Staff Even an infusion of Canadian talent and home-field advantage weren’t enough to push two International Falls baseball teams through to a shot at Minnesota mastery. The International Falls U12 and U11 squads both went 0-2, and lost in their respective semi-finals, of the 2017 Minnesota District Four Little League […]
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Staff At the rate he was going, Jamie Davis was about to leave two divisions of drivers spending the rest of their summer Saturday nights just worrying about who was going to finish second to him. But a pair decided this past Saturday was the time to throw a monkey […]
Joey Payeur When you’re a Junior ‘A’ hockey general manager, there’s no such thing as an off-season. And when you’re trying to figure out how to return a former three-in-a-row champion to its previous high standing, that’s even doubly true. Such were the circumstances over the weekend as Wayne Strachan […]
Staff Rainy Lake is buzzing with more than mosquitoes these days. Most of the anglers taking part in the 2017 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship already have hit the water for pre-fishing to try and find their own special spot to haul in what they hope will be a prize-winning […]
The Associated Press BOSTON–Blue Jays’ reliever Ryan Tepera couldn’t believe his eyes when he looked up and saw that he was the winning pitcher–his fifth career victory. Starter Marcus Stroman was the best pitcher of the game, taking a three-hit shutout into the seventh inning and leaving without allowing an […]
The Associated PressDoug Ferguson SOUTHPORT, England–Sergio Garcia won’t be wearing his green jacket from Augusta National at his wedding. What about pouring champagne from a claret jug? Garcia doesn’t have one yet, though he loves the thought of such possibilities, especially considering that only four months ago, the 36-year-old Spaniard […]
Kiera KowalskiSummer reporter The “Canadian Coasters” finally will begin cruising into town late tomorrow morning. Heading into their third week of their two-month cross-Canada tour, the group is stopping in Fort Frances for a few days as a break from their travels. The 112 classic cars are expected to start […]
Kiera Kowalski Fred Lavendure, Al Smith, and Gary Arnold of the local International Early Iron Car Club posed with Mayor Roy Avis (second from right) beside the large sign that will welcome the “Canadian Coasters” when they arrive here beginning late tomorrow morning. The car club also thanked Mayor Avis […]
Joey Payeur Red Gut Babes’ pitcher Tracy Morningstar ended the regular season on a high note as the reigning league MVP helped her team dump the defending champion Fort Frances Her-icanes 17-7 in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action there yesterday evening. The league will hold its annual all-star […]
The Canadian PressDean Bennett EDMONTON–Canada’s premiers met with a reduced group of indigenous leaders yesterday after three national bodies, including the Assembly of First Nations, boycotted the event. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said work was done discussing issues such as the socio-economic challenges for indigenous women and the state of […]
The Canadian PressAlexander Panetta WASHINGTON–The federal payout to Omar Khadr was a big story in some conservative U.S. media outlets yesterday, after nearly two weeks in which it had garnered barely a whisper south of the border. It was the subject of a condemnatory national newspaper column, the top story […]
The Canadian PressJoan Bryden OTTAWA–The Trudeau government is extending public consultations to find out what Canadians want to see in a new North American Free Trade Agreement. The consultations were to end today but officials say the government will continue indefinitely to accept responses to its online survey, which asks […]
