By David Paddon The Canadian Press TORONTO — Two of Canada’s largest mobile phone services are being targeted by a social media campaign launched by Remind.com, a San Francisco-based company that provides a free two-way texting service for teachers, students and parents. Remind is calling on its Canadian users ‚Äî […]
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It is with deep sadness that I announce the passing of Mom on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Mom was born on Jan. 18, 1932 in Springwater, Sask. She married Donald Gerald McDiarmid on Oct. 18, 1950. Together they had three beautiful children, […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Greg Anderson, 63, announces his passing on Tuesday Jan. 2, 2019 in the loving care of the Rainy River Hospital. Greg was born on Dec. 26, 1955 to Allan and Leone Anderson of Stratton, Ont. Greg will be dearly missed and […]
By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Sharing false information on Facebook is old. People over 65 and ultra conservatives shared about seven times more fake information masquerading as news on the social media site than younger adults, moderates and super liberals during the 2016 election season, a new […]
By Armina Ligaya The Canadian Press A legal gram of cannabis in Canada costs nearly 50 per cent more than illicit pot, according to a new analysis of price quotes compiled by Statistics Canada. The average price of a legal gram of medical or non-medical weed during the fourth quarter […]
By Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Is the pain stabbing or burning? On a scale from 1 to 10, is it a 6 or an 8? Over and over, 17-year-old Sarah Taylor struggled to make doctors understand her sometimes debilitating levels of pain, first from joint-damaging childhood arthritis […]
SMITH-COUNCILLOR-Born to Marissa Smith and John Councillor, of Emo, Ontario, a girl, Miigwan Margaret Frances, weighing 6 lbs 12 oz on December 20, 2018 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
By Mike Stobbe The Associated Press NEW YORK — The U.S. cancer death rate has hit a milestone: It’s been falling for at least 25 years, according to a new report. Lower smoking rates are translating into fewer deaths. Advances in early detection and treatment also are having a positive […]
