By Times Staff

An ongoing respiratory outbreak at Rainycrest Long-Term Care Home has been expanded to include an additional unit. In a press release dated Tuesday, March 24, Riverside Health Care announced that the ongoing respiratory outbreak that had been announced for the facility’s East Wing has now been expanded to include the […]

By Times Staff

The Dryden Ice Dogs lead their series over the Red Lake Miners 2-0 after games of 7-3 and 7-1 to start the series. The Thunder Bay North Stars lead the Ironwood Lumberjacks 2-0 after wins of 7-3 and 10-1. The Kam River Fighting Walleye lead the Sioux Lookout Bombers 3-1. […]

The baseball scout and I met on a pleasure craft destined for Pearl Harbor. I had never been to Pearl Harbor, not surprising since I’d never been to Hawaii. Considering the inhabitants of the boat, it was a treat from Major League Baseball, a thank you or a perk for […]

Did you know? Canadian households often contain a greater number of dangerous poisonous products than people truly realize. As noted in last week’s column, Canada has a 24/7 toll-free number for POISON CENTRES. In the event of a suspected poisoning, call 1-844-POISON-X(1-844-764-7669). Keep the number for poison centres handy Program […]

I met Dr. Vincent Lam in 2006 at a Humber College writing retreat where he was a guest speaker, sharing his experience of having published his first book, Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures. Lam spoke of being a ship’s doctor on an Arctic cruise where he met Margaret Atwood, one of […]