The Canadian Press BEIJING–Canada’s Rachel Homan knew there would be pressure heading into the final of the 2017 world women’s curling championship. Not only was she trying to erase past personal disappointments in her third appearance at the championship, but her Ottawa rink was being counted on to erase Canada’s […]
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Staff Town council will vote tonight on a bylaw to finalize plans to use telephone and Internet voting in the next municipal election, which will be held in October, 2018. While council approved the use of these new voting methods in late January, the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 requires that […]
Duane Hicks In a tribute to Easter, Scarlett Asplund, Skylar Mansbridge, Reece Kuchma, Aubree Robinson and Lilly Krukoski grooved to the song “I Want Candy” during Chantelle Spuzak’s Dancemakers School of Dance’s 18th-annual recital, “Special Days” on Friday evening at the Townshend Theatre. The recital, which drew a packed house, […]
Joey Payeur Brandon Bodnar came up with this gigantic save on a short-handed breakway for Thief River Falls Norskies’ forward Mitchell Soderbergh to keep the Lakers ahead 3-0 in the second period of Saturday night’s 3-2 win in Game 4 of their first-round, best-of-five “Survivor Series” at the Ice For […]
Joey Payeur Skip John Gibson urged second Shane Beckett to lean heavy on the broom to move this stone along during a game against Gary Windego’s rink Saturday at the annual Fort Frances men’s bonspiel. Steve Gushulak of here led his team of third Mike Badiuk, second Todd Moxham, and […]
The Associated Press The Final Four is set. And in an unusual bit of geography, it’ll be schools from neighbouring states out west (Oregon, Gonzaga) against schools from neighbouring states in the east (North Carolina, South Carolina). The national semi-finals in Phoenix will feature No. 1 seeds in the Bulldogs […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL–The Liberal government’s plan to move ahead on marijuana legalization is up in smoke, NDP leadership candidates suggested during yesterday’s leadership debate in Montreal, while they also addressed a range of issues affecting youth, including student debt and precarious work. B.C. MP Peter Julian, one of four […]
From the OPP The OPP’s Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, with the assistance of the Thunder Bay Police Service, has charged four individuals with 10 drug-related offences following arrests there Friday. The charges stem from a 16-month investigation focused on drug traffickers operating in and around the Thunder Bay area. It […]
Staff A Hydro One power outage last night affected about 530 customers in the La Vallee area. The incident began around 7:30 p.m., with inquiring customers informed that power would be restored by 11:30 p.m. But crews were on site and made temporary repairs to restore power to customers around […]
From the OPP On Saturday around noon, Emily “Chico” Brown was reported missing from her community of Wabigoon Lake First Nation. She was last seen in the City of Dryden on March 18. Dryden OPP officers, along with the Treaty #3 Police Service and Dryden Police Service, conducted a search […]
Joey Payeur Welcome back, Jack. See you later, Norskies. Jack Bernie scored just 32 seconds into his first game since returning from injury, then Dylan Kooner added another 22 seconds later. Goalie Brandon Bodnar and the rest of the Fort Frances Lakers took it from there in a 3-2 victory […]
Staff Northern Ontario’s fate was in its own hands until Nova Scotia rapped its knuckles with a 2×4. With Fort Frances resident Lisa Penner playing third, the rink skipped by Kenora’s Peggy Taylor was dumped 11-3 in six ends Friday in the final game of the championship pool at the […]
