Staff Both Muskie curling rinks are getting some serious respect ahead of their biggest challenge of the season. The girls’ foursome of skip Erin Tomalty, third Tory Beaudry, second Anika Beaudry, and lead Andrea Schram landed the top seed in the 20-team field at the OFSAA championships, which get underway […]
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Press Release More than 150 researchers and resource managers will attend the 13th-annual International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Forum, which will be held March 9-10 at Rainy River Community College in International Falls. This record attendance flows from heightened interest in solving the problems of Lake of the Woods, […]
Staff What seemed like a foregone conclusion for quite a while is now official. How I Set Your Mother officially clinched first place in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League last night with a five-point outing to improve to 112 points on the season. With a 13-point lead over second-place […]
Staff It’s not too late for local women to sign up for the “Women’s Wellness Day” this Tuesday (March 8). Hosted by the Rainy River District Women’s Shelter of Hope, it is being held at the Zion Lutheran Church from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in celebration of International Women’s Day. “It’s […]
The Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif.—Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors matched one record set by Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls as they close in on the bigger mark. Curry scored 33 points in his return from an ankle injury as the Warriors tied Chicago’s NBA record by winning their 44th-straight […]
The Canadian PressJudy Owen WINNIPEG—An unfortunate bounce cost the Winnipeg Jets in more ways than one. Kyle Okposo scored the game-winner 2:20 into overtime as the Jets fell 4-3 to the N.Y. Islanders—their sixth-straight loss at home and ninth in their last 10 at MTS Centre. Islanders’ forward Frans Nielsen […]
By Alexander Panetta The Canadian Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. The establishment of the Republican party is playing with fire by seeking to smother Donald Trump. Because the embers of rebellion are crackling in this Florida retirement community. Trump-supporting seniors here are unfalteringly determined to cross the street in two weeks, […]
By Lynn Berry The Associated Press MOSCOW Among the dozen 15-year-old girls in lavender leotards in Tatyana Galtseva’s class at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, one is different. And it’s not just because of her long, swan-like neck. She is Harper Ortlieb, an American, who left her small town in Oregon […]
By Larry Neumeister And Colleen Long The Associated Press NEW YORK New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady could again be facing a four-game suspension for the scandal known as Deflategate after federal appeals court judges spent time Thursday shredding some of his union’s favourite arguments for dismissal. The 2nd U.S. […]
By Hyung-Jin Kim The Associated Press SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his military to be ready to launch nuclear strikes at any time, state media reported Friday, an escalation in rhetoric targeting Seoul and Washington that may not reflect the country’s actual nuclear capacity. […]
By Kristen Gelineau The Associated Press SYDNEY, Australia As the two-year anniversary of the disappearance of Flight 370 approaches, the situation would seem decidedly grim. The underwater hunt of a punishing patch of ocean that has trudged along since late 2014 has thus far come up empty, the stretch of […]
By Lauren La Rose The Canadian Press TORONTO American model and TV host Chrissy Teigen has faced criticism after disclosing her personal decision to hand-pick a female embryo during in-vitro fertilization. The wife of singer-songwriter John Legend told People Magazine she was excited at the thought of seeing her husband […]
