Joey Payeur Troy Norman of Fort Frances let out a yell as he and partner Jay Samsal of Kenora held aloft the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship trophy for the second-straight year on Saturday under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina.
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Kiera Kowalski Brianna Eldridge first swooned the judges with her bluesy rendition of Alannah Myle’s “Black Velvet,” then topped fellow competitor Dave Miller when the two faced off to The Tube’s “She’s a Beauty” in the final “Battle Song” to earn top spot at this year’s “Quest for the Best” […]
The Canadian PressKristy Kirkup OTTAWA–Ontario Health minister Eric Hoskins has announced funding for 20 full-time mental health workers for Pikangikum First Nation–a remote community struggling with a suicide crisis and pressing mental health needs from about 380 people seeking counselling. The mental health workers will be going to the reserve, […]
The Canadian Press KELOWNA, B.C.–While many teens spend summers relaxing, a 17-year-old from Kelowna, B.C. has been pushing her body and mind to the limits–and raising thousands of dollars for charity in the process. Emily Epp swam across the English Channel earlier this month in a gruelling trek that took […]
The Canadian PressMaija Kappler Before the Internet, before TV or radio, even before newspapers, there was an earlier source for news: the town crier. This past weekend, dedicated Ontario criers gathered for some competition paying tribute to one of the world’s oldest methods of communication–and a wedding. Once a year, […]
Joey Payeur The rest of the teams in the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship now have another full year to figure out how to beat Troy Norman and Jay Samsal. That might not be long enough. The Fort Frances-Kenora duo came through in the clutch Saturday with a 17.72-pound haul […]
Staff Fort Frances Lakers’ hockey fans can start planning their social calendars for this fall and winter. The SIJHL announced its 56-game regular-season schedule Friday, with the Lakers getting into action on opening night when they host the Thief River Falls Norskies on Friday, Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at […]
Staff Ontario plans to deploy more than 150 additional personnel to British Columbia over the next few days. There currently are 430 staff supporting B.C. in its fire management efforts. The 140 Ontario personnel from the first wave of resources Ontario provided to B.C. in mid-July are expected to return […]
The Canadian PressJoanna Smith OTTAWA–The number of cannabis-related offences reported to police declined for the fifth-straight year, Statistics Canada said today as it released its annual report on police-reported crime. There were about 55,000 offences related to marijuana reported to police in 2016, about 6,000 fewer than reported the year […]
The Associated PressMichael Marot INDIANAPOLIS–Kasey Kahne needed a break yesterday–and got it. The 37-year-old driver barely reached the overtime line before the last caution flag came out in a crash-marred Brickyard 400, allowing Kahne to complete a six-hour marathon and snap a long winless streak. He crossed the yard of […]
From the OPP On Saturday around 11 p.m., Dryden OPP responded to a single-vehicle collision on Highway 502 in Van Horne Township near Dryden. A small two-door car travelling northbound lost control and left the roadway, coming to rest against a rock cut. The Dryden Ambulance Service and Oxdrift Fire […]
By Eric Gay And Will Weissert The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — Nine people are dead and the death toll could rise after emergency crews pulled dozens of people from a sweltering tractor-trailer found parked outside a Walmart in the midsummer Texas heat, victims of what officials said was an […]
