The Gun and Hobby Show will be held May 7, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fort Frances Curling Club. A variety of hunting related vendors will be on hand. Admission is $5. Free for children under 5. A Mother’s Day Market will be held May 7 from […]
fftimes
By Maan Alhmidi
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Foul play from an outside source is not suspected in the deaths of four cadets at Canada’s Royal Military College last week, the Department of National Defence said Wednesday. The department said the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service, the local military police detachment and police in Kingston, Ont., where the […]
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
More than 40 years after blazing a trail for female video game characters, Ms. Pac-Man was inducted Thursday into the World Video Game Hall of Fame, along with Dance Dance Revolution, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Sid Meier’s Civilization. The Hall of Fame considers electronic games of […]
By Nicole Thompson
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Canadian advocates are highlighting abortion pills as an underused option in this country as uncertainty looms over the procedure’s future in the United States, putting a spotlight on its accessibility. Any doctor who can prescribe medications is able to facilitate what’s known as a “medical” or “medication” abortion, which can […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
New data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information shows a spike in the rate of youth hospitalized for eating disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic. The numbers show the rate of eating disorder hospitalizations in Canada was 15 per 100,000 in the two years leading up to the onset of […]
By Stephen Groves
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – It took two trips over state lines, navigating icy roads and a patchwork of state laws, for a 32-year-old South Dakota woman to get abortion pills last year. For abortion-seekers like her, such journeys, along with pills sent through the mail, will grow in importance […]
By Ashraf Khalil
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) – Foxes are known to raid henhouses. But this raid, on an outdoor zoo yard housing dozens of bright pink flamingos unable to fly away, was many times worse. Zookeepers at the National Zoo made a macabre discovery this week when they entered the outdoor enclosure that housed […]
By David Pitt
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A NASA climate research scientist who has spent much of her career explaining how global food production must adapt to a changing climate was awarded the World Food Prize on Thursday. Cynthia Rosenzweig, an agronomist and climatologist, was awarded the $250,000 prize in recognition of […]
By John Wawrow
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Glancing at the illustration of the boy with the far-off stare standing next to a bus on the cover of the graphic novel memoir that will tell his story, Akim Aliu immediately remembers the pain of growing up poor and Black in Toronto. From the hours spent alone riding public […]
By Tales Azzoni
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MADRID (AP) – Andy Murray withdrew from his showdown against Novak Djokovic at the Madrid Open on Thursday because of a stomach illness. The announcement came not long before Murray was scheduled to take the court against the top-ranked Djokovic in the third round. It would have been the first […]
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON (AP) – The World Health Organization says the rates of people who are obese and overweight in Europe have hit “epidemic proportions,” with nearly 60% of adults and a third of children in one of those categories. In a report issued Tuesday, the U.N. health agency’s European office said […]
By John Chidley-Hill
THE CANADINA PRESS
THE CANADINA PRESS
The Tampa Bay Lightning harnessed their inner anger on Wednesday night, a skill that has helped them win back-to-back Stanley Cups. Victor Hedman scored and added three assists as Tampa downed the Maple Leafs 5-3 to tie their first-round playoff series 1-1. The victory came after Toronto shut out the […]
