Staff Three of the four Muskie court sports teams are heading into this Friday’s NorWOSSA playoffs in Dryden on a high note. The senior and juniors girls’ volleyball teams, along with the junior boys’ basketball team, all came away victorious this past Thursday against the host Eagles. The junior boys […]
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Submitted A free lunch for all community volunteers, hosted by the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau and Judy Kielczewski, was held Saturday at the old CN station. More than 80 volunteers dropped by from noon-2 p.m. to have a meal consisting of sloppy joes, coleslaw, potato chips, and dessert.
Jamie Mountain Muskie Cole Magill poured some coffee for those on hand for the team’s annual tea and bake sale Saturday afternoon in the Fort High cafeteria. Admission to the event was $5, which included tea, coffee, sandwiches, and array of desserts. There also were bake and penny tables, along […]
Jamie Mountain Monica Walsh of the Dryden B&B Blazers looked to blast a shot on the Fort Frances PeeWee Venom’s net during her team’s 3-2 loss in Sunday’s gold-medal game of the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association’s PeeWee and Bantam Showcase at the Ice For Kids Arena. The Venom won […]
The Canadian PressStephanie Levitz OTTAWA–Ontario Progressive Conservative party leadership candidate Christine Elliott says if her predecessor can clear his name, he should be able to run for the party in the next election. Patrick Brown resigned as Ontario PC leader late last month after being accused of sexual misconduct in […]
Staff Town council will be asked to approve new rates for loading zones, private rental stalls, and the Portage Avenue parking lot at tonight’s regular meeting. A report from the Planning and Development executive committee recommends that as of July 1, 2018, the annual fees for these each would be […]
By Dylan Lovan The Associated Press FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Dallas Brown can still see the bullets coming for him 50 years later, smacking into the dirt at his feet as north Vietnamese soldiers fired on his platoon during an ambush deep in the jungle. Minutes later, as the deadly […]
By Mike Stobbe The Associated Press NEW YORK — The flu has further tightened its grip on the U.S. This season is now as bad as the swine flu epidemic nine years ago. A government report out Friday shows 1 of every 13 visits to the doctor last week was […]
By Morgan Lowrie The Canadian Press MONTREAL — If you think achieving the yogi’s perfect balance and inner peace is already hard enough hard, just try it with frozen toes. But on Saturday morning, when people were more likely to be waking up over a leisurely cup of coffee, dozens […]
The Associated Press LONDON — All flights in and out of London City Airport were cancelled Monday after a 500-kilogram (1,100-pound) unexploded World War II-era bomb was found nearby in the River Thames. The Metropolitan Police service cleared an area within 214 metres (700 feet) of the bomb, including several […]
By Eric Talmadge THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s younger sister arrived in South Korea on Friday to begin an unprecedented three-day visit in which she will attend the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and then sit down with South […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO — Three Canadian solar panel manufacturers have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government over the 30 per cent tariff it set on solar cell imports last month. Ontario-based Silfab Solar Inc., Heliene Inc., and Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., along with U.S.-based distributor Canadian Solar (USA) […]
