Duane Hicks Shirley Dolph took a chance at winning a Peanuts-themed Christmas tree during the Rainycrest Auxiliary’s fall bazaar Saturday morning. The popular event featured not only a Christmas tree draw but a bake table, lucky lotto table, and gently-used items for sale, as well as tea/coffee and dainties.
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The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Ontario is allowing several bottled water companies to take up to 7.6 million litres of groundwater per day on expired permits, as it gives them time to amend renewal applications in light of new rules. Premier Kathleen Wynne last year imposed a two-year moratorium on new […]
The Canadian PressJim Bronskill OTTAWA–A “hellish” week of hard-fought negotiations sealed a deal to financially compensate members of the military and other federal agencies who were investigated and sanctioned because of their sexual orientation, says the lawyer representing them. The agreement in principle with the government to provide reparations for […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Hydro One is considering allowing its customers to use pre-paid meters for their electricity use. The proposal is contained within a massive Ontario Energy Board application, which also asks for a rate increase of 0.5 percent this year and 4.8 percent next year. The application says […]
The Canadian Press PUSLINCH, Ont.–A major Jewish advocacy group in Canada is demanding a municipality in southwestern Ontario rename a street called Swastika Trail. B’nai Brith Canada started a petition yesterday after residents in Puslinch Township, about 75 km west of Toronto, approached the organization for help. The group said […]
Look for occasional flurries tonight, with an overnight low of minus-11 C (12 F). Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy, with a high of minus-four (25) and low around minus-seven (19). Cloudy skies also are forecast for Sunday, along with a high of minus-three (27) and low dipping to minus-nine (16). […]
The Canadian Press PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.–“Hammy” the deer no longer is wearing the latest in antler adornments after conservation officers in Prince Rupert, B.C. caught up with the animal yesterday. The adult buck earned his name after he was cut free from a backyard hammock in August, but a tangle […]
The Associated Press DETROIT–Case Keenum stood in the pocket to take a hit, dipped his right shoulder to slip out of a sack, and shuffled his feet to give his receivers more time to get open. Looking like a savvy winner instead of a journeyman, Keenum picked apart Detroit’s defence […]
From the OPP The Sioux Lookout OPP was dispatched to a report of a stolen vehicle on Wednesday. It was stolen from the parking lot of Fresh Market Foods in Sioux Lookout. The vehicle was recovered later in the day being driven by a 14-year-old youth. The youth was arrested […]
The Associated PressPhilip Marcelo MASHPEE, Mass.–The Massachusetts tribe whose ancestors shared a Thanksgiving meal with the Pilgrims nearly 400 years ago is reclaiming its long-lost language, one schoolchild at a time. “Weesowee mahkusunash,” says teacher Siobhan Brown, using the Wampanoag phrase for “yellow shoes” as she reads to a pre-school […]
Staff How I Set Your Mother, the Volley Llamas, and Bump It Up all nabbed the maximum six points in Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League action last night. Kiss My Pass was right behind after garnering five points. Bumping Uglies, No Diggity, Duck and Dive, and Gillons’ all managed to […]
The Canadian PressLauren Krugel CALGARY–A trademark flap over a popular deep-fried Canadian treat has reached a sweet conclusion. BeaverTails Pastry in Montreal has apologized to a Calgary food writer who renamed her homemade version–twice–when the company complained. Julie Van Rosendaal posted her recipe on her blog “Dinner with Julie” around […]
