Staff One more Fort Frances Lakers’ player is confirmed to be coming back while another is on his way out of town. The SIJHL club today announced two moves in advance of its main training camp beginning Aug. 31 at the Ice For Kids Arena. Defenceman Mark Richter will be […]
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Staff They swung for the fences but ran into some walls. The Northern O Selects and the Northern Extremes, both representing Rainy River District, came away from the North American Fastpitch Association (NAFA) World Series in Fargo, N.D. over the weekend with lots of good memories but no titles in […]
Staff The effort was there but the victories were not. Team Ontario’s female indoor volleyball team, with Fort Frances resident Amy Wilson-Hands along as an apprentice coach, finished in fourth place at the Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg over weekend. After going 4-1 during the preliminary round, then beating Saskatchewan […]
Staff The reconstruction of Second Street East from Mowat Avenue to Portage will begin tomorrow morning. As such, the 200 block will be closed to motor-vehicle traffic starting at 6 a.m. At this time, the removal of boulevard trees on the north side of the street, along with the set-up […]
The Associated Press DUNSTABLE, Mass. — A skydiver who was blown off course in Massachusetts has been rescued after spending hours stuck about 70 feet (21 metres) up in a tree. Dunstable police said late Sunday that the man had been removed from the tree more than two hours after […]
By Foster Klug The Associated Press SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — The top U.S. military officer said Monday that the United States wants to peacefully resolve a deepening standoff with North Korea but is also ready to use the “full range” of its military capabilities in case of provocation. The […]
By Russell Contreras And Corey Williams The Associated Press It’s a simple message: Beware of racism in the United States. But Procter & Gamble took a calculated risk with its ad that features black mothers speaking to children about racial bias through the decades. The company says it knew there […]
By Clarice Silber The Associated Press PHOENIX — More than three decades after thieves made off with a valuable painting from the University of Arizona Museum of Art, officials say they have recovered the long sought piece from an antique dealer in New Mexico. The museum that was home to […]
By Dan Sewell The Associated Press CINCINNATI — The parents of an 8-year-old Ohio boy who hanged himself from his bunk bed with a necktie want school officials held responsible, testing the issue of school liability in suicides blamed on bullying. The wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of […]
By The Culinary Institute Of America The Associated Pres Fresh shellfish is one of the hallmarks of a good summer vacation, and it is best eaten barefoot with a sea breeze and chilled rose. But life is not always a beach and we are, regrettably, not always on vacation. Luckily, […]
The Canadian PressDhiren Mahiban TORONTO–The non-waiver trade deadline came and went and Marco Estrada was still a member of the Blue Jays. The relief he’s felt at staying in Toronto has shown in his performances. Estrada has struck out 18 while walking six over 21 innings in his three starts […]
Edith M. LedererThe Associated PressLorne Cook Smugglers have thrown some 280 migrants into the sea off the coast of Yemen in the last two days, causing more than 50 to drown and leaving over 30 missing, the U.N. migration agency said yesterday. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the migrants who […]
