Fort Frances Times Online Edition - March 5, 2018

A three-goal outburst in the first period ultimately was the Fort Frances Lakers' undoing in a 5-2 loss to the English River Miners on Saturday night at the Ice For Kids Arena.

It was all Miners in the opening 20 minutes as the visitors got tallies from Ethan Wong, Nic Herringer, and Terix Fischer-Kobes' (power play) to set the tone early.

How I Set Your Mother and Take A Hit both garnered the maximum six points in Fort Frances Women's Volleyball League action Thursday night.

The Volley Llamas and Kiss My Pass each snared four points.

Gillons', Scared Hitless, Duck and Dive, Let's Talk About Sets, and No Diggity all grabbed three.

Bump It Up earned one.

Cooking bannock on a stick was a popular activity during “SnOasis 6: Your Winter Fix” on Saturday afternoon at the Rainy Lake Square. The free family event, which drew well over 200 people, was put on by the Friends of the Fort Frances Museum, with help from Friends of the Fort Library and other community volunteers.

Daniel Vandenbrand and Jason Bazylewski walked this stone down the ice while Owen Riches looked on during the Muskie boys' curling rink's 5-2 win over the Atikokan Voyageurs yesterday afternoon in the opener of the NWOSSAA championships at the Fort Frances Curling Club.

A Public Works crew marked this rather large pothole with pylons this morning on the 500 block of Second Street East. Crews have been working to thaw catch basins and drain water off the road so they can patch the potholes.

PETERBOROUGH, Ont.—Chanie Wenjack's sister said the presence of Gord Downie was upon Peterborough on Friday as she marked the opening of a school for indigenous studies at Trent University named after her brother.

“Even though Chanie is not here, our brothers Mike and Patrick are here,” Pearl Achneepineskum said as she drew attention to Downie's siblings across the room.

TORONTO—Ontario's Progressive Conservative party, fending off criticisms about the system put in place to help select its new leader, has given members more time both to register for the right to vote and actually cast their ballots.

A senior party source confirmed Saturday the organization has extended the voting deadline, pushing it back from March 8 to noon on March 9.

LOS ANGELES—Against all odds, love won out at the 90th Academy Awards last night.

Guillermo del Toro's lavish, full-hearted monster romance, “The Shape of Water,” swam away with best picture at an Oscar ceremony flooded by a sense of a change for a movie business confronting the post-Harvey Weinstein era.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday said North American neighbours Canada and Mexico will get no relief from his new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports unless a “new and fair” free trade agreement is signed.

RALEIGH, N.C.—Two more goals for Patrik Laine. Two more points in the standings for the Winnipeg Jets.

Laine scored twice for the second-straight game, and extended his points streak to eight, in the Jets' 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes last night.

Laine had his third multi-goal game in the last four and has seven multi-point nights during his streak.

LAS VEGAS—From his dynamic opening laps to his comfortable cruise to the checkered flag, Kevin Harvick was the safest bet in Sin City this weekend.

Harvick's air of inevitability increased with each lap around the Las Vegas Motor Speedway yesterday, and the rest of the NASCAR Cup field must be a bit worried about how they're going to catch up this year.

TORONTO—Dwane Casey admitted it wasn't pretty but yesterday's 103-98 victory over the visiting Charlotte Hornets showed the growth of his group.

DeMar DeRozan had a team-high 19 points, eight assists, and four rebounds as the Toronto Raptors stretched their winning streak to four games while improving to a league-best 26-5 at home this season.

REGINA—A warm Brandt Centre is keeping the skips at the Tim Hortons Brier guessing.

Saskatchewan's Steve Laycock finally got a win for his hometown crowd with a 9-4 eight-end decision over New Brunswick's James Grattan yesterday in Draw 5 of Canada's men's curling championship.

MEXICO CITY — Phil Mickelson knew this was coming, even when he had so little to show for it.

Mickelson had gone 101 tournaments around the world since he last won at Muirfield in the 2013 British Open, which moved him to No. 2 in the world and gave him the third leg of the career Grand Slam. In more than two decades on the PGA Tour, he had gone only two seasons without winning.

SAN FRANCISCO — More than a century after San Francisco’s deadly 1906 earthquake, a film reel with nine minutes of footage capturing the city two weeks after the devastation surfaced at a flea market and it will soon be shown to the public, according to a newspaper report.

SAN DIEGO — Feral cattle in one of California’s newest national monuments have become a nuisance to hikers and local vegetation.

A herd of at least 150 feral bulls are ripping through Sand to Snow National Monument, devouring native plants and scaring people, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported .

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — Envoys for South Korean President Moon Jae-in planned to meet Monday with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the start of a rare two-day visit to Pyongyang that’s expected to focus on how to ease a standoff over North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and restart talks between Pyongyang and Washington.

LOS ANGELES — Held one year ago, the 90th Academy Awards would have very likely been a rose-colored nostalgia fest.

PARIS — The Venezuelan extremist known as Carlos the Jackal went back on trial Monday for a deadly 1974 grenade attack on a Paris shopping arcade.

A Paris court convicted Carlos, whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, last year and handed him a life sentence.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has made the devotion to the Virgin Mary a new fixed celebration in the Roman Catholic calendar.

The Vatican published a decree Saturday in which Francis declared that the Mary “Mother of the Church” feast would be celebrated on the Monday following Pentecost. This year, it falls on May 21.

Here’s a salad fit to join the lineup for your fanciest dinner or holiday meal. Each of the ingredients brings its own unique taste and texture to the mix, but the standout is the praline. A hard candy typically consisting of sugar and nuts, praline was invented in the 17th century by the French (which is why it’s pronounced “prah leen,” not “pray line”).

There is a chance of light snow tonight, with an overnight low of minus-11 C (12 F) and east-northeast winds gusting up to 39 km/h.

Tomorrow will be partly to mostly sunny, with a high of minus-three (26) and low around minus-15 (five).

Look for northeast winds gusting up to 22 km/h.