Staff The last time the Fort Frances Lakers lost a game by six goals, they showed up the next night and won a series-clinching game. The Lakers can’t win a series tomorrow night, but they had better show up more than they did last night or they likely can kiss […]
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The Canadian Press EDMONTON–An Alberta Mountie has been charged with sexual assault and other offences following an investigation by the province’s police watchdog. Susan Hughson, with the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, said the allegations involve three women in separate incidents. Hughson said the Mountie was on duty in two […]
The Associated Press EVANSVILLE, Ind.–A 94-year-old Indiana woman is celebrating 44 years of working at McDonald’s. Friends and co-workers threw a party for Loraine Maurer, of Evansville, last week. Maurer started working at McDonald’s in 1973 and has been a fixture behind the counter at several locations in the area […]
The Canadian PressGemma Karstens-Smith VANCOUVER–A group of students at the University of British Columbia have turned to technology in an effort to address the opioid crisis by creating a wearable device they say can detect an overdose. The six engineering, medical, and design students wanted to focus on people who […]
Staff A call for tenders is out now for contractors to build the future Rainy Lake Square in the heart of downtown Fort Frances. The deadline for tenders for the job, which also includes replacing the sidewalk bricks on the 200 block of Scott Street and at the Civic Centre, […]
Press Release The Fort Frances Fire & Rescue Service is pleased to announce that Brad Townson was the successful candidate for the position of 5th Class Firefighter. Townson is a long-time resident of Rainy River District who has enjoyed serving the community. As well, he has served as a firefighter […]
By Justin Lynch The Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — South Sudanese government troops burned thousands of civilians’ homes late last year, monitors of the country’s troubled peace agreement said Friday, making some of the strongest allegations yet against security forces in the three-year civil war. The new report says three […]
By Lorne Cook The Associated Press BRUSSELS — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned NATO allies Friday to boost defence spending or come up with plans to reach the alliance’s budget guidelines within two months. Tillerson, in his first talks with NATO counterparts in Brussels, said that Washington is […]
The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Half a dozen cattle apparently had a beef with a St. Louis slaughterhouse and high-tailed it out of there, spawning an hours-long police chase and an online fundraising drive to spare them from the supermarket shelves. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2oiuPEV ) reports the […]
The Associated Press BEIJING — China is planning to create a preserve for the giant panda that will be three times the size of Yellowstone National Park in the western U.S. The panda preserve will link parts of three western provinces to provide an unbroken range for the endangered animals […]
By Elliot Spagat The Associated Press SAN DIEGO — U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel is once again reflecting on his second-oldest case a nearly seven-year-old lawsuit alleging that Donald Trump defrauded students of the now-defunct Trump University before he was president. The filings fill millions of pages. There were 65 […]
