J.W. Walker student Shya Lee Johnson Luoma has the best poster at her school in this year’s Lions Peace Poster contest.
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The Canadian PressJudy Owen WINNIPEG–Mike O’Shea still was meeting with players yesterday to talk about the past and future before they go home to watch another Grey Cup from afar. The Blue Bombers’ head coach then will dissect the season with his assistant coaches, but he revealed in his season-ending […]
The Canadian Press CALGARY–One of the Calgary Zoo’s seven brightly-plumed peacocks died after it flew into the lion enclosure and was eaten during a pre-winter round-up of the birds. The zoo said the peacock died last Thursday as the free-range birds–all males–were being taken to their cold-weather quarters. Spokeswoman Trish […]
The Canadian PressLauren Krugel CALGARY–Ottawa is planning to boost treatment options for opioid drug users as it tries to deal with what Health minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor is calling a national public health crisis. Petitpas Taylor yesterday outlined some of the steps the federal government aims to take at a […]
Duane Hicks Lori Maki, left, executive vice-president and chief nursing executive for Riverside Health Care, and Jacquee Loerzel, community family violence counsellor with Riverside Community Counselling Services, joined Coun. June Caul in marking the “Shine the Light” campaign’s “Wear Purple Day” yesterday to honour and stand in solidarity with those […]
The Canadian PressDean Bennett EDMONTON–Two weeks of stormy debate over sex, education, and the rights of students and parents were capped off yesterday when Alberta passed a bill that strengthens rules on gay-straight alliances in schools. “It’s about protecting some of the most vulnerable kids in our province,” Education minister […]
The Canadian Press SASKATOON–Newly-published research says two of Canada’s most commonly-used pesticides cause migrating songbirds to lose weight and their sense of direction. “This is very good evidence that even a little dose–incidental, you might call it–in their feeding could be enough to have serious impacts,” said University of Saskatchewan […]
Jamie Mountain There was no shortage of drama Tuesday night in the Muskie girls’ hockey team’s NorWOSSA regular-season opener. Taylor Croswell scored a breakaway goal with just under two minutes to go to lead the Muskies to a 6-5 win over the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) in the ’52 […]
The Canadian PressAllison JonesShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Ontario’s striking college faculty have voted to reject a contract offer and continue their nearly five-week job action. The 12,000 college professors, instructors, counsellors, and librarians have been off the job since Oct. 15, leaving some 500,000 students out of class. Talks between the colleges […]
The Associated PressLes East NEW ORLEANS–The Toronto Raptors were pummelled in the paint and turned the ball over too often. But the way DeMar DeRozan and crew were shooting, it didn’t matter. DeRozan scored 25 points and the Raptors shot 59 percent from the floor to beat the New Orleans […]
The Canadian Press SIMCOE, Ont.–Police are reminding people to be vigilant about locking their doors after a homeowner in Simcoe, Ont. came home to discover a drunken stranger. The OPP said they were called by an alarmed homeowner just before 11 p.m. on Tuesday after arriving home and discovering the […]
Duane Hicks Town council will be deciding sooner than later whether to help sponsor the 2018 OFSAA curling championships to be hosted here March 21-24. While the OFSAA curling committee had made a formal budget request to council in late September, it’s possible the 2018 budget process may not be […]
