Staff Perry Nastiuk showed off a bag full of yellow, black, and sponge morel mushrooms he picked recently within town limits. Nastiuk collected 13 pounds of the popular fungi last year and is aiming to double that amount this season.
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The Canadian Press LAC LA BICHE, Alta.—A videographer with CBC Radio-Canada is in hospital in critical condition after a crash yesterday near a northern Alberta community that has been housing Fort McMurray fire evacuees. RCMP said they responded to an accident just outside Lac La Biche around 5:25 a.m. Officers […]
Duane Hicks Acclaimed educator Teepa Snow led an all-day workshop, “Positive Approach in Dementia Care,” yesterday at La Place Rendez-Vous. About 120 direct-care providers from across the region attended the workshop, which was sponsored by the Canadian Mental Health Association (Fort Frances branch), the Lakehead University Centre for Education and […]
The Canadian Press VICTORIA—British Columbia’s health minister says he’s hopeful the rate of drug overdose deaths will start dropping this month as a result of action taken by the province to curb a disturbing spike in opioid-related fatalities. So far, last month’s declaration of a public-health emergency doesn’t appear to […]
Staff In conjunction with Emergency Preparedness Week, the Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service will hold a “Spring Safety Day” tomorrow (May 14) from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at Canadian Tire. Fire Prevention Capt. Wayne Riches said the focus will be emergency preparedness and fire safety, including residential smoke detectors and […]
Cameron Penney Hojorge Dominguez, a performer with the Khartum Shrine Circus, showed off some dog tricks with the help of his four-legged companions yesterday afternoon during the first of two shows at the Memorial Sports Centre. Along with seeing the circus acts, youngsters were able to get their faces painted […]
The Associated Press LOS ANGELES—Clayton Kershaw is on a winning roll—and doing it ever so efficiently. He tossed a three-hitter while Yasmani Grandal belted a three-run homer to help the L.A. Dodgers blank the N.Y. Mets 5-0 last night for a split of the four-game series. “It was special,” said […]
The Associated PressDoug Ferguson PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.—One birdie led to two more before Jason Day even hit his stride, and his round kept getting better until the world’s No. 1 player was in the record book and in the lead yesterday at The Players Championship. He putted for birdie […]
From the MNRF No new fires were confirmed in the Northwest Region by yesterday afternoon. Meanwhile, Kenora Fire #8, located in the Ingolf area about 55 km west of Kenora, was not expected to spread due to current weather conditions. It was at 5,800 hectares in size as of Wednesday […]
Heather Latter Lt.-Col. R.A. Evans, centre, inspected members of the 908 Rainy Lake Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron last night during its 13th-annual ceremonial review at the Memorial Sports Centre auditorium. The event included the presentation of awards and certificates, as well as a demonstration from the drill team and […]
Duane Hicks Nexus Community Credit Union here got its new sign late Monday afternoon. The Thamesville Community Credit Union Ltd. and Northern Lights Credit Union Ltd. voted to merge back in November and commenced business under the new name back in January.
The Canadian PressKristy Kirkup OTTAWA—Health Canada said yesterday it will fund two additional mental health workers and a case manager for youth in Attawapiskat to assist with the Northern Ontario reserve’s suicide crisis. It’s a move that comes after the federal government came under fire by the region’s MP and […]
