The Canadian PressTerry Pedwell OTTAWA—Canada has yet to feel the full effects of mental health issues gripping people across the country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today as he pledged support to lower levels of government in combating the problem. “Whether we’re talking about its impact on young people, its […]
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Press Release After just one day, the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) walked away from the bargaining table on the afternoon of April 12. This was the 12th attempt by the Rainy River District School Board to reach a fair, local negotiated settlement with OSSTF District 5B. OSSTF District […]
The Canadian PressKristy Kirkup OTTAWA—The leader of the country’s national Inuit organization says his people also are dealing with devastating rates of suicide. The “heartbreaking” suicide crisis in the First Nation community of Attawapiskat has become a touchstone moment for how mental health issues affect aboriginal peoples, Natan Obed, president […]
Heather Latter Natalie Panek, a rocket scientist, explorer, and speaker working on Canadian space robotics, talked to Fort High students in the school gym yesterday afternoon. She also offered a community presentation yesterday evening at the Townshend Theatre—sharing her inspiring message to dream big, dare to achieve the impossible, and […]
Staff The Northwest Catholic District School Board will be celebrating the significant contribution Catholic education has made to the community, the province, and to Canada during May 1-6. Local Catholicity co-ordinator Amy LaFroy will inform trustees of the details of Catholic Education Week at tonight’s regular board meeting. In a […]
From the OPP At 11 p.m. yesterday, Rainy River District OPP officers were conducting general patrols on the 1000 block of King’s Highway in the Town of Fort Frances. The officers observed two motor vehicles travelling at a high rate of speed. Two men—a 31-year-old from Thunder Bay, Ont. and […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA—Newly-released data on youth voters suggests they neither were apathetic nor disengaged in the last election—and instead may be primed to become the most powerful voting bloc in the country. A report commissioned by the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations suggests just over half of Canadians […]
The Canadian PressLori Ewing TORONTO—If the Toronto Raptors walked onto the Air Canada Centre floor last night under a cloud of question marks, they delivered an emphatic answer. Jonas Valanciunas scored 23 points and hauled down 15 rebounds as the Raptors bounced back from a horrible Game 1 to throttle […]
By Alison Ladman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Breakfast in bed on Mother’s Day is practically mandatory. Which is fine. But that doesn’t mean what you serve needs to be the same old plain pancakes. After all, Mom is special. Her breakfast should be, too. So we created these rye-based pancakes that […]
By Malcolm Ritter The Associated Press NEW YORK — Dinosaurs were in decline long before an asteroid strike polished them off about 66 million years ago, a study says. It’s the latest contribution to a long-running debate: Did the asteroid reverse the fortune of a thriving group of animals? Or […]
By Michael Tarm The Associated Press CHICAGO — Jack McCullough awoke a few months into his life sentence for the 1957 slaying of an Illinois schoolgirl as his cellmate plunged a shank fashioned from a toothbrush into his face, eventually dislodging his eye. Multiple inmates had vowed to kill him […]
By Josh Lederman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Vice-President Joe Biden acknowledged “overwhelming frustration” with Israel’s government on Monday and said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration has led Israel in the wrong direction, in an unusually sharp rebuke of America’s closest ally in the Middle East. Biden, in a speech […]
