Duane Hicks Volunteer Brandon Gustafson topped up Frank and Dodie Debenedet’s coffee cups Saturday afternoon during the Christmas tea at St. John’s Anglican Church here. A Christmas bazaar and luncheon also was held at Knox United Church that day, along with a tea and bake sale at Zion Lutheran Church. […]
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Jamie Mountain Fort Frances Canadians’ forward Andrew Kehl looked to jam the puck past the Norwest Stars’ goalie during Sunday’s final at the Bantam ‘AA’ tournament held here. The Canadians won the game 7-1 to earn the tourney title with a perfect 5-0 record.
Jamie Mountain Rob Swan posed for a photo at the Fort Frances Curling Club before playing a six-end pick-up game against some local curlers as part of his “Curling Across the Nation” tour. The Harvey Station, N.B. native is visiting rinks across the country trying to raise awareness for the […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–The Ontario government is offering a full tuition refund to students who withdraw from this semester because of the province’s five-week-long college strike. The Ministry of Advanced Education said students will have two weeks from the resumption of classes tomorrow to decide whether or not they want […]
The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–Martine Roy was just 20 years old and less than a year into her chosen career as a medical assistant with the Canadian Armed Forces at CFB Borden when military police suddenly showed up at her workplace to arrest her. They brought her to an interrogation […]
The Canadian PressGemma Karstens-Smith ABBOTSFORD, B.C.–An Abbotsford, B.C. police constable killed in the line of duty was remembered yesterday as dedicated and caring, a man who had a gut-busting sense of humour and a dislike for guns. Thousands of officers and first responders jammed into Abbotsford Centre while members of […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–The Canadian military has launched an investigation after a reservist died during a training accident in Manitoba on Saturday. Cpl. Nolan Caribou, who was an infantryman with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles of the 38 Canadian Brigade Group, was found dead at Canadian Forces Base Shilo. The military […]
Jamie Mountain It was a tough weekend at home for the Fort Frances Lakers as they lost back-to-back games at the Ice For Kids Arena. Former Lakers’ goalie Brandon Bodnar earned his second-straight shutout against his old team as the Thunder Bay North Stars skated to a 2-0 victory Friday […]
From the OPP On Saturday around 11:30 a.m., the Rainy River District OPP, along with the Watten Fire Department and Rainy River District EMS, responded to motor-vehicle collision on Highway 11 near Nickle Lake Road, east of Fort Frances. The driver of an eastbound vehicle crossed the centre line and […]
The Associated Press LONDON — Britain is marking the 70th wedding anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip with a peal of bells, a set of portraits and some commemorative stamps. The then-Princess Elizabeth married naval Lt. Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey on Nov. 20, 1947. Now […]
By Jeff Martin The Associated Press ATLANTA — One of the nation’s largest domed stadiums has been destroyed in a scheduled implosion in downtown Atlanta. Nearly 5,000 pounds of explosives were on hand to blast the Georgia Dome in Atlanta to smithereens Monday at 7:30 a.m. People gathered at windows […]
By John Rogers The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Charles Manson, the hippie cult leader who became the hypnotic-eyed face of evil across America after orchestrating the gruesome murders of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six others in Los Angeles during the summer of 1969, died Sunday after nearly a […]
