The Canadian PressCamille Bains VANCOUVER—A study by the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS is calling for more doctors across Canada to be formally trained to diagnose and treat patients addicted to drugs. Dr. Evan Wood, co-author of the study published in the current edition of the Journal of […]
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The Canadian Press TORONTO—All Ontario high school, college, and university students will have to participate in work co-op programs if the government keeps its promise to implement the recommendations from a panel of business and education experts. The “highly-skilled workforce expert panel” was set up last December to develop an […]
The Canadian Press PENTICTON, B.C.—Mounties in Penticton, B.C. say they got quite an eyeful last week after a man peeled off his clothes and began washing himself with milk after inadvertently spraying bear spray down his pants. RCMP spokesman Cpl. Don Wrigglesworth said officers were called to a local gas […]
Duane Hicks This needlework art by Dixie Calder is among the many unique pieces comprising the brand new “Fibre Arts Festival 2016” exhibit upstairs at the Fort Frances Museum. The juried exhibit was to be judged today, with winners expected in categories such as Best Original Design, Best Pattern Piece, […]
Joey Payeur There’s plenty to learn—but not much time to learn it—for the Muskie football team, which kicked off its main training camp yesterday at Fort High with 18 players present and more expected in the days ahead. The first test for the black-and-gold comes one week from today when […]
Heather Latter Angelina Morris, left, Mya Scott, and Hallee Nugent acted out an improv scene last night during the final session of Fort Frances Little Theatre’s “Drama for Young People” summer workshop, which saw two teams go head-to-head in an improv battle. The weekly sessions had been running throughout July […]
The Canadian PressGeordon Omand VANCOUVER—A self-styled champion of privatized health care is bringing his fight to British Columbia Supreme Court on Tuesday for the start of a months-long trial he says is about patients’ access to affordable treatment. His opponents, meanwhile, accuse him of trying to gut the core of […]
Duane Hicks Marlene Nelson, left, and Dylinda George cut out the leather to make medicine bags during a Métis beading gathering yesterday at the Fort Frances Museum. The next gathering will be held there Sept. 14 from 1-3 p.m. Everyone is welcome to try their hand at beading or work […]
Press Release With the Labour Day weekend upon us, the Canada Border Services Agency reminds travellers to plan ahead. During this last holiday weekend of the summer, the CBSA is anticipating heavy traffic volumes at ports of entry in eastern and Northern Ontario. Beat the border rush by crossing at […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA—The Opposition Conservatives and the NDP seized on yesterday’s news of grim second-quarter economic growth as evidence the Liberal government’s election promises of jobs and prosperity are falling well short of expectations. The economy recorded its worst performance in seven years during the quarter, Statistics Canada reported […]
The Canadian PressLaura Kane VANCOUVER—When Marion Buller looks back on the Saskatchewan First Nation territory where she spent her summers growing up, some of her childhood friends no longer arw there. They are aboriginal women who went missing or were murdered—part of a tragic phenomenon in Canada that Buller now […]
The Canadian Press EDMONTON—A customer on a WestJet flight from Toronto to Edmonton says there were some tense moments as he and others helped the crew subdue an unruly passenger. Steven Kelley said he was sitting four rows back from the cockpit of the Boeing 737 when a man wearing […]
