NEW YORK (AP) – When Serena Williams won the 1999 U.S. Open for her first Grand Slam title at age 17, she wore white beads in her hair. On Monday night, when Williams won her first match of the 2022 U.S. Open at age 40, her daughter, Olympia, was courtside, […]
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By Eric Shih
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay Source
The federal government is expanding and extending a program that helps create a pathway to permanent residency for skilled foreign workers wanting to live in the region. On Friday, Sean Fraser the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship announced the changes to the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot. Thunder Bay […]
A participant in the Seven Generations Creativity Camp assembles a ribbon skirt in the school’s Makerspace. The weekly camps have been teaching participlants a wide variety of skills throughout the summer. Look for a story on the Creativity Camps in this Wednesday’s Times. – Daniel Adam photo
By Mia Jensen
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Sudbury Star
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Sudbury Star
A new report on opioid-related deaths in Ontario is just the latest alarm bell in Sudbury’s ongoing opioid and overdose crisis. According to the report from Ontario’s Office of the Chief Coroner, Sudbury, like other cities across Northern Ontario, has seen a significant increase in the number of opioid-related deaths […]
By Morgan Sharp
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada's National Observer
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada's National Observer
Ontario’s science table advising the provincial government on the COVID-19 pandemic will be disbanded early next month, the group said, a day after issuing a back-to-school note on how to deal with a virus set to affect its fourth school year. “The COVID-19 pandemic continues, and it contributes to Ontario’s […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for political leaders to take a united stance against threats of violence and intimidation on Sunday, days after his deputy was confronted in Alberta by a man who repeatedly yelled profanity at her and called her a traitor. A video circulating online over the weekend […]
By Mia Rabson
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – Floods, droughts and major storms that wash out highways, damage buildings and affect power grids could cost Canada’s economy $139 billion over the next 30 years, a new climate-based analysis predicts. The report, titled “Aquanomics,” is being published today by GHD, a global engineering and architecture services firm. […]
By Munir Ahmed
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ISLAMABAD (AP) – Pakistanis wrestled with the destruction of their homes and businesses Monday as the military and volunteers tried to evacuate thousands stranded by widespread flooding driven by “monster monsoons” that have killed more than 1,000 people this summer. In the southeastern town of Shikar Pur not far from […]
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – Denmark will increase its planned offshore wind capacity in the Baltic Sea to 3 gigawatts and hook it up to the German grid, a step toward weaning Europe off its reliance on Russian gas. When established in 2030, it should be able to supply electricity to […]
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
STOCKHOLM (AP) – A fire was reported Monday on a passenger ferry bound for Sweden with 300 people but officials said the blaze – which they described as “limited” – was put out. No one was reported injured. The ferry was north of Sweden’s Baltic Sea island of Gotland when […]
By Ronald Blum
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK (AP) – The Major League Baseball Players Association is attempting to unionize minor leaguers, reversing decades of opposition. The players’ association said Monday it is circulating union authorization cards among players with minor league contracts to form a separate bargaining unit from the big leaguers. While the average […]
