The Canadian Press WHITE PLANES, N.Y. — A class-action lawsuit filed in a U.S. court alleges six Canadian banks and three others conspired to increase the profitability of their derivatives trading business by manipulating an interest rate benchmark for about seven years. The Fire & Police Pension Association of Colorado […]
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Jamie Mountain Fort Frances Canadians’ forward Klyde LaPlante (6) battled to get the puck from Maccus Kuokkanen of the Neebing Hawks during yesterday’s final of the annual PeeWee ‘AA’ tournament held here. The Hawks won the closely-contested game by a 3-1 margin to claim the tourney title.
Duane Hicks Fort Frances Fire Chief/CEMC Tyler Moffitt chucked another tree onto the trailer Saturday afternoon during the Fort Frances Fire Brigade’s annual Christmas tree pickup. Teams spent the afternoon collecting the trees, of which there seems to be fewer and fewer each year. The trees then were taken to […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Repairs to a bridge in Northwestern Ontario will take nearly three years and delays have pushed the total cost well over the initial $8 million-$12 million estimate, according to documents obtained by The Canadian Press. But the Ontario government is refusing to say just how much […]
The Associated Press HONOLULU–When Jonathan Scheuer got an alert on his phone of a ballistic missile headed for Hawaii, he and his family didn’t know what to do. They went to their guest bedroom, then decided it would be safer on the ground floor of their Honolulu home. “What do […]
Jamie Mountain Don’t look now but the Fort Frances Lakers have themselves a bit of a winning streak. The Lakers swept a home-and-home series with the last-place Minnesota Iron Rangers over the weekend and now have won three-straight games. Adam Withers had a goal and two assists to help the […]
Jamie Mountain It was a dominant weekend for the Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team as they won the Kenora Invitational “Winter Blast” tournament without dropping a single set. The squad went 10-0 in round-robin play, defeating the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora), Kenora Broncos, Westgate Tigers (Thunder Bay), St. Ignatius […]
From the OPP During the early-morning hours of Jan. 10, officers from the North Caribou Lake Police and the OPP responded to a disturbance at a residence in North Caribou Lake First Nation. A subject allegedly broke into a residence and assaulted one of the residents in the home. The […]
From the OPP On Saturday around 5:30 p.m., Dryden OPP officers responded to a multi-vehicle collision on Highway 17 in Machin Township, west of Vermilion Bay. An eastbound SUV lost control and collided with a westbound tractor-trailer unit. The Dryden & Kenora Ambulance and Machin Fire Department attended the scene […]
The Associated PressWill Graves PITTSBURGH–The Jacksonville Jaguars heard the chatter, read the tweets, and Instagram posts. And they got a little confused. Why were the Pittsburgh Steelers talking about the New England Patriots? Didn’t they have to face the Jaguars first before reaching a rematch with the Super Bowl champions? […]
The Associated PressKyle Glaser RALEIGH, N.C.–The Calgary Flames are going so well, they are rolling to easy victories even without their top scorer. Dougie Hamilton scored twice, and Mike Smith made 38 saves, as the Flames ran their winning streak to seven-straight games with a 4-1 victory over the Carolina […]
The Associated PressDave Campbell MINNEAPOLIS–As Case Keenum convened the Minnesota huddle with 10 seconds left last night, the situation staring down the Vikings was as simple as it was daunting. With the go-ahead field goal by the New Orleans Saints that silenced this deafening stadium still fresh in the air, […]
