Tonight will be cloudy with a couple of thunderstorms this evening and a low of 11 C (52 F). Tomorrow will be cloudy and cooler. Expect a high of 17 (63) and a low of eight (46). Thursday could see a couple of afternoon showers along with a high of […]
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Sam Odrowski Shaun Milner helped her granddaughter, Ryden Skirten, paint a bird feeder at Community Living Fort Frances and District’s Open Air Art Studio yesterday evening at Legion Park. These free drop-in art sessions happen nearly every week at various locations through the town all summer long with the next […]
Jamie Mountain Heather Wright of the Fort Frances Mud Dogs looked upwards to track exactly where an infield popup was in the sky during her squad’s 12-7 win over the Big Grassy Lynx in a loser’s side playoff matchup in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action yesterday evening at […]
Jamie Mountain Alexandra Malgo practised on returning shots during a free “Basics of Tennis Workshop” this morning at the Multi-Use Tennis Courts here. The workshop was sponsored by the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre in conjunction with the Multi-Use Courts Committee and was open to both children and adults. […]
The Canadian PressJanice Dickson OTTAWA–The federal government says it will not consider decriminalizing drugs beyond marijuana, despite calls from Canada’s major cities to consider the measure. As the opioid epidemic washes over the country, Montreal and Toronto are echoing Vancouver and urging the federal government to treat drug use as […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Researchers at the Toronto Zoo say they’re excited to have captured several endangered bats in the Great Toronto Area this month. The zoo’s Native Bat Conservation Program says the northern myotis is one of four endangered bat species in Ontario. They say the northern myotis weighs less […]
The Canadian PressKelly Geraldine Malone WINNIPEG–A cultural club in Winnipeg said one of its board members has agreed to resign after it hosted a meeting for the Canadian Nationalist Party over the weekend. The Belgian Club said in a statement posted to Facebook that a junior member of its staff […]
By Nicole Winfield The Associated Press VATICAN CITY — The largest association of Roman Catholic nuns in the United States urged its members Monday to report any sexual abuse of religious sisters by clergy and demanded that church authorities “take action to end a culture of silence, hold abusers accountable […]
By Janet McConnaughey The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Huge sculptures of sea life are dotted about New Orleans’ aquarium and zoo , all of them made from plastic trash that washed ashore. There’s a great white shark made partly of bottle caps and beach toys and a jellyfish made […]
The Associated Press PAINESVILLE, Ohio — A judge known for unique sentences has ordered a man who knocked over a port-a-potty to clean manure out of animal pens at a county fairgrounds in Ohio. Judge Michael Cicconetti recently suspended most of a 120-day jail sentence for 18-year-old Bayley Toth, who […]
By Amir Vahdat The Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian officials reacted skeptically on Tuesday to President Donald Trump’s comments that he’s willing to negotiate with his Iranian counterpart, saying instead that if Trump wants talks, he needs to rejoin the international nuclear deal he unilaterally pulled out of earlier […]
By Michael Rubinkam The Associated Press Eight states are filing suit against the Trump administration over its decision to allow a Texas company to publish downloadable blueprints for a 3D-printed gun, contending the hard-to-trace plastic weapons are a boon to terrorists and criminals and threaten public safety. The suit, filed […]
