By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s seemingly unstoppable Mars rover Opportunity has been knocked out by a gigantic dust storm that is enveloping the red planet and blotting out the sun. Officials said Wednesday they’re hopeful the rover will survive the storm, which already covers […]
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By Rob Gillies And David Crary The Associated Press TORONTO — For the first time in decades, one of the world’s most durable and amicable alliances faces serious strain as Canadians ‚Äî widely seen as some of the nicest, politest people on Earth ‚Äî absorb Donald Trump’s insults against their […]
By Eric Olson The Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — If the College World Series is like the rest of the season, there will be lots of strikeouts when the final eight teams play for the national championship at TD Ameritrade Park. Strikeout numbers are the highest on record in college […]
By Josh Lederman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — The United States and its Asian allies worked Thursday to paper over any semblance of disagreement over President Donald Trump’s concession to Kim Jong Un that the U.S. would halt military exercises with South Korea, with Trump’s top diplomat […]
By Laurie Kellman And Emily Swanson The Associated Press WASHINGTON — In some ways, President Donald Trump has brought Tammy Kennedy and her daughter, Sue Ann, together on politics. They don’t agree on every issue Tammy supports abortion rights, for example, while Sue Ann opposes them. Even so, the two […]
By Robin McDowellMargie Mason And Martha Mendoza The Associated Press MONTAUK, N.Y. — Even after winter storms left East Coast harbours thick with ice, some of the country’s top chefs and trendy restaurants were offering sushi-grade tuna supposedly pulled in fresh off the coast of New York. But it was […]
By Paul Wiseman And Christopher Rugaber The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has a point when he lambastes Canada for protecting its dairy farmers with hefty tariffs. But the United States is hardly innocent when it comes to farm protectionism. And the very real difficulties that U.S. dairy […]
It will be partly cloudy tonight, with an overnight low of 10 C (50 F) and south-southwest winds gusting up to 13 km/h. Tomorrow will be partly sunny and hot, with a high of 27 (80) and low around 14 (57). Look for south-southeast winds gusting up to 20 km/h. […]
Duane Hicks Hayden Allam proudly displayed examples of the buttons she makes and sells through her business, “Cute As A Button,” on Friday during the “Mini-Market” held downstairs at Curvy Chick (256 Scott St.) The second such event held this spring, the market saw kids sell homemade products.
Summer reporterStephanie Hagenaars Newly-elected MPP Greg Rickford is eager to serve the people of Kenora-Rainy River and turn issues into opportunities. “All too often up here in Northern Ontario we say we’ve got issues,” Rickford said during a media scrum at his election night headquarters in Kenora on Thursday after […]
Duane Hicks With upgrades to the overpass here about to get underway, the town is hopeful that traffic will be able to be maintained to one lane throughout the duration of the job–or that any possible total road closure will be brief. In response to a question from Mayor Roy […]
Dear editor: In reading last Wednesday’s issue of the Fort Frances Times, I noted with great interest the letter to you from Randy Wilde. This letter impressed me deeply. Mr. Wilde did an excellent job of comparing Doug Ford with Donald Trump. He clearly indicated what Mr. Ford promised to […]
