Staff It’s “Mental Illness Awareness Week” (Oct. 1-7) and the public is urged to show its support by taking part in the fifth-annual “Steps Against Stigma” here this Wednesday evening. Hosted by the Fort Frances branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association, opening ceremonies (including warm-up exercises with Energy Fitness […]
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The Associated Press LAS VEGAS–A gunman perched on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel-casino unleashed a hail of bullets on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 50 people as tens of thousands of concert-goers screamed and ran for their lives, officials said today. It was […]
The Associated Press DOVER, Del.–Chase Elliott rubbed his head and leaned against his car, crestfallen as he replayed the final laps in his mind. Jimmie Johnson, his champion teammate, walked over to offer some encouragement and let Elliott vent. “I anticipated them being cuss words,” Johnson said. “And they were.” […]
Staff Muskie defenders Jayden Woolsey (#5) and Damon Nyberg (#10) zeroed in on the Tec Voc Hornets’ running back during Fort High’s 39-32 win in WHSFL action here yesterday afternoon. With the victory, which was the team’s annual Homecoming game, the black-and-gold improved to 2-2 in the Currie Division (‘A’). […]
The Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary will hold its next monthly supper–featuring pork cutlets–today (Sept. 29) at 5:30 p.m. upstairs at the Legion (doors open at 4:30). Admission is $15/person, with take-outs available by calling 274-3772. A 50/50 draw also will be held. The Sister Kennedy Centre will hold a fundraiser garage […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–A bill that would give people who experience domestic or sexual violence 10 days of paid leave from work cleared a hurdle in the Ontario’s legislature yesterday. The private member’s bill proposed by NDP leader Andrea Horwath passed second reading with the support of both the Liberal […]
The Associated Press BOSTON–No. 1 if by land, No. 2 if by sea? Archaeologists are excavating what they believe was the site of an outhouse next door to Paul Revere’s home and the “privy,” as the colonists politely called their potties, could be flush with artifacts. Historians say people typically […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–A conciliator has set 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 15 as the time a legal strike or lockout involving unionized faculty at all 24 public colleges in the province can begin. The conciliator issued the date after faculty represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union requested a […]
of Rainy River District School Board Grade 4 students Rachel Ste. Croix, left, Gemma Perreault, Alexis Latter, and Olivia Handberg participated in Robert Moore School’s Terry Fox Walk/Run yesterday. Similar walks were held at other schools in town and across the district.
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–As he prepares to return to private life after seven years as Governor General, David Johnston is being toasted as a warm and genial man of the people who connected deeply with Canadians. Johnston’s term ends Monday, when former astronaut Julie Payette is to be sworn in. […]
The Canadian PressAleksandra Sagan VANCOUVER–The Canadian government’s new cultural strategy all but snubs so-called legacy media, industry experts say, and left out some key measures that could have given a boost to struggling newspapers expected in the lead-up to the long-awaited announcement. “I’m disappointed that the minister didn’t spell out […]
The Associated PressDoug Ferguson JERSEY CITY, N.J.–The opening ceremony at the Presidents Cup was unlike any other in golf, with former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton on the first tee. But the results were all too familiar. The Americans led at some point in all five […]
