It is with great sadness we mourn the passing of Judy Kaufman who passed away December 8, 2021, after a lengthy illness. Judy was born in Ottawa on December 19,1958, to Rae and Theresa Reid. Judy attended French school in Ottawa and went on to Algonquin College to study forestry. […]
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Roman Beaulieu, 37, passed away on Monday, December 6, 2021, in Thunder Bay, Ont. Funeral services are pending and a complete obituary will follow.
Leonard R. Hyatt, 60 years old, of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, (formerly of Devlin) passed away December 1, 2021. Complete obituary to follow.
By Aamer Madhani And Colleen Long
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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden on Thursday opened the first White House Summit for Democracy by sounding an alarm about a global slide for democratic institutions and called for world leaders to “lock arms” and demonstrate democracies can deliver. Biden called it a critical moment for fellow leaders to […]
By Mike Blanchfield
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – As a transplanted British Columbian, Jesse Mason views the extreme and shifting weather patterns unfolding in his native province with a high level of concern. First, there was the heat dome that caused record-breaking temperatures this summer, and then the recent floods that have emptied entire communities, drowned […]
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MONTREAL – The RCMP say a former Canadian Space Agency engineer has been charged with breach of trust for using his position to act on behalf of a Chinese company. Federal authorities say Wanping Zheng, 61, will appear in court in Longueuil, Que., on Dec. 15. Zheng, a Brossard, Que., […]
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A crash in Minneapolis early Thursday that followed a police pursuit of an SUV that was reportedly stolen has left two juveniles dead and three others hospitalized, authorities said. Officers in suburban Robbinsdale spotted a Mercedes SUV about 2 a.m. that was reported stolen in Minneapolis and […]
By Pat Eaton-robb
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A former cadet who was expelled from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy after becoming a father filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging the school’s policy that prohibits students from being parents. Isaak Olson was two months from graduating from the academy in 2014 with a degree in mechanical engineering and […]
By Ian Harrison
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TORONTO (AP) – Mike Muscala made a go-ahead 3-pointer with nine seconds remaining and the Oklahoma City Thunder held on to beat the shorthanded Toronto Raptors 110-109 on Wednesday night. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 16 of his 26 points in the third quarter and the Thunder (8-16) rallied from a 13-point […]
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OTTAWA – The Continental Cup curling competition was cancelled for a second straight season Wednesday due to challenges stemming from the pandemic. Tougher travel restrictions for visitors to Canada and isolation requirements for European teams headed to February’s Beijing Olympics were reasons cited by Curling Canada for scrubbing the Jan. 20-23 event in Fredericton. […]
The news today is filled with information about the Omnicron virus that is a derivative of the Covid virus. It has replaced the headlines from the United Nations Glasgow conference working to reduce green house gases and control global warming in the world. But on the back pages of newspapers […]
