MONTREAL – Just For Laughs Montreal plans to return next month with a hybrid of online and in-person programming in various cities. Organizers say the comedy festival will run July 26 to July 31 with some live stand-up shows and other programming taking place in Montreal, New York and Los […]
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TORONTO – The show will go on at the Stratford Festival in southwestern Ontario, starting July 10. Organizers say the festival was able to select the season’s launch date now that the province is moving into the next stage of its reopening plan on Wednesday. The second step allows for […]
By Bill Graveland
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CALGARY – Behind his face mask, sweat glistening on his forehead, Ryan Straschnitzki was smiling. The 22-year-old, paralyzed from the chest down when a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team crashed in 2018, had accomplished another milestone in his long recovery. He stood up. He needed a walker […]
By Stephanie Taylor
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OTTAWA – The Conservative Party of Canada is positioning itself as the defender of Canada Day, as more communities decide to skip celebrations out of respect for First Nations discovering unmarked burial sites at former residential schools. Leaders in different cities and towns from across the country have called into […]
By Danica Kirka
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LONDON (AP) – Most people wouldn’t volunteer to walk through a minefield. Princess Diana did it twice. On Jan. 15, 1997, Diana walked gingerly down a narrow path cleared through an Angolan minefield, wearing a protective visor and flak jacket emblazoned with the name of The HALO Trust, a group […]
By Mark Didtler
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Erik Cernak was one of the most unlikely players to score the first goal of the Stanley Cup Final. But that is what the Tampa Bay defenseman did in the Lightning’s 5-1 win Monday night over the Montreal Canadiens in a game that featured unexpected and […]
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FOUGERES, France (AP) – Tour de France riders staged a protest at the start of Tuesday’s stage to complain about perceived dangerous racing conditions after a flurry of crashes reignited the issue of road safety. Having left the town of Redon in the western Brittany region to start Stage 4, […]
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Today the Northwestern Health Unit received report of one new positive COVID-19 test result in the District of Rainy River area, bringing the number of active cases in the Rainy River region to six. There is one positive case associated with the Kenora region, in an individual who is not […]
OPP officers, paramedics and the Fort Frances Fire Department were on site this morning following a collision on the 300 block of Scott Street outside of the Salvation Army and RBC. Officers said they are investigating the cause of the collision, but no serious injuries were reported. –Ken Kellar photo
By Holly McKenzie-Sutter
THE CANADIAN PRESS
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TORONTO – Ontario’s opposition parties say the government needs to improve ventilation and mandate smaller class sizes as it prepares its back-to-school plan for the fall. The Progressive Conservative government has yet to share its full plan for how students can expect to return to class in September. The provincial […]
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TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 210 new COVID-19 cases today and three deaths from the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 37 cases are in Toronto, 26 are in Waterloo Region, 25 in Grey Bruce and 15 in Peel Region. Monday’s numbers are based on 13,071 tests. There are 218 […]
LONDON, Ont. – A man facing terrorism charges for allegedly killing a Muslim family in southwestern Ontario with his truck is set to appear in court today. Nathaniel Veltman, 20, of London, Ont., has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder in an […]
