(FORT FRANCES, ON) – A driver with cannabis readily available became the subject of a drug recognition evaluation that ended with an impaired driving charge. On January 14, 2023 shortly after midnight, members of the Atikokan OPP conducted a RIDE check on Highway 11 in Mine Center. A vehicle came […]
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A proposal to ban tobogganing at all but two municipal parks in a city east of Toronto is drawing criticism from lawyers who say the plan won’t boost safety but could limit access to the popular winter pastime. Personal injury lawyers say the restriction proposed in Oshawa, Ont., appears to […]
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OTTAWA – Statistics Canada reports that visible minorities are generally more likely than their white counterparts to earn a university degree but less likely to find a job that pays as well. The findings published today based on data from the 2021 and 2016 censuses show that two years after […]
Funeral services for Gina King, who passed away on January 1, 2023, will take place on January 23 at 11:00 a.m. at Northridge Funeral Home, Emo, Ontario.
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Prosecutors announced Thursday that actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer who was killed in 2021 on a New Mexico movie set. Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies issued a statement announcing […]
By David Friend
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TORONTO – Two West Coast music festivals say their future is in doubt as soaring costs and uncertain ticket sales make it impossible to plan and stage their events. The Vancouver Folk Music Festival announced Tuesday it’s decided to cancel its 2023 edition due to rising production costs that are […]
By Sally French Of Nerdwallet
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The Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort, a Hyatt resort on 15 beachfront acres in Hawaii, is far from a place to sleep. There are multiple pools, including a lagoon and three infinity pools. As part of the resort fee, you can also take a stand-up paddleboarding course, use the resort’s […]
By Damian J. Troise
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NEW YORK (AP) – Stocks fell in morning trading on Wall Street Thursday as worries build that the U.S. may be headed for a painful recession. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% as of 10:16 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 209 points, or 0.6%, to 33,087 and the […]
By Matt O’brien And Arijeta Lajka
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NEW YORK (AP) – Countless artists have taken inspiration from “The Starry Night” since Vincent Van Gogh painted the swirling scene in 1889. Now artificial intelligence systems are doing the same, training themselves on a vast collection of digitized artworks to produce new images you can conjure in seconds from […]
By Bobby Caina Calvan
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NEW YORK (AP) – The U.S. government’s star witness in a corruption trial over the broadcasting rights to some of soccer’s biggest events testified Wednesday how he and two former Fox executives paid millions of dollars in bribes to undermine competing bids. The trial in New York City is the […]
By Gemma Karstens-Smith
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VANCOUVER – Steven Stamkos scored his 500th regular-season NHL goal on Wednesday – and then just kept scoring. The Lightning captain included the major milestone in a hat trick as Tampa Bay downed the Canucks 5-2 in Vancouver. “That’s a game that you’re gonna remember for forever, so to do […]
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The chief of a northern Ontario First Nation that found the province’s first “plausible burials” says the community is in shock and its members are working hard to ensure survivors and their loved ones have mental health support. Wauzhushk Onigum Nation Chief Chris Skead says the uncovering of 171 anomalies […]
