Staff The Shotgun Exploration crew will be back next month. The gold-exploring exploits of Todd Ryznar, Jason “Roj” Whitehead, Mark “Grizz” Fairnington, Jimmy “Big E” Easton, Matt Wensley, and Mike Strom will resume with Season 2 of “Fool’s Gold” starting Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. on the Discovery Channel. […]
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Duane Hicks Live to ride. Ride to live. Motorcycle enthusiasts will take to area highways in the name of a good cause this Saturday for the Alzheimer Society of Kenora/Rainy River Districts’ 13th-annual “Ride for Memories” and poker derby. Bikers are invited to join in the ride and dinner to […]
Heather Latter Champion logger Kelvin Caul worked hard to come out on top in the tea boil event.
Heather Latter Sienna Johnstone and her brother, Tristan, enjoyed some food while listening to local singers as part of the “Music in the Park” fundraiser for the “I Am Awesome! (And I Know It!)” retreat for young women last Wednesday at the Lions Park in Emo. The retreat itself will […]
The Canadian PressHelen Branswell TORONTO — Many women are receiving unnecessary treatment for a condition that is sometimes called Stage 0 breast cancer, the findings of a new Canadian study suggest. Women who undergo single or double mastectomies or radiation as treatment for ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS, are […]
By Candice Choi THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TARRYTOWN, N.Y. — Mozzarella cheese at Panera restaurants won’t be as glaringly white. Banana peppers in Subway sandwiches won’t be the same exact shade of yellow. Trix cereal will have two fewer colours. Food makers are purging their products of artificial dyes as people […]
The Canadian PressKevin Bissett SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Thousands of temporary jobs will be created in New Brunswick this fall during a maintenance and upgrade project at the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John described as the largest in the company’s history. Company officials said Thursday the $200-million project, or […]
The Associated Press CALEXICO, Calif. — The arrest of a drug smuggler in scuba gear led to the discovery of a tunnel from Mexico that’s partially underwater and ends in a canal. Evelio Padilla pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in San Diego to one count of possession of drugs […]
The Associated PressTamara LushChris O’Meara SEFFNER, Fla. — Sometime after the sun came up Wednesday, a woman walking her dog past a fenced-off area in a sleepy suburban neighbourhood near Tampa heard a loud rumble. She quickly dialed 911. The earth had opened, again. By Wednesday afternoon, a 17-foot wide […]
The Canadian PressSheryl Ubelacker TORONTO — At the tender age of 17, Warren McNeil considers himself a concussion veteran. He’s sustained six of the brain injuries playing hockey and lacrosse, one of which knocked him out cold. For five of those concussions, the Toronto teen was able to return to […]
The Associated PressMarilynn Marchione Scientists have finally figured out how the key gene tied to obesity makes people fat, a major discovery that could open the door to an entirely new approach to the problem beyond diet and exercise. The work solves a big mystery: Since 2007, researchers have known […]
Staff All aboard, Fort Frances Lakers’ fans—the regular-season train is getting ready to leave the station. The two-time defending Bill Salonen Cup champs will be the last team in the SIJHL to play a game where the points count when they visit the English River Miners in Ear Falls on […]
