Heather Latter Students from Fort High’s Muskie Theatre rehearsed a scene from Jonathan Yukich’s “Alice@Wonderland” on Sunday afternoon in preparation for their upcoming performance. A modern re-telling of Lewis Carroll’s classic story, the play is set to hit the Townshend Theatre stage Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, which […]
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The Canadian Press RED DEER, Alta.—A Conservative member of the legislature lauded as “a big man with a giant heart” was killed yesterday after stopping on an icy central Alberta highway to help a motorist whose car had flipped in a median. Manmeet Bhullar, 35, who represented Calgary-Greenway, was one […]
Heather Latter Walmart assistant manager Rosanne DeGagne, left, and Jodi Forbes, Walmart’s charity co-ordinator, along with volunteer Bobbi King, Mayor Roy Avis, and Lt. Ryan MacDonald kicked off the local Salvation Army’s Christmas kettle campaign there yesterday afternoon. The kettles will be out at various locations around town from now […]
The Associated PressJimmy Golen FOXBOROUGH, Mass.—Tom Brady called out Rex Ryan and then he beat the Bills—again. After shouting the name of the Buffalo coach as an audible, Brady led New England to a 20-13 victory over the Bills last night and kept the defending Super Bowl champs on course […]
The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS—Through another seemingly interminable losing streak, the Philadelphia 76ers have been done in by some of the NBA’s biggest names. Tim Duncan rallied the Spurs to a win. Dirk Nowitzki broke their hearts in Dallas. Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh blitzed them over the final seven minutes […]
Duane Hicks In front of applauding family members, friends, and colleagues, die-hard hockey volunteer Larry Patrick was honoured as the 2015 “Citizen of the Year” for Fort Frances at last night’s council meeting. This past year was a banner one for the long-time Fort Frances Lakers’ supporter. Patrick took the […]
Staff The Kathie Jackson rink is guilty as charged on one count of theft, but they aren’t ashamed about it. The Fort Frances-based foursome stole the winning point in the extra end to earn a 5-4 victory over British Columbia in its first game at The Travelers Curling Club Championship […]
The Canadian PressKyle Cicerella TORONTO—Coach Mike Babcock went home last night thinking of ways to re-tool his power play. The Toronto Maple Leafs battled to force overtime against the Boston Bruins after falling behind two goals early. Then they had a great opportunity to win the game when Boston’s top […]
By Candice Choi THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK A non-profit founded to combat obesity says the $1.5 million it received from Coke has no influence on its work. But emails obtained by The Associated Press show the world’s largest beverage maker was instrumental in shaping the Global Energy Balance Network, […]
By Nicole Winfield The Associated Press VATICAN CITY Two Italian journalists who wrote books detailing Vatican mismanagement faced trial Tuesday in a Vatican courtroom along with three people accused of leaking them the information, in a case that has drawn scorn from media watchdogs. The Committee to Protect Journalists, Reporters […]
By Suzan Fraser And Nataliya Vasilyeva The Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey Turkey shot down a Russian warplane Tuesday, claiming it had violated Turkish airspace and ignored repeated warnings. Russia denied that the plane crossed the Syrian border into Turkish skies. “We are looking into the circumstances of the crash of […]
By Katie Workman The Associated Press I am an unabashed fan of refrigerated pie crusts. I am certain that the number of pies I would make if I was only allowed to make crust from scratch would be about 15 per cent of my current pie output. And I know […]
