Staff The Fort Frances Lakers quickly are learning why the Dryden GM Ice Dogs have been the cream of the crop in the SIJHL the past few seasons. A pair of weekend wins, including a 7-2 romp Friday night and then a 5-2 win on Saturday, has the Ice Dogs […]
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From the OPP On Saturday around 2:40 p.m., members of the Kenora OPP responded to a report of a sudden death at a residence on Hawk Lake Road in Kenora. Officers attended and it was confirmed a 62-year-old female and a 57-year-old male, both from Kenora, were deceased. Members of […]
Sam Odrowski Ted DeBenetti handed out candy outside of “A Buck or Two” during the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s fifth-annual “Egg-stravaganza” event that took place Saturday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the downtown core. Hundreds of children filled their Easter baskets with chocolates and candy from the 16 participating businesses […]
Staff Heather Wright drew the April “Trip of the Month” draw winner while her father-in-law and Kiwanian Robin Wright looked on this morning at International Travel Services here. Lawrence Armstrong of Pinewood will be heading to Berlin, Germany–a trip valued at $4,500. Next month’s trip is to Reykjavik, Iceland ($4,000).
Sam Odrowski Trish McQuaker of J.R Watkins sold various products during an “Easter Market” presented by the Rainy River District Farmers’ Market on Saturday from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Copper River Inn. It featured 36 vendors and was busy with shoppers for all six hours.
The Canadian PressMorgan Lowrie MONTREAL–An American warship stuck in Montreal since Christmas Eve finally has resumed its trip to its home port in Florida, the U.S. Navy confirmed Saturday. The USS Little Rock was commissioned in Buffalo, N.Y. on Dec. 16 but was trapped by ice at the Port of […]
The Canadian PressLee Berthiaume OTTAWA–The six military helicopters that Canada plans to send to Mali could be used to move more than peacekeepers: they could be called upon to support a multinational counter-terrorism force also operating in the country. The UN Security Council in December authorized the peacekeeping mission in […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA–Georgette LeBlanc looks around the parliamentary library in the Centre Block and admits she was last in the building in high school. The Quebec poet will be spending a lot more time in this library over the next two years during her term as parliamentary poet […]
The Canadian PressSalmaan Farooqui Hundreds of people spent their Easter long weekend searching for a missing boy from a small southern Ontario community who was swept away in the Grand River during a recent flood. Searchers from several nearby communities have been congregating just outside Orangeville, Ont. every day for […]
The Canadian PressKelly Geraldine Malone WINNIPEG–Canada’s Indigenous Services minister says Ottawa has fully complied with the orders of a 2016 ruling from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal which said the federal government discriminates against indigenous children. “We have turned a corner,” Jane Philpott told The Canadian Press. “We will reach […]
By John Marshall The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — A wild, entertaining season and one of the maddest Marches in college basketball history has reached its pinnacle. Villanova and Michigan, prolific offence vs. stifling defence, a national title on the line, Monday night in San Antonio. The Wildcats and their […]
The Associated Press MENDOCINO, Calif. — An SUV carrying a large, free-spirited family from Washington state accelerated straight off a scenic California cliff and authorities said the deadly wreck may have been intentional. Information pulled from the vehicle’s software shows it was stopped at a flat, dirt pull-off area before […]
