Jamie Mountain A local football player will get to showcase his skills to former NFL coaches and players next week. Jaykob Ryll was selected from thousands of applicants to attend the Pro Football Hall of Fame Academy’s International/Rising Stars football camp slated for July 17-19 at the Pro Football Hall […]
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Staff The stars will be shining brightly once again in the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League. Rosters have been announced for the annual all-star game, which is set for next Wednesday (July 18) at 7 p.m. at Manitou. Team #1 features Marissa Kerry (Her-ricanes) and Rylee Redford (Angels) at […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers have added some size and versatility up front with their signing of forward Isaac Baron last week. The Burnsville, Mn. native comes to Fort Frances after spending last season in the NA3HL with the Iowa Bulls and La Crosse Freeze. In 22 regular-season games […]
Staff Cindy Major and Roxanne Handorgan played the role of the “bash sisters” in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action Monday night. Both clubbed homers to pace the Big Grassy Lynx (6-7) to a narrow 13-11 win over the Manitou T-Birdies (3-10). Candace Handorgan earned the win while Summer […]
The Associated Press VATICAN CITY — The Vatican is drafting guidelines to help Catholic dioceses find appropriate ways to decommission unneeded churches so they don’t end up as discos, gymnasiums or gelato shops. The Vatican’s culture ministry is teaming up with Rome’s Jesuit-run Pontifical Gregorian University and the Italian bishops’ […]
The Associated Press WASHINGTON–U.S. President Donald Trump chose Brett Kavanaugh, a solidly-conservative, politically-connected judge, for the Supreme Court, setting up a ferocious confirmation battle with Democrats as he seeks to shift the nation’s highest court ever further to the right. A favourite of the Republican legal establishment in Washington, Kavanaugh, […]
The Associated Press MAE SAI, Thailand–A daring rescue mission in the treacherous confines of a flooded cave in northern Thailand has saved all 12 boys and their soccer coach who were trapped deep within the labyrinth, ending a gruelling 18-day ordeal that claimed the life of an experienced volunteer diver […]
The Associated PressRod McGuirk CANBERRA, Australia–Wildlife rangers said today that they had trapped a 4.7-metre-long (15-foot) saltwater crocodile–the largest they had ever caught in the northern Australian Katherine River and in an upstream region popular with tourists that is thought relatively safe from the killer predators. Northern Territory Parks and […]
The Associated PressSeth Borenstein WASHINGTON–The centre of our galaxy is teeming with black holes, sort of like a Times Square for strange super gravity objects, astronomers have discovered. For decades, scientists theorized that circling in the centre of galaxies, including ours, were lots of stellar black holes–collapsed giant stars where […]
Stephanie Hagenaars It was a sunny day to kick off “Pride Week” here yesterday and people of all ages took advantage as they gathered at the new Rainy Lake Square to take part in an open air art studio held by Community Living Fort Frances and District. Ethan and Harley […]
The Canadian PressJanice Dickson OTTAWA–Greyhound Canada, for decades a critical link connecting the country’s small towns and isolated communities with bigger urban centres, is pulling away for good in the Prairies, B.C., and Northern Ontario, leaving activists and Indigenous leaders fearing for the health and welfare of those who live […]
The Associated Press LONDON–Seven-time champion Serena Williams advanced to the Wimbledon semi-finals with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Camila Giorgi of Italy today. Williams dropped her first set at this tournament as the 52nd-ranked Giorgi produced an impressive display of power and accuracy in the opener. But Williams lifted […]
