Staff Their overall score was better but the Muskie golf team couldn’t overcome a heavenly performance by a single Saint. The black-and-gold improved by eight strokes as a group Tuesday in Kenora from their NorWOSSA season-opening victory last week in Sioux Lookout. But an impressive round of 74 by Noden […]
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Submitted Teacher Robert Guertin and his Grade 12 manufacturing class showed off the six new MIG welders Fort Frances High School was able to purchase with funding from the Canadian Welding Association Foundation.
Duane Hicks Looking for a hobby now that autumn is just around the corner? Why not try knitting? Kim Erickson deftly worked her needles yesterday during a gathering of the “Fireside Yarn Club” at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. The group meets there every Wednesday from 6-7:45. p.m., […]
The Canadian PressBob Weber An extensive survey of 903 species of Canadian birds, fish, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians over more than four decades has found half of them are in serious population decline. Declining species lost a total of 83 percent of their numbers between 1970 and 2014, says the […]
The Canadian PressMichelle McQuigge TORONTO–One of Canada’s most high-profile forecasters is projecting comparatively mild temperatures and dry conditions for much of Canada this fall. The Weather Network says temperatures are expected to be near or above seasonal norms from coast to coast, with only momentary flashes of prospective winter conditions. […]
The Canadian Press WETASKIWIN, Alta.–Volunteers with an animal sanctuary south of Edmonton are celebrating the safe return of a blind goat named “Daisy” who they believed had been abducted from their property earlier this week. The Farm Animal Rescue and Rehoming Movement near Wetaskiwin had offered a $10,000, no-questions-asked reward […]
The Canadian PressBob Weber GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut–A tiny dot of fuschia bobs livid against the deep blue Arctic sea at a GPS point known only to selected researchers and the few local hunters who guard it. Anchored somewhere in Wilmot and Crampton Bay off Queen Maud Gulf, the buoy could […]
The Canadian Press CALGARY–A University of Calgary researcher is asking for the public’s help in locating pieces of a meteor that lit up the sky before crashing to earth in southeastern British Columbia on Labour Day. The meteor was seen by witnesses across B.C., Alberta, and Saskatchewan, as well as […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones SUDBURY, Ont.–Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne denied in court yesterday that she promised a New Democrat MP a cabinet position to get him to leave his party and run for the provincial Liberals. The premier is a witness in the trial of two Liberals who are charged […]
The Canadian PressAndy Blatchford OTTAWA–Youth health experts are warning the federal government that its push to legalize recreational cannabis should be accompanied by extensive public education and prevention campaigns that spell out the serious risks of pot consumption on adolescent brains. Parliamentarians heard this message numerous times yesterday during a […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–More than 50,000 people could lose their jobs if the Ontario government goes ahead with its plan to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2019, the province’s financial watchdog said Tuesday in a report that assessed the economic impact of the proposed increase. […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers will be fine with not seeing Clayton Brown for a while. After scoring a pair of goals here Friday, Brown netted the game-winner on the power play last night in Hoyt Lakes to give the Minnesota Iron Rangers a 3-2 victory and a sweep of […]
