The Canadian Press OTTAWA—Health Canada makes some on-reserve patients jump through hoops or wait longer than non-indigenous Canadians to access prescription drugs their doctors believe they need to treat mental illnesses, a psychiatrist who has worked in First Nations’ communities says. Dr. Cornelia Wieman, who spent eight years as a […]
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The Canadian Press OTTAWA—Canada’s national curling championships—the Brier and the Tournament of Hearts—had their fields expanded to 16 rinks yesterday at Curling Canada’s annual general meeting. The tournaments now will feature the champions of Curling Canada’s 14 member associations, the defending champs representing Canada, as well as the top-ranked non-qualified […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA—If the federal government won’t seek court advice on the constitutionality of its restrictive new law on assisted dying, Serge Joyal is hoping a provincial government will. The independent Liberal senator hasn’t given up on finding a way to quickly test whether it’s constitutional to exclude Canadians […]
The Canadian Press VANCOUVER—Police in West Vancouver have released photos of a car they believe was torn apart by a black bear over the weekend. The photos show the rear passenger door of the car ripped back, its frame bent, side airbags trashed, and seats shredded. The attack was reported […]
Submitted Brian Gregory checked out the hail that still remained at Boffin Lake an hour after a storm hit yesterday morning. The storm also brought strong winds up to 60 km/h, with some downed trees reported in town.
It is with great sadness that the family of Katie Jourdain announces her passing on Friday, June 17, 2016, at the age of 25, at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. She was born Nov. 24, 1990 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Curtis Jourdain and Geraldine Anderson. […]
Staff Steve Arpin watched the lightning, then drove like it. The Fort Frances native captured his first-ever checkered flag on the Red Bull Global Rallycross auto racing circuit Saturday during a doubleheader weekend at Daytona International Speedway. Arpin, who now makes his home in Cornelius, N.C., tasted victory for the […]
From the MNRF Two new fires were confirmed by Saturday evening in Red Lake District near Pikangikum. Red Lake Fire #13 was listed as “not under control” at 0.7 hectares at last report. Red Lake Fire #14, burning on an island south- southwest of Pikangikum, was reported as “being observed.” […]
Cameron Penney Joe Medicine, left, chair of the Indian Residential Schools Working Group, along with Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day, stood proudly beside the newly-unveiled residential school monument after a ceremony at Rainy River First Nations on Saturday morning. The monument depicts local scenery and wildlife, and has the names […]
The Associated PressMike Cranston CHICAGO—Prized prospect Willson Contreras received a standing ovation as he made his way to the plate in the sixth inning for his first major-league at-bat. One pitch later, the Wrigley Field crowd was back on its feet demanding a curtain call. Contreras crushed the first pitch […]
By Vicky Ge Huang The Associated Press BANGKOK — Several convicted drunken drivers were brought to a Bangkok morgue Monday to see a corpse and reflect on the gory consequences of their actions as part of a program aimed at combating the carnage on Thailand’s roads. Thailand has the world’s […]
The Associated Press SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — North Korea said Monday it won’t negotiate to release arrested American citizens if a former detainee doesn’t stop using what it called slanderous language about the North. American missionary Kenneth Bae, who was freed by North Korea in 2014 along with another […]
