Staff Plenty of pin action is about to return to Plaza Lanes here. The Fort Frances Bowling Club will kick off its 2017-18 season next week, with the Tuesday night league starting Sept. 5 and the Thursday night one on Sept. 7. Club president Mike Behan once again is inviting […]
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Staff Joe Basaraba will need to get his mail forwarded several thousand miles to the southeast. The 25-year-old Fort Frances native was dealt to the Greenville (S.C.) Swamp Rabbits from the Idaho Steelheads in an ECHL transaction last week. Basaraba spent the last two seasons with the Steelheads, notching 46 […]
Nicholas Donaldson In a time-honoured, back-to-school tradition, Grade 3 students at Robert Moore School took turns this morning telling their teacher, Mrs. Enge, what they did during their two-month summer break. Today was the first day of the new school year for students across Rainy River District in both the […]
Duane Hicks Cadance Sinclair, left, and her sister, Mellodey, harvested some cucumbers they grew at the Fort Frances Community Garden yesterday evening during a meeting of the Kids’ Garden Club. Community garden growers of all ages are urged to drop by and check on their crops as many veggies–including peppers, […]
The Canadian Press HOUSTON–Two Quebec women are among the thousands of people caught up in the flooding in Texas caused by Hurricane Harvey–one who can’t leave her home and one who has no idea when she can return home. Emilie Lapointe lives in the Houston area and, like many others […]
The Canadian PressGiuseppe Valiante MONTREAL–There is an overwhelming national consensus that legal marijuana must be priced, taxed, and made available competitively with the black market, the man tasked with leading the drug’s legalization in Canada said yesterday. All the provinces agree more needs to be done to better protect children […]
The Canadian Press KAMLOOPS, B.C.–China shops, beware: a bull is on the loose in British Columbia’s southern Interior. RCMP said the 635-kg bull escaped last week from the BC Livestock Yard in Kamloops, about 350 km northeast of Vancouver. It was spotted on the weekend, just east of Kamloops, but […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–The United Food and Commercial Workers union is endorsing Ontario legislator Jagmeet Singh for federal NDP leader. Union national president Paul Meinema said Singh is the candidate who best represents the interests of his members. He also noted Singh will help expand the party “to new heights […]
The Canadian PressJoan Bryden OTTAWA–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used a mid-mandate mini-shuffle yesterday to shore up his cabinet in two areas where his government has fallen far short of his soaring campaign rhetoric: veterans and indigenous affairs. In the most dramatic move, Trudeau split Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada into […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government has no plans to delete the name of Sir John A. Macdonald–Canada’s first prime minister–from anything under federal responsibility. Trudeau made the comment yesterday outside of Rideau Hall, the Governor General’s residence, following a cabinet shuffle. Ottawa has faced […]
The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS–Sam Bradford pivoted right and saw his completed swing pass to Dalvin Cook become a painful five-yard loss after being swarmed by San Francisco rookie linebacker Reuben Foster. Bradford fumbled from the shotgun on Minnesota’s next snap, pushing the Vikings another seven yards back. The punt, one […]
The Canadian PressDhiren Mahiban TORONTO–September can’t come soon enough for the Blue Jays’ bullpen. Toronto relievers surrendered four earned runs on five hits last night, including a two-run homer to Christian Vazquez, as the Boston Red Sox edged the Jays 6-5. Manager John Gibbons said his ‘pen has been taxed […]
