VANCOUVER—The fashion industry is known to bare a little breast when it comes to selling its wares, but the attitude doesn’t appear to extend to nursing mothers. A Vancouver PhD student plans to file a human-rights complaint after she says she was driven out of public view at a major […]
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VICTORIA—A small helicopter carrying people on a mineral exploration flight crashed into a fast-flowing, icy northern B.C. river yesterday, killing all four people on board. The Hughes aircraft belonging to Prism Helicopters of Pitt Meadows, near Vancouver, was flying out of a camp at Alice Arm, about 150 km northeast […]
OTTAWA—Liberal leader Stephane Dion and his top strategists reportedly will meet next week in Ottawa to devise a response to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s election dare. The meeting comes just a few weeks before the national Liberal caucus is to gather in Winnipeg for its annual summer meeting. The Globe […]
COQUITLAM, B.C.—Neighbours pelted rocks at a black bear as it attacked a screaming woman in her own suburban driveway yesterday—possibly because the animal regarded her as its next meal. “There were people who were driving by and stopped, and were throwing rocks to get the bear off of her,” said […]
PORTLAND, Ore.—A New York man who pleaded guilty to murder in Oregon in exchange for buckets of fried chicken will get calzones and pizza to go with his life sentence. Tremayne Durham, 33, of New York City, admitted last month that he fatally shot Adam Calbreath, 39, of Gresham, in […]
AUSTIN—Twenty-six teenage cheerleaders tried to cram themselves into an elevator at the University of Texas to see how many would fit, but then they got stuck and had to be rescued. One girl was treated and released at a hospital while two others were treated at the scene after the […]
DRYDEN, Ont.—Ontario police have charged a 33-year-old Alberta man after two businesses were robbed, two cars were stolen, and officers were led on a five-hour pursuit through the area of Dryden, Ont. Police say the chase began after they spotted a stolen vehicle on a highway but the driver refused […]
EDMONTON—Angry Air Canada passengers are questioning the airline’s evacuation policy after they got stuck on a plane while fire crews inspected it yesterday following a report of smoke in the cockpit. John Rabasse, who flew on Flight 179 from Montreal with his 38-year-old son, Jason Rabasse, and 12-year-old granddaughter, Maurissa, […]
While no new fires were reported in the West Fire Region yesterday, one new blaze got local crews into action early evening Tuesday. FireRangers from the Fort Frances Fire Management Headquarters, along with a waterbomber and bird-dog aircraft out of Dryden, responded to a new fire in Fort Frances District. […]
The Emo spray park project and the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River are among charitable organizations in Northwestern Ontario that will benefit from $646,700 in grants recently ratified by the board of directors of the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The Township of Emo received $35,000 over one year for the installation […]
The following is the latest “Horse News and Views,” which is prepared by Dr. Bob Wright, Animal Health and Welfare, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, in co-operation with the staff and researchers of the University of Guelph. The monthly column highlights research topics, extension resources, reminders of […]
For 25 years, I worked in the same place. During that time, people came and went. As in every organization, there were a few lemons. But for the most part, the people I worked with made the work day fun. I still get together with work friends periodically. And I […]
