Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team improved their NorWOSSA record to 9-2 after nabbing back-to-back wins against the visiting Red Lake Rams on Saturday and Sunday at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). Jake Barker scored twice to pace the Muskies to a 9-2 romp yesterday afternoon. It didn’t take long for […]
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Press Release The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board would like to confirm that in conjunction with the $15 million provincial investment in capital that is proceeding across the district as listed below, a review of the current service delivery model was completed. •$2.4 million (Rainy River) for retrofit/addition […]
Expect periods of snow tonight, with an additional five-10 cm (two-four inches) of accumulation. The overnight low will be minus-15 C (five F), with south-southeast winds gusting up to 13 km/h. Tomorrow will see some morning snow, with a high of minus-nine (16) and low around minus-21 (six below zero). […]
From the OPP On Jan. 16 around 3:25 p.m., officers from the Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau and Community Street Crime Unit conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle in Dryden. As a result, police seized 24 grams of methamphetamine, as well as several Percocet and hydromorphone pills. The drugs have […]
The Associated Press LA QUINTA, Calif.–Adam Long bounced around golf’s backwoods for years, winning only a lone Hooters Tour event. Now he’s headed to the Masters as a PGA Tour winner. Long won the Desert Classic yesterday at PGA West, beating Hall-of-Famer Phil Mickelson and Canadian Adam Hadwin by a […]
The Canadian PressJoshua Clipperton TORONTO–Mike Babcock felt his team didn’t have a lot of luck. John Tavares thought there were a lot of things to build on. But in the end, all yesterday amounted to was another loss for the scuffling Maple Leafs. Vinnie Hinostroza scored the winner in the […]
By Sharon Cohen And Adam Geller The Associated Press Locked up for life at 15, Norman Brown remains defined by the crime that put him behind bars. Twenty-seven years ago, Brown joined a neighbour more than twice his age to rob a jewelry shop in Chesterfield, Missouri, and the man […]
By Paul Newberry The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — A big comeback. A blown call. And, finally, a booming kick that sent the Los Angeles Rams to the Super Bowl. After rallying from an early 13-0 deficit, the Rams stunned the New Orleans Saints with Greg Zuerlein’s 57-yard field goal […]
By Eddie Pells The Associated Press It began in 2002, back when the Rams were in St. Louis and the Patriots were a plucky underdog standing in the way of a potential dynasty. So much has changed. This hasn’t: Bill Belichick and Tom Brady. The duo, every bit as formidable […]
The Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Two Indiana University researchers whose cavity-fighting formula launched Crest toothpaste in the 1950s will be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Joseph Muhler and William Nebergall will be inducted on May 2 in Washington, along with 17 other inventors and innovators. The […]
By Colette Derworiz The Canadian Press Jeremy Vander Meer had his first experience with salvaging a roadkill moose soon after he moved to Alaska nearly five years ago. “It was pretty easy, actually,” he said in an interview with The Canadian Press. “It was kind of perfect.” The 31-year-old, who […]
By Pan Pylas The Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland — With trust in governments taking a hit since the global financial crisis, people around the world view their employer as the most trusted institution in their lives, according to a survey published Monday. In a survey of trust in institutions that […]
