The Associated PressJay Cohen CHICAGO–Alex Avila felt for Raffy Lopez. It was quite a day for catchers. Avila capped Chicago’s three-run 10th inning with a two-run single as the Cubs swept the Toronto Blue Jays with a wild 6-5 victory yesterday afternoon. With two outs and the bases loaded, Avila […]
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The Associated PressMarcia Dunn Americans with telescopes, cameras, and protective glasses staked out viewing spots along a narrow corridor from Oregon to South Carolina today to watch the moon blot out the midday sun in what promised to be the most observed and photographed eclipse in history. Eclipse-watchers everywhere–and millions […]
The Associated PressJill Lawless LONDON–With a dozen deep bongs, Britain’s “Big Ben” sounded the hour for the last time today before falling silent for repair work due to last almost four years. The giant bell atop Parliament’s clock tower rang out at noon, as it has almost every hour since […]
Staff It was not their weekend to howl. The Sight & Sound Wolves had their stay at the North American Fastpitch Association (NAFA) ‘A’ Division World Series in Fargo, N.D. end Saturday with a 6-4 loss to Oregon’s NW Braves in a Losers’ Bracket elimination game. That left the Wolves […]
Staff An inning after an insect attack, Kayla Windego delivered a sting of her own that proved fatal to the Northwest Bay Beavers’ season. Windego tripled home the tying run with two out, then wound up scoring on the play after the Beavers’ second error of the inning gave the […]
Joey Payeur Gavin Paull of Fort Frances (16) nosed his way in front of Rene Poluyko (Tyndall, Man.) during the second heat of the WISSOTA Modifieds division Friday evening on the first of two nights of the annual Rea Memorial staged by the Borderland Racing Association at the Emo Speedway. […]
Joey Payeur The official conclusion of a project a year-and-a-half in the making came late Friday morning as the grand opening was held for the Fort Frances Multi-Use Courts facility at the back edge of the property at St. Francis School. On hand for the ceremonial ribbon-cutting were project chairman […]
Nicholas Donaldson Jim Strachan worked to remove a brick in the pathway at the Lions Park on Second Street East yesterday afternoon to replace it with one bearing the names of his father and mother, Milton and Hazel Strachan. Twenty-seven bricks were placed in memory of loved ones who have […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL–Tensions boiled over in Quebec City yesterday as police were pelted by beer bottles and smoke bombs set off in garbage cans in an ugly end to a weekend of pro- and anti-immigrant rallies. The Quebec group La Meute, which is associated with the far right, called […]
The Associated PressLindsey Bahr LOS ANGELES–Jerry Lewis, the manic, rubber-faced showman who jumped and hollered to fame in a lucrative partnership with Dean Martin, settled down to become a self-conscious screen auteur and found an even greater following as the tireless, teary host of the annual muscular dystrophy telethons, has […]
The Canadian PressAlexander Panetta WASHINGTON–North American countries concluded their first round of negotiations toward a new continental trade agreement yesterday with a statement that suggested major issues needed to be sorted out in the talks ahead. A joint statement from the three countries couldn’t even agree what to call this […]
Duane Hicks It looks like the town could be moving forward with the development of a new subdivision. Council will vote tonight on a recommendation to tender the Erin Crescent subdivision. If approved, the development of the 27-lot subdivision will be tendered, with intent that the sewer and water installation […]
