Staff StaffIt was déja vu for the top three teams in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League last night. How I Set Your Mother (30 points), That’s What She Set (27), and No Diggity (26) all garnered the maximum six points available in their two matches. “Mother” remains perfect on […]
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Duane Hicks The JMX Contracting crew prepped the area in front of the Rainy Lake Hotel this morning—laying down dirt to protect the ashpalt from falling debris before the next phase of demolition begins. The 200 block of Scott Street is closed to traffic today through Monday (Oct. 16-19) to […]
Staff Nasty mid-autumn weather took its toll on everyone—from the tournament leader to the Muskies’ hopeful and most everyone in between. Tyson Morrisseau struggled in the inclement conditions to card a second-round 85 yesterday to finish in a three-way tie for 54th place in the 121-golfer field at the OFSAA […]
The Canadian PressBill Beacon MONTREAL—An entertaining pre-game show by the Montreal Canadiens was outdone by a team record, a Carey Price shutout, and a thriller of a hockey game. Tomas Fleischmann had a goal and an assist, and Price posted a 25-save shutout, as the Canadiens won their home-opener 3-0 […]
By Dan Joling The Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska Alaska big game officials have legalized an unusual hunt that will take a boat and a bold hand. Starting Thursday, Alaska residents can harvest musk oxen that wander onto Bering Sea ice and become stranded when floes break and drift off. Musk […]
By Ray Henry And Russ Bynum The Associated Press FORT STEWART, Georgia Firearms manufacturers are competing for a rare chance to sell the U.S. Army a new handgun that would replace its current Cold War-era model, and they must meet a lengthy list of requirements to win the lucrative deal. […]
By Rob Gillies THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TORONTO Ken Taylor, Canada’s ambassador to Iran who sheltered Americans at his residence during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis has died. He was 81. Taylor’s wife, Pat, said Ken died Thursday after a two-month battle with colon cancer. Taylor kept the Americans hidden at […]
By Sara Moulton The Associated Press You probably associate gnocchi with the Italian dumplings made from potatoes. Making that kind of gnocchi takes time and patience and is not something most people would undertake on a weeknight. But potato gnocchi aren’t the only kid on the gnocchi block. There are […]
The Associated Press BOSTON A rare letter that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed to a friend has sold at auction for $217,000. The Boston-based RR Auction house says the one-page German note was written in 1786 to Austrian botanist Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, a close friend of Mozart’s. It asks von […]
The Canadian Press HALIFAX The Nova Scotia government says a U.S. Commerce Department decision to continue imposing tariffs on a Cape Breton paper mill is based on an erroneous assumption about what constitutes a subsidy. Provincial cabinet minister Andrew Younger says while it’s true Port Hawkesbury Paper is getting electricity […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO—It was an inning that had a little bit of everything—controversy, chaos, drama, and plenty of tension. The benches cleared twice, one player was ejected, fans repeatedly threw debris on the field, and Toronto played under protest after a botched throw back to the mound led to […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL—The federal government is “irresponsible and negligent” to have ordered a halt to the City of Montreal’s plans to begin construction work that would see eight billion litres of raw sewage dumped into the St. Lawrence River, Mayor Denis Coderre said yesterday. Coderre said Ottawa’s decision “makes […]
