Duane Hicks The old Rainy Lake Hotel will start coming down Oct. 1. A tentative schedule for demolition and removal of the derelict building was laid out during a pre-construction meeting with property owners and tenants of the 200 block of Scott Street on Monday evening at the Civic Centre. […]
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Heather Latter The massive yellow parts are beginning to look more like trucks, excavators, and dozers as equipment assembly continues on site at New Gold’s Rainy River Project. “It’s coming along—things are looking good,” project general manager Grant Goddard noted Monday. “Everything is on track for assembly.” One of the […]
Joey Payeur Young hockey players in Fort Frances dream about playing in the NHL—or even the Olympics—one day. Chris Lindberg made both those dreams come true and he’s about to get deserved recognition for it. The Fort native will be inducted into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in […]
Heather Latter Project general manager Grant Goddard, left, maintenance superintendent Leo Faykes, and mine supervisor Trevor Pennell posed in front of one of the shovels recently assembled at the site. At a height of 28 feet, the massive the piece of equipment makes the trio look pretty tiny.
Halle Singleton and Chloe Bruyere walked the Terry Fox Run on Sunday in honour of their cousin, Thomas Chapais, 11, who was diagnosed with osteosarcoma back in November and still is fighting. Osteosarcoma is the same type of cancer that Terry Fox was diagnosed with.
Heather Latter Incumbent NDP MP John Rafferty spoke with Bill Morrison and Betty Plumridge on Friday during the officially opening of his campaign office at 330 Scott St.
Jaymee Fiset Doug deBernardeaux proved to be a handful to bring down on this play. The Muskie running back went on to score one touchdown during Fort High’s 20-18 victory over the Tec Voc Hornets in their WHSFL regular-season opener here Friday.
By Jill Lawless The Associated Press LONDON The Inuit of the Arctic know a lot about snow, and their wide vocabulary for the white stuff is legendary. But they may face a challenge in snow-describing ability ‚Äî from Scotland. Researchers at the University of Glasgow have compiled 421 words relating […]
By Josh Lederman And Nicole Winfield The Associated Press WASHINGTON Pope Francis was hard to spot in the motorcade of more than 20 armed SUVs and police cars that motored into the nation’s capital late Tuesday. The pontiff ditched the fancy wheels in favour of a much more modest ride: […]
By Carrie Antlfinger The Associated Press RIVER FOREST, Ill. An Illinois man has spent up to 10 hours every day for 11 years cleaning and fixing 1,500 paintings for museums nationwide. He’s done an estimated $5 million worth of work. He didn’t get paid once. “Either you got to be […]
The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO The company that sparked an angry backlash after it raised the price of a drug for treating a deadly parasitic infection by more than 5,000 per cent says it will roll back some of the increase. Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli told ABC News on […]
By John Rogers The Associated Press LOS ANGELES The music publishing company that has been collecting royalties on the song “Happy Birthday To You” for years does not hold a valid copyright on the lyrics to the tune that is one of the mostly widely sung in the world, a […]
