Staff Couchiching First Nation has elected a new chief. Brian Perrault defeated incumbent Sara Mainville, Louis “Smokey” Bruyere, and Scott McPherson in yesterday’s band election. Meanwhile, incumbent councillors David Bruyere, Lucille “Bugsy” Morrisseau, Patrick Morrisseau, and William “Bill” Perrault will be joined on council by newcomer Dean Bruyere. Brian Perrault […]
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Duane Hicks Canada is celebrating its 150th birthday in 2017 and the Fort Frances Museum is recruiting people to help make it a year to remember. An inaugural meeting will be held there next Thursday (March 3) at 5:15 p.m. The museum is forming a committee to plan the exhibit, […]
The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA A letter President John F. Kennedy sent to a little girl who was a big fan is up for grabs in Philadelphia. A rare documents dealer is selling the short, typed letter to 5-year-old Rita Lynn Knight for $15,000. The girl’s father had written Kennedy to […]
By Rod McGuirk THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia Australia will bolster its naval strength with more submarines and warships as part of a long-term military buildup needed to maintain peace in the Asia-Pacific region, the prime minister said Thursday. Australia plans to double the size of its submarine fleet to […]
By Manuel Valdes The Associated Press WENATCHEE, Wash. Blanketed by winter snow, orchards are mostly idle around central Washington, the production hub of the nation’s top apple producing state. But in a basement lab in the city of Wenatchee, Washington State University scientists are meticulously working. They slice, taste and […]
By Kevin Freking The Associated Press WASHINGTON President Barack Obama signed legislation Wednesday that would extend some U.S. privacy protections to citizens of allied countries and let foreigners sue the U.S. government if their personal data is unlawfully disclosed. In a separate ceremony just a few minutes later, Obama signed […]
The Associated Press PALO ALTO, Calif. Nike co-founder Phil Knight is donating $400 million to Stanford University to help create the largest fully-endowed scholarship in the world with the goal of preparing a new generation of global leaders, university officials said Wednesday. With Knight’s gift and donations from alumni and […]
Photo courtesy of Dick Tolton Jr. A welding student practised his techniques in one of the 12 new welding booths at Fort High last Thursday during a course held there by the Seven Generations Education Institute. While the new welding facility was commissioned in December, an open house was held […]
Joey Payeur When a team’s ‘D’ is operating at an A-plus level, reason dictates it will be hard-pressed to fail. The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team smothered the offensive game of the defending champion Dryden Eagles to cruise to a 64-32 victory in the NorWOSSA final Friday in Kenora. “The […]
Joey Payeur They made it their house. The Muskie boys’ curling team of skip Chris Silver, third Daniel Vandenbrand, second Jason Bazylewski, and lead Davis Jackson topped the Lake Superior High Stingers (Terrace Bay) 6-5 this morning to capture the gold medal at the NWOSSAA playoffs in Thunder Bay with […]
Joey Payeur How close have the Muskie girls’ hockey team and the Dryden Eagles been this season? One thin dime probably couldn’t be fit between them. What seemed to be the inevitable clash of the titans has come to pass as the first-place Muskies and second-place Eagles will square off […]
Duane Hicks The Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29 has been working hard over the past 10 months to give the bar area a makeover and offer more to its patrons. Now the Legion is inviting past, current, and new patrons—Legion members or not—to come out this Saturday night for a […]
