Staff It was a very cold night last Tuesday for Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League play, which resulted in not a lot of guys coming out and the RBC Lions suffering their first loss of the season. The first game of the night saw the Muskies taking on Sunset Landscaping. […]
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Staff It was a tough weekend for the Fort Frances Lakers. The squad let a two-goal second-period lead slip away Friday night en route to a 5-4 overtime loss to the host Thief River Falls Norskies before following that up with a 5-2 setback at the hands of the visiting […]
Staff Talk about an impressive showing by the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team. The black-and-gold won all three of their games en route to claiming the title at the Kenora Invitational Tournament hosted by the Broncos on Friday and Saturday. The Muskies opened play Friday afternoon with a 65-52 win […]
Staff Austin Armstrong scored twice to pace the Muskie boys’ hockey team to a 4-2 win over the International Falls Broncos in the finale of their annual two-game “Border Battle” exhibition series Thursday night in front of a full house at the Ice For Kids Arena. The Muskies swept the […]
It will be partly cloudy tonight, with an overnight low of minus-22 C (seven below zero F) and north winds gusting up to 18 km/h. Tomorrow will see a mix of sun and clouds, with a high of minus-16 (three) and low around minus-18 (zero). Look for east-northwest winds gusting […]
By Cassandra Szklarski The Canadian Press TORONTO — An emotional sentencing hearing for the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash laid bare the unrelenting pain of family members who lost loved ones in the sudden tragedy. There were heartbreaking accounts of grief and anger, and calls […]
By Carla K. Johnson The Associated Press A new Super Bowl commercial aims to calm frenzied football fans with oddly relaxing images of actress Zoe Kravitz whispering into a pair of microphones and softly tapping on a bottle. The beer ad already has drawn more than 10 million views and […]
By Barry Wilner The Associated Press ATLANTA — If the Super Bowl was a chili cook-off, it would come down to the sweetness of baked beans representing New England against the spicy punch of jalapenos coming out of Los Angeles. Tough choice. Hormel’s master chef Kenneth Temple, a native of […]
By Mae Anderson The Associated Press NEW YORK — This year some of the Super Bowl ads that grabbed the greatest buzz were surprises, like Bud Light’s “Game of Thrones” teaser. Other crowd-pleasers focused on humour, like Amazon’s take on celebrity product testers. While the New England Patriots bested the […]
By Deb RiechmannRobert Burns And Matthew Lee The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is poised to announce Friday that it is withdrawing from a treaty that has been a centerpiece of superpower arms control since the Cold War and whose demise some analysts worry could fuel a new […]
By Rod McGuirk THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia — Australia sweltered through its hottest month on record in January and the summer of extremes continued with wildfires razing the drought-parched south and flooding in expanses of the tropical north. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology confirmed the January record on Friday as […]
By Kevin Sutherland The Associated Press KIMBERLEY, South Africa — A special airlift for thousands of baby flamingos is under way in South Africa as drought has put their breeding ground in peril. A reservoir that hosts one of southern Africa’s largest flamingo populations is drying up. The flamingo eggs […]
