Duane Hicks Construction of the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board’s new eight-bachelor unit apartment building for single individuals continues behind Lady Frances Place on Fifth Street East here. Once complete, the eight-plex will include four units with individual entrances on both the top and bottom floors. Two of […]
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Sam Odrowski Roseneath Theatre brought “Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls” to the Townshend Theatre for local students yesterday afternoon. The play–meant to educate children in Grades 4-8 about gender identify, diversity, and equality–is about a family struggling with their year nine-year-old girl coming out as a boy. The father […]
Jamie Mountain Fort Frances Lakers’ captain Julian Uhryniuk looked to make a play from the end boards during his squad’s 7-2 loss to the Dryden GM Ice Dogs in Game 3 of their best-of-seven semi-final playoff series Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. The Lakers now trail 3-0 […]
The Canadian PressPaola Loriggio TORONTO–Ontario’s newly-minted Progressive Conservative leader will not bring journalists with him on the campaign trail this spring–a rare move experts and critics say suggests the Tories are keen to keep the unpredictable populist politician out of the hot seat as he takes on two more seasoned […]
The Canadian PressLauren Krugel MORLEY, Alta.–RCMP and paramedics were called to a rural home west of Calgary yesterday where an infant was pronounced dead and 14 other people were found suffering from influenza-like symptoms. Cpl. Curtis Peters said Mounties went to a home in Morley, on the Stoney Nakoda First […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Hydro repair crews continue restoring electricity to thousands of homes and businesses affected by a powerful wind storm that raked Ontario yesterday. The Hydro One outage map showed about 38,000 outages by early today, down from a peak of about 88,000. Some areas were not expected to […]
The Canadian PressColette Derworiz EDMONTON–A ban on private rehabilitation of orphaned black bear cubs in Alberta is to be lifted by the province in the coming weeks. The ban, which has been in place since 2010, has meant that bears orphaned in the province have been killed or sent to […]
The Canadian PressJohn Chidley-Hill TORONTO–Facing a late-season collapse, DeMar DeRozan, Kyle Lowry, and the Toronto Raptors focused on what took them to the top of the NBA’s Eastern Conference: defence. DeRozan led the Raptors with 16 points as Toronto earned a crucial 96-78 win over the Boston Celtics last night. […]
The Associated PressPaul Newberry AUGUSTA, Ga.–No matter where Ian Poulter turns, there’s someone with an outstretched hand and congratulatory words. Certainly, no one took a more harrowing path to the Masters. The 42-year-old Englishman was the last player to qualify for the first major of the year, winning last weekend’s […]
The Canadian PressDonna Spencer LAS VEGAS–Brad Gushue decided the best play was not making one at the men’s world curling championship yesterday. The Canadian skip told third Mark Nichols to throw through the rings in the fifth end against Norway instead of drawing or hitting. “I looked at him and […]
From the OPP In the late evening of March 26, members of the OPP’s Community Street Crime Unit, Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, North West Region Emergency Response Team, and the Canine Unit executed a search warrant at a residence in Fort Frances. In executing the warrant, investigating officers seized prohibited […]
Jamie Mountain Jacen Bracko recorded a hat trick to pace the Dryden GM Ice Dogs to a 7-2 romp over the Fort Frances Lakers in Game 3 of their best-of-seven semi-final series Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. With the Ice Dogs holding a commanding 3-0 series lead, […]
