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Staff When building a foundation, any good architect knows to put the biggest, strongest blocks down first. Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan is following that philosophy with one of his first two recruits for the upcoming 2017-18 SIJHL season. Defenceman Cohen MacPherson is a safe […]
Joey Payeur Mike Cuzzolino’s strongest wish as head coach of the Muskie football team is to turn around a program in tatters. But it’s more than a one-man job (or even a 15-man) job. The end of his team’s two-week spring camp on Friday left Cuzzolino with more questions than […]
Staff The 2017-18 edition of the Fort Frances Lakers is starting to take shape. The SIJHL squad announced yesterday it had signed its first two players in advance of next season in defenceman Cohen MacPherson and forward Jeff Venzon. MacPherson will beef up the Lakers’ defence corps, coming in at […]
The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS–Having Mitch Haniger batting high in the lineup again ought to be a lift for the Seattle Mariners in this up-and-down season. The names hardly mattered with the way they were hitting at Minnesota last night. Nelson Cruz drove in four runs, and Haniger had four hits, […]
The Canadian PressMelissa Couto The Toronto Blue Jays had watched Logan Warmoth progress from a teenager who went undrafted out of high school three years ago to a top-ranked shortstop in the NCAA this season. So when Steve Sanders, Toronto’s director of amateur scouting, saw that Warmoth still was available […]
The Associated PressEddie Pells ERIN, Wis.–Remember last year, when Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson played a round for the ages–trading birdies and spectacular shots until Stenson finally came away with the British Open title? The U.S. Open won’t be like that. First off, barring a long rain delay on Thursday, […]
The Associated Press GREECE, N.Y.–Gov. Andrew Cuomo again is blasting the U.S.-Canadian panel that controls the outflow of water from Lake Ontario, saying the agency bears much of the blame for flooding in New York’s lakeside communities. “I think they pulled the trigger too late” on increasing outflow, Cuomo said […]
The Associated PressDan Joling ANCHORAGE, Alaska–Rapid global warming has sped up the movement of sea ice off Alaska’s coasts and already at-risk polar bears are paying a price, a new U.S. study says. Most sea ice moves throughout the year and the iconic white bears are on a perpetual walk […]
From the MNRF Three new fires were reported in the Northwest Region between June 8 and yesterday afternoon. They were small fires that responded to FireRanger crew efforts in the districts of Fort Frances, Kenora, and Red Lake. The forest fire hazard was expected to range from “high” to “extreme” […]
The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–Canada no longer can pretend it is a country rich with pristine lakes and rivers, the World Wildlife Fund said yesterday in a report into the country’s waterways. After four years of research, the conservation organization concluded that one-third of Canada’s 167 watersheds are experiencing high […]
The Associated PressJanie McCauley OAKLAND, Calif.–As a fresh NBA champions cap sat a tad off-kilter on his head, Kevin Durant embraced his mother, Wanda. Then he moved across the podium and hugged Stephen Curry before accepting his shiny MVP trophy–holding out his arms and hoisting it for everyone to see. […]
