By Ben Walker The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — From laughingstock to lift off. George Springer and the Houston Astros rocketed to the top of the baseball galaxy Wednesday night, winning the first World Series championship in franchise history by romping past the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 in Game 7. […]
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By Ashraf Khalil The Associated Press WASHINGTON — After years of public controversy and debate, work is finally beginning Thursday on a massive memorial to President Dwight Eisenhower. A groundbreaking ceremony will mark the start of the project, which has been plagued for years by a bitter running fight over […]
The Associated Press NETTUNO, Italy — Pope Francis is underlining the price of war, visiting an American military cemetery and the site of a Nazi massacre in Rome. Francis said the visits Thursday, which mark All Souls’ Day, show that “wars produce nothing more than cemeteries and death. That is […]
By Jon Gambrell The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The CIA’s release of documents seized during the 2011 raid that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has again raised questions about Iran’s support of the extremist network leading up to the Sept. 11 terror attacks. U.S. intelligence officials […]
By Brian Rohan The Associated Press CAIRO — Scientists have found a hidden chamber in Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza, the first such discovery in the structure since the 19th century and one likely to spark a new surge of interest in the pharaohs. In an article published in the […]
By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press Make-ahead meals and cooking for the freezer, once relegated to suburban supermoms who had it more together than the rest of us, are now trendy with the healthy-eating crowd. Sure, we call it “meal prep” but it’s pretty much the same thing: Make good […]
By Mary Clare Jalonick And Eric Tucker The Associated Press WASHINGTON — In three exhaustive hearings this week, executives from Facebook, Twitter and Google acknowledged that their platforms were used by Russia to try and create division over such disparate issues as immigration, gun control and politics. House investigators released […]
Henry MillerSubmitted byFort FrancesSportsmen’s Club It was a good year for bluebirds, with more pairs per trail than in any of the past 26 years of this project. There were problems early on as spring came early, resulting in birds arriving too early. For example, from March 19-23, many tree […]
Duane Hicks Snowplows were out early Friday morning in response to Borderland’s first snowfall of the season. The OPP reported only a few vehicles went into the ditch, including a New Gold bus, but no thankfully no injuries incurred. And don’t put away the snow shovel yet–the short-term forecast calls […]
Nicholas Donaldson Crossroads students Rex Tolten and Monica Empey enjoyed one of the bonfires at the “Project Sunset” fire-making activity held Oct. 19. The students were able to spend the entire afternoon on the trail behind Crossroads School learning about building a fire, cooking outdoors, camp safety, and life lessons […]
Submitted Here’s an image from Calder’s film, “Keewaydah,” which tells the Chanie Wenjack story from another point of view–that of a Métis woman who grew up in Fort Frances before moving to Toronto. Calder uses the time- and labour-intensive process of stop motion animation to bring her “actors” to life.
Duane Hicks The “Candy Man” (Tim Weaver) offered up sweet treats to “Sophie” (Alexis Latter) in a scene from Borealis Bards’ production of Roald Dahl’s “Willy Wonka” on Sunday afternoon at the Backus Community Center in International Falls. The musical, which was part of the Backus 2017-18 Performing Arts Series […]
