Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team snagged a pair of road wins last week to improve their NorWOSSA record to 11-2. Facing the host Sioux Lookout Warriors (11-3) last night, the Muskies outlasted their high-powered offence in a 6-4 win. After a shot from the point by Connor Nelson on […]
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Staff The Fort Frances Lakers took care of business over the weekend with a pair of 7-2 wins against the Minnesota Iron Rangers in Hoyt Lakes on Friday and Saturday. The Lakers used a well-balanced attack–getting goals from seven different players Saturday night. Last-place Minnesota (3-40-0-0) did start off strong […]
Staff The Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team showed more of their dominance over the weekend as they compiled a 6-0-1 record en route to claiming the title at the St. Patrick Volleyball Festival in Thunder Bay. Fort High went 3-0-1 in Pool ‘A’ play on Friday, which included straight-sets wins […]
Staff Makenna Henttonen, Martina Woods, Issy Taylor, and Jill Calder each scored twice to pace the Muskie girls’ hockey team to a 14-1 rout of the Sioux Lookout Warriors on Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena that improved their NorWOSSA record to 7-7-0-1. It also was “Seniors’ Night” […]
Duane Hicks Mike Bourre skilfully removed the pelt from a beaver during a trappers’ workshop Saturday morning at the Métis Hall here. The event, hosted by the Rainy River District Trappers Council, saw a good turnout of district residents of all ages. The workshop featured fur-handling demonstrations, contests, and raffles, […]
Jamie Mountain Marissa Kenny (#8) looked to win the face-off against Phoenix Delorme of the Dryden She-Devils during the first period of the Fort Frances Attack Scorpions’ 2-1 win in the PeeWee division’s bronze-medal game yesterday morning at the Ice For Kid in the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association’s PeeWee […]
Duane Hicks Autumn Smeeth and her brother, Chevy, made heart-shaped tissue paper suncatchers during the Craft Club for Kids held Saturday morning at the Fort Frances Public Library. The craft club runs there every Saturday from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Children must be accompanied by an adult for this free activity.
By Kim Tong-Hyung The Associated Press SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — South Korea has chosen its capital, Seoul, for its bid for the 2032 Summer Olympics, which it hopes to jointly host with rival North Korea as a peace gesture. South Korea’s Olympic committee announced the decision after a meeting […]
By Raphael Satter The Associated Press LONDON — When mysterious operatives lured two cybersecurity researchers to meetings at luxury hotels over the past two months, it was an apparent bid to discredit their research about an Israeli company that makes smartphone hacking technology used by some governments to spy on […]
The Associated Press COPENHAGEN — The Norwegian Intelligence Service says GPS signal disruption as seen during major NATO drills in Norway last year “is of particular concern” for the military and “is also a threat to civil aviation in peacetime.” The intelligence agency said Monday in its annual report that […]
The Canadian PressSheryl Ubelacker TORONTO–Researchers have found much deeper links between cardiovascular disease and the risk of cognitive impairment than previously were known, strengthening the message to Canadians that taking steps to prevent heart disease and stroke also protects the brain. A study by researchers at the Heart and Stroke […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Ontario is overhauling its autism program in an attempt to clear a waiting list of 23,000 children, but families and advocates say that backlog will be eliminated at the expense of the amount and quality of treatment. The changes announced yesterday by Children, Community and Social […]
