Duane Hicks This carnivorous canine caused traffic to stop yesterday as the public watched it feed on a deer carcass on the ice not far from Rainy Lake Sports and Tackle. While there remains much debate online over whether the animal was a wolf or coyote, it certainly got its […]
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Staff New blood in the Fort Frances Lakers’ lineup also meant a new outcome—but not the one the squad was hoping for. Former Laker Ben Smaha scored the game-winner in the third period last night as the host Dryden GM Ice Dogs won 4-2—their first in nine tries this season […]
Heather Latter The local chapter of the Canadian Parents for French, in conjunction with the Northwest Catholic District School Board, are inviting families to attend a French event—“Rencontre & Raconter”—this Tuesday (Jan. 19) from 4:30-7 p.m. at St. Michael’s School. “It’s an evening of food, games, stories, prizes, and more,” […]
By Andrew Dalton The Associated Press LOS ANGELES An eye-popping and unprecedented Powerball jackpot whose rise to $1.6 billion became a national fascination will be split three ways. The winners’ identities remain a mystery, but they bought their tickets in Florida, Tennessee and a Los Angeles suburb where even lottery […]
By Niniek Karmini The Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia Attackers set off explosions at a Starbucks cafe in a bustling shopping area in Indonesia’s capital and waged gunbattles with police Thursday, leaving bodies in the streets as office workers watched in terror from high-rise buildings. Police said five attackers and two […]
The Associated Press LOS ANGELES A winning ticket in Wednesday night’s record $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot was sold in suburban Los Angeles, a spokesman for the California lottery says. It could take several hours before officials know whether any winning tickets were sold elsewhere. The winning numbers were 4-8-19-27-34 and […]
By Rod McGuirk THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia Australia said Thursday that it was among 40 countries urged by the United States to increase their military contributions in Iraq and Syria following the Paris attacks in November. But Australia told the U.S. that its commitment would remain largely unchanged. The […]
By Astrid Galvan The Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. A mother and her young child were reunited by U.S. Border Patrol agents after they were separated by a smuggler while trying to cross into the United States illegally, officials said Wednesday. The reunion occurred after agents near Douglas apprehended a Guatemalan […]
By Edith M. Lederer The Associated Press North Korea’s U.N. mission claimed Wednesday that its successful nuclear bomb test showed that it could now “wipe out” the United States, as the U.N. Security Council grappled with a response to the underground blast. North Korea called it a hydrogen bomb and […]
By Mike Stobbe The Associated Press NEW YORK The average age of first-time mothers is at an all-time high in the U.S ‚Äî over 26. The change is largely due to a big drop in teen moms. But more first births to older women also are tugging the number up, […]
The Canadian Press In her most recent cookbook, “The New Easy,” Donna Hay offers ways to make life easier for home cooks. She thinks there are two separate agendas weeknights and weekends. “The weeknights, there’s a lot of time constraints as well as availability of ingredients ‚Äî hopefully you already […]
By David Bauder THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PASADENA, Calif. The Al Jazeera America cable news network said Wednesday it will shut down two and a half years after its launch, a victim of a rough business environment and political headwinds it could not conquer. The channel, an offshoot of the Qatar-based […]
