Staff Mother Nature decided to put the finishing touches on the Borderland Racing Association season a little earlier than most racers would have liked. A thunderstorm late Saturday afternoon forced the cancellation of the annual “Fan Appreciation Night” races in what would have been the final chance for racers to […]
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Staff Gabe Mastromatteo was busy adding another gold medal to his extensive collection last week. The 16-year-old Kenora native struck gold in the men’s 100m breaststroke on Day 2 of the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championship in Fiji in a tightly contested race on Friday. Mastromatteo touched the wall […]
Staff The good times kept on rolling for Jeff “Gussy” Gustafson and Scott Dingwall over the weekend. Gustafson of Keewatin and Dingwall of Kenora claimed their fifth International Falls Bass Championship title on Saturday afternoon under a packed tent at Smokey Bear Park. “We only had two fish at noon,” […]
Jamie Mountain Get your rackets out and head on down to the Multi-Use Tennis Courts here this weekend (Sept. 1-2). The Fort Frances Multi-Use Tennis Courts committee will be hosting a tennis tournament on Saturday and Sunday for anyone interested. Men’s doubles will run on Saturday with singles going the […]
The Associated Press ALLIANCE, Ohio–European Hornets have been removed after building a large nest in a car in Ohio, in a scene that looked like a horror movie. Travis Watson, who owns The Bee Man, was called into action after the nest was found inside the El Camino on Sunday. […]
The Canadian Press GENEVA–A trade dispute over glossy paper will continue with an appeal to the World Trade Organization, even though the United States announced last month that it had ended countervailing duties on Canadian producers. The WTO announced yesterday that the U.S. Commerce Department had filed an appeal of […]
The Associated PressHoward Fendrich NEW YORK–There was something bittersweet about David Ferrer’s last Grand Slam match. Yes, he got to depart by sharing the court with his friend and Spanish Davis Cup teammate Rafael Nadal, under the lights on the big stage of Arthur Ashe Stadium at the U.S. Open. […]
The Associated PressDavid Ginsburg BALTIMORE–Kendrys Morales took his cuts, and the ball didn’t go out of the park. It happens all the time to the best players in the land. On this occasion, however, Morales’ homerless performance ended his attempt to make baseball history. Morales had his home run streak […]
Tonight will see patchy clouds with a low of six C (43 F). Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy with a high of 20 (68) and a low of nine (48). Thursday will be partly cloudy with an afternoon shower. Expect a high of 22 (72) and a low of 14 […]
Stephanie Hagenaars Nicole LePine, left, showed off her stick weave creation yesterday afternoon, as Julia LePine and Benicio Campello took a break from their artwork to check it out during Community Living Fort Frances and District’s “Open Air Art Studio” at the Shaw room at the Fort Frances Public Library […]
Jamie Mountain Another WHSFL season is almost upon us and the Muskie football team is hard at work preparing for it. The black-and-gold have been holding their annual training camp sessions every weekday afternoon since last Thursday and will continue to do so until school starts next Wednesday (Sept. 5). […]
The Canadian Press ARVIAT, Nunavut–Inuit who were forcibly removed from their traditional lands in the 1950s and starved as a result have reached a compensation deal with the federal government. “We forgive but we will not forget,” said David Serkoak of the Ahiarmiut Relocation Society, representing the descendants of dozens […]
