Duane Hicks When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When it gives you snow, make snowmen. As many residents were busy shovelling and using snow blowers over the weekend, some youngsters on Colonization Road West built this jolly fellow. The short-term forecast is for partly cloudy and cold conditions but […]
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Duane Hicks Blues singer Samantha Martin, backed up by her band, “Delta Sugar,” blew away the “Tour de Fort” audience with a powerful performance Friday night at the Townshend Theatre. Next up in the 2017-18 enterainment series is Vancouver-based indie folk collective, “The Fugitives,” who will play here Jan. 18.
Staff After hovering around 109.9 cents/litre for most of the past several months, gas prices here have taken a big jump. Safeway, for instance, was advertising a price of 121.9 cents/litre for regular yesterday afternoon while the Husky station on King’s Highway was listed at 119.9 cents/litre.
The Canadian PressMichelle McQuigge TORONTO–A new survey suggests “millennials” are leading a gradual resurgence of interest when it comes to attending Remembrance Day ceremonies. The poll conducted by Ipsos on behalf of Historica Canada found 29 percent of respondents plan to attend a ceremony to honour fallen soldiers on Nov. […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Ontario has named the first 14 cities where it will set up government-run marijuana stores by this July. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario, which will run the shops through a subsidiary, said Friday the stores will be located in Barrie, Brampton, Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener, London, […]
The Canadian PressMorgan Lowrie MONTREAL–Valerie Plante scored a stunning upset in Montreal’s mayoral election yesterday, defeating incumbent Denis Coderre to become the first woman to win the post. Coderre said just after 10:30 p.m. that he had called Plante to congratulate her. He later announced he was leaving municipal politics. […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–While Canadians gear up for Remembrance Day, new documents show injured veterans are being forced to wait longer than in years past to find out whether they qualify for financial aid. The revelation, contained in internal Veterans Affairs Canada reports, comes amid growing frustration from many injured […]
From the OPP On Saturday at noon, Rainy River District OPP officers received a complainant regarding a motor vehicle in Fort Frances. A citizen reporting he saw a hit-and-run in the east end of town, with the driver failing to remain at the scene. Officers located the vehicle on the […]
Staff The Muskie Midget women’s team finished in ninth place overall out of 34 teams competing at the OFSAA cross-country championships held Saturday in Petawawa. Greta Fedoruk led the way by taking 73rd-place overall individually out of 257 entrants–completing the four-km course in a time of 16:39.1. Ashlyn Beck wound […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers were thumped 9-0 by the Thunder Bay North Stars in SIJHL action Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena here to extend their losing skid to four-straight games. Ryan Mignault and Brendan Gillis both picked up four points each to lead the offensive barrage. […]
By Sam Mednick The Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan — In war-torn South Sudan 1.25 million people are facing starvation, double the number from the same time last year, according to a report by the United Nations and the government released Monday. This country could once again plunge into famine […]
By Jim Vertuno The Associated Press SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — A gunman dressed in black tactical-style gear and armed with an assault rifle opened fire inside a small South Texas church, killing 26 people in an attack that claimed tight-knit neighbours and multiple family members ranging in age from 5 […]
