Joey Payeur Kathie Jackson would appreciate it if everyone would stop coming up to her as if her beloved pet died. The Fort Frances skip and her Northern Ontario team of third Teresa McFayden, second Leanne Eluik, and lead Jackie McCormick didn’t have the ending they wanted in the women’s […]
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Duane Hicks Boasting a brand new float, Santa Claus and his elves closed out the Fort Frances Community Christmas Parade on Saturday evening. The parade, which many called the best they had seen in years here, drew about two dozen floats. This year’s theme was “Old-Fashioned Christmas,” and everyone also […]
Heather Latter Austin and Brady Morrisseau received a gift from Santa while visiting with him at the “Breakfast with Santa” event at St. John’s Anglican Church here Saturday, where families enjoyed sausages, crepes, and fruit. Then children also were able to write a letter to Santa, make a craft and […]
Heather Latter The caterpillar, portrayed by Jocelyn George, conversed with “Alice” (Chelsea Barron) during Scene 3, Encounter with a Caterpillar, of “Alice@Wonderland” on opening night last Thursday. The play, presented by Muskie Theatre, offered a modern re-telling of Lewis Carroll’s classic story.
Joey Payeur Hailey Beaudry skipped her Fort Frances rink to the Region 1 junior women’s title here over weekend. The squad now advances to the provincial playdowns Jan. 2-5 in Sioux Lookout.
By Bassem Mroue The Associated Press REYHANLI, Turkey Before a crowd of men on a street in the Syrian city of Palmyra, the masked Islamic State group judge read out the sentence against the two men convicted of homosexuality: They would be thrown to their deaths from the roof of […]
By Elizabeth Karmel The Associated Press As long as I can remember, I have been a fan of eggnog. And I’m no snob about it. I’ll drink store-bought as readily as homemade. It’s all creamy and delicious. And I’m always game to try new variations. Which explains how I recently […]
By Phuong Le The Associated Press MARYSVILLE, Wash. Moving her finger over the laptop trackpad, 6-year-old Lauren Meek drags and drops a block of code to build a set of instructions. She clicks the “run” button and watches as the character moves through a maze. She then pumps her fist […]
By Brandon Bailey The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Talk about birth announcements: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife say they’ll devote nearly all their wealth ‚Äî roughly $45 billion to solving the world’s problems in celebration of their new baby daughter, Max. Zuckerberg’s wife, Priscilla Chan, gave birth to […]
By Mark Stevenson The Associated Press MEXICO CITY A Mexican archaeologist said his team has found a tunnel-like passageway that apparently leads to two sealed chambers, the latest chapter in the search for the as-yet undiscovered tomb of an Aztec ruler. The Aztecs are believed to have cremated the remains […]
The Canadian PressMurray Brewster BRUSSELS—Stephane Dion walked through NATO’s doors today suggesting he won’t have to do much of a sales job over the impending withdrawal of Canada’s jets from the U.S.-led bombing campaign against militants in Iraq and Syria. Other countries, including North Atlantic allies, understand the warplanes have […]
The Associated Press MEXICO CITY—About a third of the world’s cactus species are threatened with extinction, the International Union for Conservation of Nature warns in a new report. The study evaluated 1,478 species and determined 31 percent are endangered due to factors such as the conversion of wilderness areas to […]
