Staff Molly Carlson is just getting started, which should make plenty of other NCAA divers pretty nervous for the next three years. The Fort Frances native concluded her freshman season with the Florida State Seminoles in emphatic fashion last week at the NCAA Division 1 women’s swimming and diving championships […]
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Joey Payeur Wayne Strachan can hear the nay-sayers loud and clear. Now it’s up to his troops to silence them. The head coach and general manager of the three-time defending SIJHL champion Fort Frances Lakers knows his team isn’t exactly the betting favourite in its best-of-five first-round “Survivor Series” playoff […]
Staff It’s time to turn things around or they will have to wait for another turn next year. The Lakehead University Thunderwolves’ women’s rink, featuring skip Hailey Beaudry of Fort Frances and lead Erin Tomalty from Nestor Falls, finds itself in a dogfight for a playoff spot at the 2017 […]
Staff Lisa Penner is liking the looks of Fredericton more and more by the minute. The Fort Frances resident is playing third on Kenora skip Peggy Taylor’s Northern Ontario rink, which is cruising so far with a 3-0 record in Pool ‘B’ at the 2017 Everest senior women’s curling championship. […]
The Associated PressMark Didtler DUNEDIN, Fla.–Toronto Blue Jays’ star Josh Donaldson made his spring training debut yesterday, going 0-for-2 with a walk in his first game since injuring his right calf more than a month ago. The 2015 AL MVP hurt himself Feb. 17 while running sprints. He was the […]
The Canadian PressJonas Siegel TORONTO–Nazem Kadri called last night’s game a “must-win” for the Maple Leafs if they were to have any hope of chasing down the Boston Bruins for third spot in the Atlantic division. It took until the 58th minute before the Leafs pulled in front, with Tyler […]
The Canadian Press BEIJING–Canada is on the verge of clinching a playoff spot at the world women’s curling championship after a pair of victories today. Ottawa’s Rachel Homan defeated South Korea’s EunJung Kim 9-8 before dumping Scotland’s Eve Muirhead 8-2 in evening play at the Capital Gymnasium. The Canadian team […]
Duane Hicks Just in time for the official start of spring, ring-billed gulls have begun reappearing in Borderland, including this one seen at the Sorting Gap Marina yesterday evening. Local lore has it that once the gulls return, there only are three snowfalls left. Let’s hope that’s true.
The Associated PressAlicia A. Caldwell WASHINGTON–The U.S. government, citing unspecified threats, is barring passengers on non-stop, U.S.-bound flights from eight mostly Middle Eastern and North African countries from bringing laptops, tablets, electronic games, and other devices on board in carry-on bags. Passengers flying to the U.S. from 10 airports will […]
The Canadian PressLiam Casey A group of Canadian researchers say they have, for the first time, successfully raised wasps that will be used this summer as a weapon against an insect that is ravaging forests. Natural Resources Canada decided to rear their own wasps, named Tetrastichus planipennisi, in order to […]
The Canadian PressAlexander Panetta WASHINGTON–It’s now been revealed that the FBI had two political bombshells ready to drop during the last U.S. election. One, it unloaded on Democrats two weeks before election day. The other it held onto–until two months into Donald Trump’s presidency. It dropped yesterday. In an announcement […]
The Canadian Press WINNIPEG–Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government faced protesting students and the threat of a labour lawsuit yesterday as it moved to freeze public-sector wages and raise post-secondary tuition fees. A bill introduced in the legislature would force a two-year wage freeze on public-sector workers, including teachers, nurses, and doctors […]
