Staff But for a female cameo, the night would have been a complete write-off for Pharmasave. Claire Hyatt had the only goal for the basement-dwellers in the Borderland Soccer League men’s division as Pharmasave was dumped 7-1 by CJ Contracting last night. Hyatt, who normally plays for La Place Rendez-Vous/Taggs […]
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Kiera Kowalski Town of Fort Frances summer students were hard at work this morning helping to set up the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina for the Fort Frances Bass Championship that starts next Thursday (July 20). There is a temporary road closure on the part of Front Street […]
Kiera Kowalski Gareth and Lilith Scott searched for rocks along the shore at Point Park yesterday afternoon in hopes of finding the perfect one to paint for their creation during the weekly Open Air Art Studio staged by Community Living Fort Frances and District. Children also created mandalas out of […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA–Former astronaut Julie Payette appeared emotional yesterday after officially being declared Canada’s next Governor General, taking a moment to salute her family, friends, and colleagues on Earth–and a few above the planet. The 53-year-old from Montreal will become the fourth female to be the monarch’s representative […]
The Canadian PressLauren Krugel CALGARY–A man and two sisters found dead in a burned-out car may not have been the intended targets in what Calgary police are describing as a brutal and ruthless quadruple homicide. Investigators are exploring the possibility that Cody Pfeiffer, 25, Glynnis Fox, 36, and Tiffany Ear, […]
The Canadian PressSteve Lambert WINNIPEG–Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter has been released from a Winnipeg hospital a day after he became dehydrated while volunteering with a “Habitat for Humanity” home-building event in the city. A statement from the Habitat organization said Carter, who is 92, was released this morning and […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–A man who got stuck in a narrow gap between two buildings in downtown Toronto spent nearly eight hours in the confined space before he was freed by firefighters who broke through part of a wall to rescue him. Firefighters were called to a set of buildings […]
The Associated Press A New Zealand tourist has been killed by the blast from a jetliner taking off at a seaside airport in the Dutch Caribbean territory of St. Maarten, officials said yesterday. The 57-year-old woman was knocked into a wall as she tried to cling to a fence to […]
The Canadian Press TIMMINS, Ont.–A health unit in a Northern Ontario community is putting life-size cardboard cut-outs of women nursing their children around the city in the hope it will help reduce the stigma around breastfeeding in public. Meagan Potvin, a nurse with the Porcupine Health Unit in Timmins, said […]
The Canadian PressBob Weber Jim Wilder was a young researcher on the frozen Beaufort Sea when he had his first polar bear encounter. “We were camped out on the sea ice in front of a maternal den waiting for [mama bear] to come out with her cubs,” he recalled. “A […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Canada’s spy agency is being sued by five employees who are looking for upwards of $35 million in damages over allegations of years of harassment and discrimination based on their religion, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation. A statement of claim filed in Federal Court alleges that […]
The Associated Press LONDON–The key, for both players, was to deal with the big serve. Marin Cilic did it better. The seventh-seeded Croat advanced to his second major final by beating Sam Querrey 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-5 earlier today on Centre Court. He next faces Roger Federer or […]
