Heather Latter Linda Blanc, left, Jan Gustafson, Sharon Bell, and Janice Cousineau were just a few of the ladies who attended the “Luncheon of Hope” at La Place Rendez-Vous on Saturday. The biennial event, hosted by the Rainy River District Breast Health Network, featured a penny table, quilt draw, and […]
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Staff Changing some of their roster didn’t change the outcome for the Muskie girls’ hockey team Third-period goals by Emma Noga and Taylor Croswell were the difference as the Muskies successfully defended their title at the Sturgeon Heights Huskies tournament with a 4-2 win over the Kelvin Clippers yesterday in […]
The Associated PressJeremy Hainsworth VANCOUVER—Five people died after a whale-watching boat with 27 people on board sank off Vancouver Island yesterday and one person remained missing, Canadian authorities said. The vessel made a mayday call late yesterday afternoon on what was a calm, clear, and sunny day off the tourist […]
The Canadian Press WINNIPEG—Aboriginal activists who spent months mobilizing First Nations’ communities say Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s attempt to disenfranchise aboriginal voters backfired and fuelled turnout so high that some reserves ran out of ballots. Some aboriginal communities saw voter turnout spike by up to 270 percent in the […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA—The race to become the Conservative party’s caretaker for the next few months is becoming more competitive, with MP and former cabinet minister Erin O’Toole announcing his candidacy for interim leadership. But uncertainty still hovers over the process to replace Stephen Harper and there are tensions over […]
Staff The early-season race for first place in the SIJHL continues to flip-flop. The Fort Frances Lakers regained top spot Saturday night with a 3-0 win over the visiting Thunder Bay North Stars. By improving to 9-2-0-0, the Lakers have 18 points—one better than the second-place Dryden GM Ice Dogs. […]
Joey Payeur The dress rehearsal wasn’t pretty and the real show will get even uglier if the bugs are not ironed out in a week’s time. In what ended up being a playoff preview, the St. Norbert Celtics used first-half offence and second-half defence to dump the visiting Muskies 27-6 […]
Staff Losing their first two matches of the year was like a slap in the face to the Muskie junior boys’ volleyball team. Then they went and saved face—and a whole lot more. Fort High captured its second tournament title of the year with a 2-1 triumph over the Hammarskjold […]
The Associated PressJenna Fryer TALLADEGA, Ala.—As Joey Logano made his third-straight trip to Victory Lane yesterday, questions swirled about reigning Sprint Cup champion Kevin Harvick’s late-race tactics. Several competitors accused Harvick of intentionally causing a race-ending caution at Talladega Superspeedway, where Logano completed a sweep of the second round of […]
The Canadian PressAdam Wazny WINNIPEG—Drew Stafford’s starting to become one of his coach’s most relied upon players. Stafford’s second goal of the second period turned out to be the difference as the Winnipeg Jets held off a late Minnesota comeback to top the Wild 5-4 yesterday. Stafford snapped a shot […]
Staff Town user fees will be going up by 1.2 percent in 2016. Town council will vote tonight on a report to direct division managers to affect the user fee increase in the 2016 user fee schedule. The 1.2 percent hike is reflective of the Ontario Consumer Price Index. User […]
Heather Latter More “trunks” are needed to make this year’s “Trunk or Treat” another success. “We only have six right now,” Alicia Subnaik Kilgour, CEO of the Fort Frances Public Library, noted Friday afternoon. She stressed the “Project Safe Hallowe’en” committee wants to pack the library parking lot with decorated […]
