The Canadian PressTerry Pedwell OTTAWA—Canadian TV subscribers may be rejoicing as they prepare for today’s launch of new, regulator-mandated basic cable and satellite packages. But the group Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, which advocates for Canada’s broadcasters, is warning consumers ultimately will see fewer channel choices. The vast majority of TV […]
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Staff The Fort Frances Lakers went up in the rankings, then went down in flames. Jesse Talakoski had a hat trick, and Riley Corbin turned aside 47 shots, as the host Thunder Bay North Stars beat the Lakers 6-4 last night in the first of a two-game set. It was […]
By Deb Riechmann And Robert Burns The Associated Press WASHINGTON In his handwritten will, al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden claimed he had about $29 million in personal wealth the bulk of which he wanted to be used “on jihad, for the sake of Allah.” The will was released Tuesday in […]
By Emily Wagster Pettus The Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. A federal lawsuit against Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant seeks to eliminate the nation’s last state flag with the Confederate battle emblem. In the suit filed Monday, attorney Carlos Moore of Grenada, Mississippi, said the flag is “state-sanctioned hate speech” that makes […]
By Rod McGuirk THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia One of Pope Francis’ top advisers told an Australian inquiry into child sex abuse on Tuesday that an Australian bishop had deceived him about the reason a pedophile priest was repeatedly transferred from parish to parish. Australian Cardinal George Pell was a […]
The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines Philippine police say they’re trying to determine the identity and cause of death of a sailor who was found dead while sitting slumped on a table by the radio of a wayward yacht found adrift in the Pacific Ocean. Police Chief Inspector Dominador Plaza says […]
Heather Latter Anneda Chabot, a member of this year’s “Relay for Life” committee, adjusted the leaves on the “Tree of Hope,” sponsored by the Legion Ladies Auxiliary Br. #29, during the “Relay for Life” kick-off event here Saturday. Also in the courtyard at the Fort Frances Museum were members of […]
Staff The St. Ignatius Falcons used a combination of inside power and outside marksmanship to sweep the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team in the best-of-three NWOSSAA final here over the weekend. St. Ignatius grabbed a 66-35 win in Game 1 on Friday afternoon, then won 64-30 in Game 2 on […]
Joey Payeur Northwestern Ontario high school hockey supremacy will reside in Fort Frances for yet another year. Both the Muskie girls’ and boys’ hockey teams retained NorWOSSA bragging rights after winning their respective league finals over the weekend to give themselves another shot at a provincial title next week. Annalise […]
By Jake Coyle The Associated Press LOS ANGELES In an underdog win for a movie about an underdog profession, the newspaper drama “Spotlight” took best picture Sunday at an Academy Awards riven by protest and outrage, and electrified by an unflinching Chris Rock. Tom McCarthy’s film about the Boston Globe’s […]
By Eric Talmadge And Jon Chul Jin The Associated Press PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of North Korea presented a detained American student before the media on Monday in Pyongyang, where he tearfully apologized for attempting to steal a political banner at the behest, he said, of a member of […]
By Nicole Winfield The Associated Press ROME One of Pope Francis’ top advisers acknowledged Sunday that the Catholic Church “has made enormous mistakes” in allowing thousands of children to be raped and molested by priests over centuries as he testified at an extraordinary public hearing of an Australian investigative commission […]
