowd worked up during the Fort Fabulous Drag Show at Club 88 on Friday night. True North displayed some slick moves with greased back hair, manly muscle, and a boisterous attitude. The audience cheered and clapped begging for more, energizing the performance.
Marc Stuempfle Rae Spoon rocked the stage Thursday evening during the second concert in the Rainy Lake Square Concert Series. Spoon, an award-winning non-binary musician and author performed songs from their newest album, “Rae Spoon With Jesus And His Judgemental Father.” Many people turned out to enjoy the musical festivities […]
By Philip Marcelo The Associated Press YARMOUTH, Mass. — Ryan Cooper was a 20-something Californian unsure of his place in the world when he struck up a pen pal correspondence in the 1970s with Otto Frank, the father of the young Holocaust victim Anne Frank. Through dozens of letters and […]
The Associated Press MOORINGSPORT, La. — Sheriff’s deputies in Louisiana say an alligator took a bite out of one of their patrol cars. WBRZ-TV reports deputies were called Monday to Louisiana Highway 1 in Caddo Parish after someone spotted the gator in the middle of the road. The sheriff’s office […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO — A 14-year-old rescue dog who laid her life on the line to save her owner from a charging black bear is among the new inductees into the Purina Animal Hall of Fame. Organizers say Shelby and two other heroic hounds all rescues are being recognized […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO — Norbord Inc. says it plans to indefinitely suspend operations at its mill in 100 Mile House, B.C., because of “extraordinary circumstances” in the region. The wood products company says the planned August curtailment will affect about 160 employees at the oriented stand board mill. The […]
Jamie Mountain You have to score with regularity in order to be successful at the all-Ontarios. The Muskie boys’ soccer team found that out firsthand as they compiled a 1-3 record and only scored a total of two goals at the OFSAA ‘AA’ boys’ championship held in North Bay last […]
File Bryden Strachan, pictured with Northern Lights School of Skating owner/director Ashley Cumming at the NLSS’s achievements and awards gala back in March, was recently honoured as Skate Canada’s 2019 Skate Ontario Section CanSkater of the year.
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Former Muskie football player Jaykob Ryll, pictured here with retired Edmonton Eskimos’ wide receiver Henry “Gizmo” Williams during his time with the NISSAN Kickoff Project back in November, will be taking his talents to Halifax next season.
Jamie Mountain Jason Kabel of Fort Frances smashed the ball to his opponents’ side of the court during his and partner Bob Tkachuk’s loss to John Viviano (Iowa) and Clint Barton (Fort Frances) in the championship game of a men’s doubles tennis tournament held at the multi-use tennis courts here […]
