The Canadian PressColin Perkel Toronto Mayor John Tory has paid his respects to Rob Ford as his late predecessor lies in repose at city hall. Tory was first to pause briefly at Ford’s casket today. The mayor then spoke to the Ford family as they received well-wishers. Other councillors and […]
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Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Choraliers performed a pair of songs during the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s annual Good Friday breakfast at La Place Rendez-Vous. About 80 people attended the breakfast, which also featured guest speaker Rev. MJ D. Leewis-Kirk of St. John’s Anglican Church. In related news, the Choraliers […]
Heather Latter Peyton Jourdain, left, along with her little brother, Sawyer, and friend, Eliza Kawulia, showed off some of the goodies they collected during the third-annual “Easter Egg-Stravaganza” on Saturday on Scott Street. Hosted by the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club, hundreds of children stopped in at downtown businesses to receive […]
Staff Town council will hear a presentation from two local residents regarding change rooms at the Memorial Sports Centre during its regular meeting tonight. Cathie Sinninghe and Lindsay Strickland are scheduled to speak at 6:30 p.m. The committee of the whole will hold a budget meeting first starting at 5:30 […]
Staff It was one of the easier choices of the Junior ‘A’ hockey awards season. Fort Frances Lakers’ blueliner Nick Minerva not surprisingly was selected as the SIJHL-Gongshow Gear best defenceman award winner earlier today. The 20-year-old from New Brunswick, N.J. wound up with 73 points in 52 games to […]
The Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif.—Klay Thompson got an earful from Draymond Green for his two-game total: 80 points and one assist. Stephen Curry dished out the grief, too. “He’s such a ball hog,” quipped Curry, who also is dishing off to Thompson at every chance. Good thing Thompson’s shots are […]
The Canadian PressMark Janzen Vancouver’s march to the draft lottery continued yesterday as the Canucks lost their eighth-straight game—falling 3-2 to the Chicago Blackhawks after a late go-ahead goal from Andrew Ladd. Ladd scored the game-winner with just over two minutes to go in the third period as the visitors […]
The Associated Press CAL-NEV-ARI, Nev. – Buying your own town is as easy as buying 500 acres of vacant land located just 70 miles south of Las Vegas from the founder of a place called Cal-Nev-Ari. Nancy Kidwell is offering the entirety of her town for just $8 million. She […]
The Associated Press TOKYO — Japan’s government said Monday that it will stick to its policy of not possessing nuclear weapons, after U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump said he would be open to the idea of Japan and South Korea having their own atomic arsenals. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide […]
By Patrick Whittle The Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine — A coalition of environmentalists and seafood industry professionals is campaigning to make the case that traceability in the seafood industry is about success in the marketplace as much as it’s about ethics. Ocean conservation group Oceana, based in Washington, D.C., has […]
By Matt O’Brien The Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. — When former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his foundation was awarding $5 million to launch Providence’s high-tech idea to improve the vocabularies of the city’s youngest children, he said he hoped the pilot could take root in Rhode Island and […]
By Katie Workman The Associated Press Nothing speaks to me of spring like a salmon salad. It’s light and pretty and herby, and when you add pasta it becomes a real meal. It’s also quite portable, so you’ll want to think of this when you’re envisioning lunch at your desk […]
