Staff Just call him Pierce Dushenk‘0.’ The Fort Frances Lakers’ goalie turned away all 35 shots he faced last night, and A.J. Rupert and Dylan Robertson each scored, in a 2-0 win over the host Dryden GM Ice Dogs in Game 4 of the SIJHL final. The best-of-seven showdown is […]
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Duane Hicks Library Penny Shumaker got the seed library all ready to go for its “Earth Day” launch tomorrow. This will be the second year for the free community resource to be offered at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre.
Duane Hicks In the spirit of “Earth Day” tomorrow, the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre will launch its seed library, with a sunflower start kit giveaway to follow on Saturday. This marks the second year for the seed library, which is a free community resource open to library members […]
Staff Students in Lynne Avis’ Grade 7 class at Robert Moore School are hosting a movie night fundraiser tomorrow for a classmate and his family. Thomas Chapais was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in 2014. After having his leg amputated, he had returned to school and was adjusting well to school life. […]
By Elliot Spagat The Associated Press SAN DIEGO — U.S. authorities said Wednesday that they discovered a cross-border tunnel that ran a half-mile from a Tijuana house equipped with a large elevator to a lot in San Diego that was advertised as a wooden pallet business, resulting in seizures of […]
By Daniel Estrin The Associated Press JERUSALEM — The grandchildren of one of the earliest Jewish victims of the Nazis are laying claim to a jewel of Israel’s top museum: the world’s oldest illustrated Passover manuscript. The descendants of a German Jewish lawmaker say the famed Birds’ Head Haggadah, a […]
By Eric Tucker The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has signalled that it won’t try to block a lawsuit arising from the CIA’s harsh interrogation techniques, leaving the door open for a court challenge over tactics that have since been discontinued and widely discredited. Lawyers call the government’s […]
By Sudhin Thanawala And Tom Krisher The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Time is up for Volkswagen to meet a federal judge’s deadline to detail how it will make nearly 600,000 diesel cars rigged to cheat on emissions tests comply with clean air laws. Senior U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer […]
By Mike Stobbe The Associated Press NEW YORK — Life expectancy for white women has fallen a little, according to a new government report. White women lost about five weeks from their predicted lifespan in 2014, compared to 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday. Life expectancy […]
By Josh Funk The Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — The CEO of Canadian Pacific still thinks railroad mergers are needed if the industry is to handle more freight, even after the company’s bid for Norfolk Southern crumbled under stiff resistance. Hunter Harrison said he thinks major railroad mergers will happen […]
By Martin Crutsinger The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Harriet Tubman, an African-American abolitionist who was born a slave, will stand with George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Benjamin Franklin as among the iconic faces of U.S. currency. The $20 bill will be redesigned with Tubman’s portrait on the front, marking two […]
By Elizabeth Karmel The Associated Press For some reason, Mother’s Day has become synonymous with breakfast in bed. Maybe it is because it is the easiest meal of the day and even folks who can’t cook can make toast. And that’s not so bad. If the bread is good, there […]
