Staff Dayton Brady of Devlin nabbed the checkered flag in the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds feature at the new Lake of the Woods Speedway in Kenora on Sunday. Former Emo resident Christopher Leek was second while other local driver, Ritchie Lapointe, was fourth and newcomer Brendan Morand finished sixth. In the […]
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Duane Hicks D.J. McKay made a polymer clay creation as Marcy Loveday looked on yesterday at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. The workshop, where participants made shapes out of clay and then baked and shellacked them, marked the last of Community Living Fort Frances and District’s “Open Air […]
Jamie Mountain Grace Petsnick looked to dish a pass to a teammate during a Muskie senior girls’ basketball practice yesterday afternoon at Fort High. The black-and-gold are slated to play in an exhibition tournament in Thunder Bay this weekend, then will open the NorWOSSA regular season at home next Thursday […]
The Canadian Press WINNIPEG–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is sounding a cautionary note about the recreational use of marijuana, saying that consuming it could have consequences for Canadians crossing the border into the United States. Trudeau made the comment during an interview on CBC Manitoba hours before a visit to Winnipeg. […]
The Canadian PressLiam Casey TORONTO–A plant that can take about a decade to produce a flower that emits a scent akin to rotting flesh is set to bloom this week at the Toronto Zoo–years ahead of schedule. The corpse flower, a native of Indonesia, will bloom for just eight-36 hours […]
The Canadian PressJanice Dickson OTTAWA–A dragon, a marijuana activist, and a former Tory MP who backed maverick MP Maxime Bernier’s leadership campaign now are throwing their weight behind his fledgling new political party. Bernier, who spent much of the last year butting heads with Conservative leader Andrew Scheer over party […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Ontario Premier Doug Ford yesterday took the unprecedented step of invoking a rarely-used charter provision known as the notwithstanding clause to push ahead with his plan to slash the size of Toronto’s city council in the middle of an election–despite a court deeming the move unconstitutional. […]
The Canadian Press WINNIPEG–A Winnipeg man has won a $2-million lottery prize–five months after he won $1.5 million. Melhig Melhig, a double winner with a double name, said he’s amazed and happy by his good fortune. His first win came in April with a scratch ticket bought at a Winnipeg […]
The Associated PressSteve Karnowski MINNEAPOLIS–The Trump administration on Thursday lifted a roadblock to copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of northeastern Minnesota, reversing a decision made in the final days of the Obama administration. The Obama administration, in late 2016, withdrew around 234,000 acres of the Rainy […]
The Associated PressDarlene Superville SHANKSVILLE, Pa.–U.S. President Donald Trump today remembered the “band of brave patriots” aboard a Sept. 11 flight that crashed in Pennsylvania, praising passengers and crew members who resisted hijackers and sent a message that the nation would “never, ever submit to tyranny.” Trump honoured those killed […]
It will be cloudy tonight, with the chance of an evening thunderstorm. Look for an overnight low of 14 C (57 F) and west winds gusting up to 17 km/h. Tomorrow will see cloudy skies and a chance of showers, with a high of 22 (72) and low around 16 […]
The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS–Gary Sanchez was struggling since coming off the disabled list–and the N.Y. Yankees were off to a so-so September start. Facing the Minnesota Twins seems to be a cure-all. Sanchez had three hits, including a mammoth home run, while J.A. Happ tossed six shutout innings as the […]
