The Associated Press BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — A Soyuz space capsule blasted off Thursday for the International Space Station, carrying an American astronaut making his first space flight and a veteran Russian cosmonaut. NASA’s Jack Fischer and Russia’s Fyodor Yurchikhin lifted off from the Russia-leased launch facility in Kazakhstan at 1:13 […]
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The Associated Press BEIJING — China on Thursday launched its first unmanned cargo spacecraft on a mission to dock with the country’s space station, marking further progress in the ambitious Chinese space program. The Tianzhou 1 blasted off at 7:41 p.m. (1141 GMT) atop a latest-generation Long March 7 rocket […]
By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press I remember being told in marketing class back in graduate school that the fastest growing food category in America was hummus. Hummus, our professor insisted to us disbelieving students, would soon be ubiquitous. I should have heeded his advice and leveraged that bit of […]
The Associated Press DETROIT — General Motors has stopped doing business in Venezuela after authorities took control of a factory in what GM called an illegal judicial seizure of its assets. The plant was confiscated on Wednesday as anti-government protesters clashed with authorities in a country that is roiling in […]
Nicholas Donaldson “Canada’s Greatest Explorer” is gearing up for another adventure. Fort Frances native Josh Henry will be travelling with a group to northern Thailand, near the Burmese border, from May 28-June 10 as part of his “GiveBack GiveAway” project. The group will be helping an under-developed school by building […]
Press Release The Citizens for Backus/AB are honoured to accept a grant of $4,800 from the Northland Foundation of Duluth, Mn. The funding will be used towards programs at Backus that provide food access to International Falls and surrounding communities. The two programs receiving the funding are the Community Café […]
Nicholas Donaldson The Fort Frances Lions Club recently got an equipment upgrade from Shaw Cable to improve its weekly TV Bingo broadcast. Club member Bonnie Penney said they called with some problems and Shaw came within two weeks to do the upgrade. “They worked the entire day,” she noted. Lions’ […]
It was a Happy Easter for Darren Derendorf of Fort Frances, who won the $500 up for grabs April 16 in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw. Winning $30 for April 16-22 were Jamie Kora (Atikokan), Steve McNally (Beausejour, Man.), Brian Neilson (Emo), Gord Goodwin […]
Staff Hydro One customers in the west end of Rainy River District will not have electricity for two-and-a-half hours this Sunday (April 23). More than 1,850 customers in Chapple, Rainy River, Patullo, Morley, Sifton, Wildland Game Reserve, Nelles, Atwood, Dilke, Worthington, Curran, Spohn, Big Grassy River FN, Morson, Pratt, Lake […]
Duane Hicks Whether you donate your dollars or your time, the local Fun in the Sun (FITS) committee needs your help to make this July 1 celebration bigger and better than ever in honour of Canada’s 150th birthday. The committee has come up with several ways for people to support […]
Kiera KowalskiSummer reporter After six years of writing, local author Sara Kellar recently published her second book: a collection of short stories and poems entitled “Full of Words.” The anthology is composed of Biblical re-tellings and allegories, each with a devotional thought following it, she said. Her goal with the […]
Keegan Morrison hoped the wheel would stop in his favour as Julia McManaman and Ashley Payne (both seated) looked on Saturday outside The Bargain Shop during “Egg-stravaganza” festivities on Scott Street. The Bargain Shop ran its “spin to win” game to wrap up its 10th-annual Easter Seals campaign. The store […]
