By Gillian Flaccu The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Officials in Oregon have approved construction permits for the first all-wood high-rise building in the nation. Construction on the 12-story building, called Framework, will break ground this fall in Portland’s trendy and rapidly growing Pearl District and is expected to be […]
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By Tom Krisher And Dee-Ann Durbin The Associated Press DETROIT — Autonomous vehicles with no human backup will be put to the test on publicly travelled roads as early as next year in what may be the first attempt at unassisted autonomous piloting. Automotive electronics and parts maker Delphi and […]
By James Brooks The Associated Press HELSINGBORG, Sweden — Green Heinz ketchup? Fat-free Pringles? Colgate frozen lasagna? You don’t need to be an expert to know these products weren’t successful. Which is why these creations, with dozens of others, feature in the new Museum of Failure , a wacky parade […]
By Mead Gruver And Matthew Brown The Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. — President Donald Trump says withdrawing from a global climate change agreement will boost the U.S. economy, but existing market forces have had far more of an effect on the fossil fuel industries than climate regulations. For at least […]
Joey Payeur The top young soap box derby racers on the planet will gather next month–and a Fort Frances resident once again will be among them. Marie-Mai Langevin is heading back to Akron, Ohio for the 80th FirstEnergy All-American Soap Box Derby World Championship Race on July 22 after dominating […]
Staff It took patience, courage, and grit but Steve Arpin finally has that champion’s look about him once again. The Fort Frances native captured his second career feature race on the Red Bull Global Rallycross circuit Sunday to conclude a two-day, two-event stop in Thompson, Conn. Arpin and the Loenbro […]
Staff It’s rare enough to lose by the same score two games in a row one time per season. The Emo Renegades now have done it twice–and they’re tired of being anomalous. By scoring 13 runs over the final two innings, the Fort Frances Mud Dogs broke a close game […]
The venue for the upcoming Bob Mainville Memorial golf tournament incorrectly was reported as being set for Heron Landing on July 8. In fact, the tournament will take place at Kitchen Creek this year. The Times regrets any confusion or inconvenience this error may have caused.
Joey Payeur Sean Huziak missed his first chance at OFSAA glory in the javelin event on Friday. But the Muskies’ lone double gold-medalist from the NWOSSAA championships rebounded in a big way Saturday–garnering a top throw of 40 metres to finish in seventh place out of 23 entrants in the […]
Joey Payeur On a sizzling spring evening last Thursday, there was plenty of heart-warming action as the newest generation of up-and-coming soccer stars took to the pitch at the St. Francis Sports Field as part of Fort Frances Youth Soccer. This particular battle in the Squirt division featured the Small […]
Joey Payeur The art of solid serving was one of the fundamentals learned by Samara Jones as part of the Ontario Volleyball Association’s 14U Region 1 High Performance Centre tryouts at Fort High on Sunday. A number of players from the local area were selected to participate in next month’s […]
Joey Payeur Matt Cheetham of the Sight & Sound Wolves didn’t mind giving himself up for the cause as he tried to lay down a sacrifice bunt in the second inning of his team’s 2-1 loss to the Fort Frances Braves in Rainy River District Fastball League action last Thursday […]
