Staff It was a horseshoes and hand grenades kind of night for Team Red, except with all the ringers and none of the explosions. John Sivonen netted 33 points as Team Red (5-6) eked out a 77-76 win over previously-undefeated Team Black in Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League action Monday […]
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Staff Joleigh Hayes left her opponents in a daze. Hayes netted both goals for the La Place Rendez-Vous Rage in a 2-0 shutout of the Wright Physiotherapy Rockettes in Borderland Women’s Indoor Soccer action last night at Fort High. With last week’s action cancelled due to exams, the Rage (3-0) […]
The Canadian PressKristy Kirkup OTTAWA—Canada must find a new way of doing business with Canada’s aboriginal peoples if it wants to save money in the long-term, according to Truth and Reconciliation Commission chairman Murray Sinclair. As Finance minister Bill Morneau prepares his maiden budget, the federal government is under tremendous […]
The Canadian PressJoan Bryden OTTAWA—The federal Liberal government was warned yesterday that its plans to overhaul Canada’s electoral system could wind up plunging the country into constitutional wrangling—a spectre Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has vowed to avoid. Sen. Serge Joyal, an independent Liberal and acknowledged constitutional authority, said adopting some […]
Heather Latter These two guinea pig brothers are the newest residents at the Fort Frances Public Library—and staff there are looking to the public to help name them. Suggestions can be submitted on the library’s Facebook page or in person. People can “like” their favourite name to vote for it. […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO—The agency responsible for most of Canada’s blood supply says people who have travelled outside of Canada, the continental U.S., and Europe will be ineligible to give blood for 21 days after their return. Canadian Blood Services said it is implementing the waiting period to mitigate the […]
The Canadian PressKeith Leslie TORONTO—Ontario’s finance minister is rejecting Opposition claims that he’s already written the 2016 budget and that his public consultations on the fiscal plan are a sham and a farce. Charles Sousa made a surprise public appearance Tuesday before the legislature’s finance committee, which has been travelling […]
Heather Latter Sarah Irwin-Gardner, Mental Health leader with the Rainy River District School Board, looked on as Mary Grace van der Kroef shared a story with her son, Eric, who was visiting the “knowledge fair” at Robert Moore School yesterday in conjunction with Early Years registration there. Those who missed […]
Joey Payeur The St. Thomas Aquinas Saints went for the rough-and-tough approach. Bad move against a team equally adept at delivering bruises both along the boards and on the scoresheet. Annalise Hayes tallied twice as the Muskie girls’ hockey team went toe-to-toe with the host Saints and came away with […]
By Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press BEIJING North Korea’s announcement of plans to launch a long-range rocket made during a visit to Pyongyang by a top Chinese envoy will likely be seen as yet another sign of gross disrespect toward its chief ally. Adding to the insult: North Korea’s launch […]
By Maria ChengRaphael Satter And Joshua Goodman The Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil is not sharing enough samples and disease data to let researchers determine whether the Zika virus is, as feared, linked to the increased number of babies born with abnormally small heads in the South American country, […]
By Mike Stobbe The Associated Press NEW YORK A sexually transmitted case of Zika in Texas has scientists scrambling to understand how much of a risk infection through sex is for the usually mosquito-spread illness. Experts still stress that mosquitoes are the main culprit in the Zika epidemic menacing Latin […]
