The Canadian PressKeith Leslie TORONTO —Education Minister Liz Sandals says it looks like Ontario teachers are taking more sick days because they lost the right to bank them and take a cash payout on retirement. “There’s no reason to believe that they’re actually sicker than they were two years ago,” […]
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Staff The underdogs need to find a new kennel. It was business as usual for most of the top teams as the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League playoffs kicked off last Thursday (March 24) at Fort Frances High School and St. Michael’s School. Regular-season champion How I Set Your Mother […]
Staff A house fire late Tuesday night on Pikangikum First Nation is believed to have left nine people dead. Officers from the Pikangikum Police Service, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), and the Pikangikum Fire Department responded to a residential fire located on Dunsford Road at 11:44 p.m. As a result […]
The Canadian PressBill Beacon It’s rare, but the Stanley Cup playoffs will go ahead without any of the seven Canadian teams. The Ottawa Senators were the last to be eliminated last night despite beating the Winnipeg Jets 2-1. Instead, the Philadelphia Flyers’ 2-1 shootout win over the Washington Capitals mathematically […]
Staff The SIJHL galaxy’s brightest lights were recognized yesterday, with several Fort Frances Lakers selected among the league’s elite. Fort Frances placed four members of its squad on the CCM Hockey 1st All-Star Team, with two more making it onto the 2nd All-Star Team. Leading the way for the Lakers […]
The Associated PressKaty DaigleUmar Meraj AMRITSAR, India—The chronic air pollution blanketing much of northern India is now threatening the holiest shrine in the Sikh religion, making the once-gleaming walls of the Golden Temple dingy and dull. There is little to be done short of replacing the 430-year-old temple’s gold-plated walls—an […]
The Associated PressAlicia Rancilio NEW YORK—Michelle Fiala says her 14-year-old daughter, Laura, is fine watching humans run for their lives from snarling, flesh-eating zombies on AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” but if one of the characters on the show vomits, the teen has to look away. “My youngest has a real […]
The Associated PressMaria Cheng LONDON—Italian scientist Dr. Paolo Macchiarini was once considered a pioneer in regenerative medicine, credited with creating the world’s first windpipe partially made from a patient’s own stem cells. But in the last year, Macchiarini has been charged with falsifying his resume, and accused of scientific misconduct […]
The Canadian PressEric Koreen TORONTO—Every time the Toronto Raptors have reached a new high during their improbable run over the last three seasons, DeMar DeRozan has been forced into reflection mode. He is the last major link with the Raptors’ previous run of futility, a five-year stretch outside of the […]
The Canadian PressDarrin Bauming WINNIPEG—Alex Chiasson pulled the Ottawa Senators out of their four-game losing streak, but it came too late to save their playoff hopes. Although Ottawa edged the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 to snap their skid, the Philadelphia Flyers’ 2-1 shootout win over the Washington Captials last night mathematically […]
The Associated Press HOT SPRINGS, Ark.—A report of armed men near an Arkansas elementary school led to a campus lockdown before police confirmed the three were actually pest control employees chasing squirrels. A teacher at Gardner STEM Magnet School in Hot Springs saw the men about 8 a.m. yesterday and […]
By Katy Daigle And Umar Meraj The Associated Press AMRITSAR, India — The chronic air pollution blanketing much of northern India is now threatening the holiest shrine in the Sikh religion, making the once-gleaming walls of the Golden Temple dingy and dull. There is little to be done short of […]
