The Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary will hold its monthly supper, featuring roast pork and all the trimmings, today (Nov. 24) at 5:30 p.m. upstairs at the Legion (doors open at 4:30). The cost is $15/person, with a 50/50 draw also being held. Take-outs available by calling 274-3772. The St. Mary’s Youth […]
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Look for occasional flurries tonight, with an overnight low of minus-11 C (12 F). Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy, with a high of minus-four (25) and low around minus-seven (19). Cloudy skies also are forecast for Sunday, along with a high of minus-three (27) and low dipping to minus-nine (16). […]
Expect partly cloudy skies tonight, with an overnight low of minus-three C (27 F). Tomorrow will see evening flurries, with a high of four (40) and low around minus-10 (13). Clearing skies are forecast for Saturday, along with a high of minus-four (24) and low dipping to minus-eight (17). Then […]
Jamie Mountain The Memorial Sports Centre wasn’t a friendly place for the visiting Kenora Broncos on Tuesday night as the Muskie boys’ hockey team skated to a 9-1 win while the girls’ squad cruised to a 20-2 rout. Eric Pitkanen and Cole Magill both scored twice and added an assist […]
Jamie Mountain The Thief River Falls Norskies have been a handful for the Fort Frances Lakers so far this season. That trend continued last night. Mitchell Soderberg had a four-point night as the Norskies doubled the Lakers 4-2 at the Ralph Engelstad Arena. The loss was the Lakers’ third-straight while […]
The Associated PressJeffrey Bernstein NEW YORK–An eight-minute stretch of the third quarter was all the Knicks needed to turn a double-digit deficit into an insurmountable lead. Tim Hardaway Jr. scored a career-high 38 points, including 12 during a 28-0 run in the third that sent New York to a 108-100 […]
The Associated PressNoah Trister DETROIT–In many ways, the Thanksgiving games mark the beginning of the NFL’s stretch drive. For the Detroit Lions, this may be the final chance to stay in the race for a division title. The Lions hosted the Minnesota Vikings earlier today in a game that drastically […]
The Associated PressGreg Beacham LOS ANGELES–The Winnipeg Jets have figured out ways to prevent their losses from lingering this season. The L.A. Kings, meanwhile, are in a two-week funk–and it finally knocked them out of first place in the Pacific Division. Adam Lowry and Patrik Laine scored as the Jets […]
The Associated PressFrazier Moore NEW YORK–David Cassidy could sell the heck out of uncertainty. “I Think I Love You,” the smash hit that in 1970 launched the Partridge Family musical group plus the ABC comedy-with-songs show of the same name, found Cassidy centre stage delivering such lyrics as “I think […]
The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine–Maine officials say a new species of wasp has been discovered. The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry said University of Maine student Hillary Morin Peterson discovered the species while conducting work for her thesis. The department announced the discovery yesterday. The Brunswick resident named […]
The Associated PressGillian Flaccus PORTLAND, Ore.–Wolves once were so plentiful in the abundant forests that would become Oregon that the earliest settlers gathered from far and wide to discuss how to kill them. Those “wolf meetings” in the 1840s, spawned by a common interest, eventually led to the formation of […]
Staff Abbie Kenny’s poster was deemed the top entry among Fort Frances High School students in the Fort Frances Lions’ annual peace poster contest held recently. The other first-place winners were Joyce Wu (Robert Moore), Shya Lee Johnson Luoma (J.W. Walker), Camile (St. Francis), and Gracie Smith (Crossroads).
