The Associated Press ROHNERT PARK, Calif. — Police say a goat apparently needed a caffeine fix when it wandered into a Starbucks in Northern California. Rohnert Park police Sgt. Rick Bates says dispatchers received several calls Sunday morning about a goat named Milly wandering around a strip mall on the […]
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By Nicole Winfield And Rachel Zoll The Associated Press VATICAN CITY — In a sweeping document on family life that opened a door to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics, Pope Francis insisted Friday that church doctrine cannot be the final word in answering tricky moral questions and that Catholics must […]
By Katie Workman The Associated Press When this recipe was first created by The Silver Palate catering and take out shop on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, it earned an immediate following. When the recipe was later published in “The Silver Palate Cookbook” by Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso, […]
Joey Payeur Rebecca Armit (hidden) and Michelle McFayden (left) from No Diggity took to the skies against Taylor Windego of How I Set Your Mother during the ‘A’-side final of the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League last night at Fort High. No Diggity upset the league leaders by winning the […]
The Canadian Press VICTORIA—Reports of two young sisters being stranded midway through a bus trip at a remote Interior depot in the middle of the night is “completely and totally unacceptable,” says B.C.’s transport minister. Todd Stone said the provincial government has launched an investigation after a media outlet reported […]
The Canadian Press LANGFORD, B.C.—A second sombre procession is scheduled to travel along the highways of southern Vancouver Island today as the body of RCMP Cst. Sarah Beckett is returned to Langford. The Capital Regional District Traffic Safety Commission said a plane carrying Beckett’s body was due to land at […]
The Canadian PressJoan Bryden OTTAWA—The Liberal government won’t be taking a permissive approach to medically-assisted dying in long-awaited new legislation to be unveiled as early as next week, The Canadian Press has learned. Sources, who weren’t authorized to speak publicly about the imminent bill, say it won’t adopt some of […]
The Associated Press MORRO BAY, Calif.—As marriage proposals go, Michael Banks’ was a cliff-hanger. Banks, 27, scaled 600-foot Morro Rock just off California’s Central Coast early yesterday morning to propose to his girlfriend, who was watching via FaceTime video. The good news: Banks’ girlfriend said yes, according to Morro Bay […]
Press Release The Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts continued with the Vocal division yesterday, adjudicated by Sarah Hall, an adjunct professor of music at Brandon University in Manitoba. Hall also will hold an informal vocal workshop tonight at 7 p.m. at Knox United Church. It will include […]
Staff It’s been quite a chore for anyone else to beat Team Black in the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League this season. Trying to do it when one has just played a down-to-the-wire barnburner only makes it tougher. Team White pulled out a 72-71 overtime nail-biter against Team Red in […]
Staff Instead of leaving it in their coach’s hands, the Fort Frances Lakers made the decision themselves to take the weekend off. Six different players scored as the Lakers swept their best-of-seven semi-final series with a 6-3 victory over the host English River Miners last night. The Lakers now advance […]
Heather Latter Local MP Don Rusnak greeted Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis yesterday during the grand opening of his constituency office here. Located at 608 Scott St., it soon will be open Tuesdays through Thursdays from 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m.
