The Canadian PressStephanie Levitz OTTAWA—More than half of Ottawa’s newly-arrived Syrians are under the age of 14, posing a particular challenge to refugee resettlement agencies. How do you keep the kids busy while trying to help their parents find a place to live? One child recently proved the point—and in […]
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Press Release Despite efforts to reach a deal this week, mediation between the Rainy River District School Board and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (District 5B) ended unsuccessfully during the night of Jan. 19. The teachers’ union informed the board that it intends to continue its partial withdrawal of […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances & District Physician Recruitment and Retention Committee has been busy securing new doctors to serve district residents and is requesting $80,000 in the town’s 2016 budget to keep the ball rolling. In a letter to council, to be received at its budget meeting Monday afternoon, […]
Staff Wake up, Maggie, I think I’ve got something to say to you—you’ve got a pretty amazing scoring touch. Maggie Jean netted six goals in a 7-2 win for the Wright Physiotherapy Rockettes over the Boston Pizza Ball Blasters in Borderland Women’s Indoor Soccer League play last night at Fort […]
The Associated PressCarrie Antlfinger DEFOREST, Wis.—Adults caught up in the colouring book craze now have new and more social ways to participate: through libraries and meet-up groups. Libraries across the U.S. are holding adult colouring programs more and more in response to the spike in interest, according to the American […]
The Canadian Press NORTH MIDDLESEX, Ont.—The president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture says barn fires are a harsh reminder of the dangers of farming. More than 2,000 pigs died early Tuesday in a barn fire north of London, Ont. And while the barn was destroyed, the OPP said no […]
Staff Happy early birthday to “The Marine Machine”. Two days before turning 18, Fort Frances native Megan Carlson notched two victories for the Lynn University Fighting Knights (Boca Raton, Fla.) in their dual meet against the host Rollins University Tars (Winter Park, Fla.) on Saturday. Carlson was first in the […]
Staff It’s been lights out for anyone trying to dim Team Black’s ambitions of victory so far this season in the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League. Josh Mastin netted 41 points to carry Team Black to a 97-75 win over Team Red on Tuesday at J.W. Walker School. John Sivonen […]
Staff The Fort Frances Bantam Leafs needed either two more goals or one less two-player crash. Ava Miller scored 10 seconds into overtime to give the Minneapolis Storm a 3-2 win in the Leafs’ last game in the 15UB bracket at the St. Luke’s Icebreaker Invitational tournament in Duluth on […]
Staff It’s not like they don’t see each other enough on home ice. But the hockey gods have a strange sense of humour sometimes. The Fort Frances Midget ‘A’ #1 and #2 teams took their in-town rivalry on the road over the weekend at the Robin’s Minor Hockey Classic Tournament […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lions were the queens of the jungle this past week in Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association action. Marissa Kenny had both goals as the Lions edged the Emo Express 2-1 on Friday. The next day, Kenny again netted a pair, while Jersey Rose got the other […]
The Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif.—The Anaheim Ducks scored all their goals at even strength against the Minnesota Wild, which was critical for the NHL’s lowest-scoring team—especially against a club that doesn’t give up many power-play chances. Rickard Rakell scored the go-ahead goal with 6:19 left in the third period and […]
