By Danica Kirka The Associated Press LONDON British Tornado jets struck oil fields in eastern Syria on Thursday that help finance the Islamic State group and Germany prepared to send reconnaissance aircraft to the Middle East as coalition forces stepped up efforts to fight the militants. The strikes at the […]
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By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. NASA hopes to resume commercial shipments this week to the International Space Station, following months of frustrating delay. The last successful U.S. supply run was in April. Russia and Japan have managed to fill the gap. Nonetheless, the 250-mile-high pantry isn’t […]
Joey Payeur With four games in its first seven days of the NorWOSSA regular season, the Muskie girls’ hockey team wasn’t going to have to wait long to see how it stacked up against its counterparts. It’s fair to say early indications of the defending OFSAA silver-medalists and two-time defending […]
Joey Payeur There are a couple of clouds in the Fort Frances Lakers’ atmosphere. A 3-0 loss to the Thunder Bay North Stars in SIJHL action here Saturday night means Fort Frances have dropped two of their past three games for the first time this season. Coming on the heels […]
Joey Payeur Chris Silver came within hailing distance of a provincial junior men’s championship last year. He and his rink won’t come anywhere close to that this year. The Fort Frances skip and his quartet of third Kurt McGuire, second Taylor Schotroff (Kenora), and lead Davis Jackson ended up on […]
Joey Payeur They got the band back together and still can play a symphony that’s stone cold sweet. Fort Frances skip Hailey Beaudry and her familiar cast members of Nicole Hartlin at third, Erin Tomalty at second, and co-leads Tory and Anika Beaudry looked like they hadn’t missed a beat—and […]
Duane Hicks How can a brand new restaurant feel comfortably modern and yet rich with history at the same time? The answer lies at Flint House, located at 232 Scott St., which opened its doors to the public yesterday evening. Owners Duane and Grace Cridland and their team—including executive chef […]
Heather Latter If you walk into Cheri Whatley’s Early Years classroom at St. Michael’s School, you might notice the lights are turned down low and a calming fragrance being diffused. This classroom—as well as other “quiet” spaces being created within the schools of the Northwest Catholic District School Board—are part […]
Duane Hicks “What’s Mine is Yours.” In light of New Gold’s ongoing Rainy River Project, the Rainy River Future Development Corp. continues to send the message that Fort Frances is open for business. Geoff Gillon told council at its Nov. 23 meeting that the RRFDC has been promoting “Fort Frances […]
Heather Latter Peggy Loyie is hoping district residents will pledge to end violence against women. As part of this year’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women, Loyie is incorporating pledges initiated by the Status of Women Canada as the “16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence.” […]
Heather Latter The “Families for Families” fundraiser not only reached its goal this past week, but exceeded it—raising more than $42,000 to bring a refugee family to Fort Frances. “We raised more than we set out to,” enthused committee chair Kathy Mueller, noting the group originally had hoped to raise […]
Heather Latter Donations to support the Rainy River District Regional Abattoir Inc.’s efforts to enhance the “local food” initiative are trickling in. Earlier this week, the campaign had reached more than $6,200 of its $50,000 goal. Local farmer and RRDRAI board member Kim Jo Bliss said the funds are earmarked […]
