By Mosa’Ab Elshamy The Associated Press TIGHANIMINE, Morocco — Bitter cold and exceptionally heavy snowfall have beleaguered parts of Morocco this winter, disrupting schools, closing national highways ‚Äî and delighting residents in cities where it hadn’t snowed for decades. The effects are starkest in the north African nation’s Middle Atlas […]
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By Teresa M. Walker The Associated Press GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of — Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson skated slowly back and forth toward the net, showing forehand, then leaning quickly to the left to fake a backhand that pulled Canadian goalie Shannon Szabados out of the crease. On the sport’s biggest stage, against […]
By Catherine Lucey And Matthew Daly The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Spilling out wrenching tales of lost lives and stolen security, students and parents appealed to President Donald Trump to set politics aside and protect America’s school children from the scourge of gun violence. Trump listened intently to the raw […]
By Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press WASHINGTON — It’s pretty extraordinary for people in their 80s and 90s to keep the same sharp memory as someone several decades younger, and now scientists are peeking into the brains of these “superagers” to uncover their secret. The work is the flip side […]
By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press Does your meatless Monday game need an overhaul? As a meat-eater myself, I find that the trick to meatless meal-making is to have a small repertoire of recipes that can work as a side dish or first course, or be eaten in larger quantities […]
Duane Hicks Students involved with “Project Sunset” at Crossroads School in Devlin held a skating party on Thursday to officially celebrate the community rink they and other partners helped fix up in recent months. “One of Project Sunset’s five pillars is community service,” youth engagement co-ordinator Fiona Gallagher told the […]
Duane Hicks Different location, same family fun. After years of holding its winter carnival at the Lions Park and Fort Frances Public Library, the Friends of the Fort Frances Museum will be hosting “SnOasis 6: Your Winter Fix” at the new Rainy Lake Square in downtown Fort Frances. The family […]
Robin McCormickDevlin correspondent The annual “Lenten Lunch” five-week worship series is being hosted by Knox United Church in Emo. Come and enjoy a short worship service, followed by a soup-and-sandwich lunch for $4, at noon every Wednesday from February 21-March 21. Proceeds will be donated to the Emo and District […]
It was a Happy Valentine’s Day for John Glover of Atikokan, who won the $500 up for grabs that day in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw. Winning $30 for Feb. 11-17 were Doug Wright and Shawn McCaig (Fort Frances), Steven Johanson (Thunder Bay), Sam […]
Press Release The Rainy River District School Board is pleased to announce that two students were successful in earning the board’s Student Travel Scholarship. Samantha Ribey, a Grade 11 student at Atikokan High School, and Shallin Scott-MacNeil, a Grade 10 student at Fort Frances High School, each will receive $1,000 […]
Jamie Mountain The 36th-annual Nestor Falls Winter Carnival is expected to be a great time for all again this year. Running March 2-4, the three days will be chock full of events at the community hall and various other locations around Nestor Falls. The Friday will feature the Nestor Falls […]
Staff Lac Seul Chief Clifford Bull has been nominated to be the PC candidate for the new riding of Kiiwetinoong. It formerly was the northern part of the Kenora-Rainy River riding. Chief Bull is the first candidate to ever be nominated in this new riding, which has a majority indigenous […]
