Jamie Mountain The Muskie girls’ hockey team continues to roll this season. Captain Annalise “CC” Hayes scored twice as the Muskies won round one of their annual “Border Battle” against the International Falls Broncos with a 3-1 victory here Friday night. Hayes opened the scoring nearly midway through the first […]
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Nicholas Donaldson Representatives from the numerous organizations involved gathered outside the Mino Ayaa Ta Win Healing Centre during its grand-opening Friday. Following a ceremonial ribbon-cutting, attendees were able to tour the new residential treatment and detox centre located on Mishkiki Miikan Road about 10 minutes east of Fort Frances. Referrals […]
Duane Hicks Maddisyn Smith squeezed icing onto her Christmas cookie Saturday morning at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. Adults and children alike got tips on how to make attractive holiday cookies thanks to professional baker Kayla Brady.
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Choraliers performed the Christmas cantata, “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” yesterday afternoon at the Townshend Theatre. An encore performance is slated for this Sunday (Dec. 10) at 3 p.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church in International Falls while Rainycrest residents will be given a free […]
Duane Hicks Gillons’ Insurance was among the participants who got 100 percent into the “Christmas Candyland” theme of the annual “Community Christmas Parade” on Saturday evening on Scott Street. The parade included a total of 18 floats (not counting emergency services’ vehicles or Santa’s sleigh). The “Best Theme” award went […]
The Canadian Press An Ontario software developer has become the first Canadian to successfully swim across the Strait of Magellan. Madhu Nagaraja said he completed the swim across the treacherous open-water stretch on the tip of South America on Nov. 29. The 47-year-old from Oakville, Ont. becomes the 23rd person […]
The Canadian PressGemma Karstens-Smith VANCOUVER–Astrophysicist Dr. Gary Hinshaw wasn’t sure what a satellite would find when it launched in 2001. The data it discovered would lead his NASA team to create what Hinshaw describes as the universe’s baby picture. It also set up the researchers for a prestigious science prize […]
The Canadian PressSalmaan Farooqui TORONTO–A move by the Ontario government to limit the prosecution of HIV-positive people who don’t disclose their status to sexual partners is being called a step in the right direction by some HIV-positive people in the province. But they say there’s much more progress to be […]
The Canadian PressJoan Bryden OTTAWA–The Trudeau government is willing to give provinces and territories a bigger share of the revenue from a federal excise tax on cannabis–provided that the extra money is devoted to helping municipalities cope with the impact of legalizing recreational pot. The feds have proposed giving provincial […]
The Canadian PressMorgan Lowrie MONTREAL–Only 10 metres below the streets and parks of a residential Montreal neighbourhood there lies a network of ice age caverns that no human had ever seen until a few weeks ago. The 15,000-year-old caves were discovered in October by a pair of amateur explorers who […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed new senators for Nova Scotia and Manitoba. Mary Coyle, a champion of women’s leadership, gender equality, and the rights of Indigenous Peoples, is the new senator for Nova Scotia. Mary Jane McCallum, a First Nations’ woman who provided vital dental and […]
The Associated Press HONG KONG — The crew of a Cathay Pacific flight saw what it believes was North Korea’s latest missile test last week, the second airline to report sighting it. Cathay said Monday that the flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong reported witnessing the apparent re-entry of […]
