The Canadian Press MONTREAL–An anti-fascist group is organizing a counter-protest against a demonstration in Quebec City on Sunday that’s being planned by a far-right group. Montreal Antifasciste said in a statement it’s calling on anti-fascist and anti-racist groups to head to the provincial capital to oppose La Meute’s demonstration. The […]
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Staff That is not the way they like it. It wasn’t KC and the Sunshine Band but the KC Indios of Kansas who played a troublesome tune for the Sight & Sound Wolves yesterday in an 11-1 romp in the Wolves’ opening game of the North American Fastpitch Association ‘A’ […]
The Canadian PressMary Gazze TORONTO–Ali Van Orman still is looking for specialized glasses to protect her family’s eyes during Monday’s solar eclipse because she never counted on demand totally eclipsing supply. She tried to buy a coveted pair of solar eclipse glasses for herself and two children from Amazon back […]
The Canadian Press HANNA, Alta.–RCMP say three children who died when a semi-trailer truck collided with an SUV northeast of Calgary on Wednesday all were from the United States. “The family is from Washington State,” said RCMP Cpl. Laurel Scott. “The parents are both in hospital in Calgary and they’re […]
Look for clear to partly cloudy skies tonight, with an overnight low of 11 C (52 F). Tomorrow will be partly sunny but hot, with a high of 28 (82) and low around 15 (58). Partly sunny skies also are forecast for Sunday, along with a high of 26 (78) […]
The Canadian PressJudy Owen WINNIPEG–Andrew Harris accomplished something he had never done before in his professional career last night. The Blue Bombers’ running back chalked up more than 100 yards both rushing and receiving as Winnipeg won its fourth-straight game while handing the Edmonton Eskimos their first loss of the […]
The Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society’s annual fall fair continues today and tomorrow (Aug. 18-19) at the Emo fairgrounds. See page B1 of Wednesday’s Times for a full schedule of events. Stock car racing action goes today and tomorrow (Aug. 18-19) at the Emo Speedway as part of the Rea […]
The Canadian Press WINNIPEG–A woman in Winnipeg tightly embraced her 12-year-old son for the first time in three years early yesterday morning when the child was reunited with his family after his liberation from Iraqi militants. Cheers went up from a large crowd on hand when Emad Mishko Tamo arrived […]
The Canadian PressJoanna Smith OTTAWA–The Justice Department wants to know what Canadians think of changing some of the former Conservative government’s controversial tough-on-crime sentencing legacy–including mandatory minimum penalties–before the Liberals bring in their promised reforms. An online survey asks respondents to judge several scenarios involving mitigating circumstances surrounding a crime, […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–An Ontario court has thrown out a lawsuit against the provincial government over the controversial partial sale of Hydro One. The lawsuit filed last December by the Canadian Union of Public Employees alleged the sale of shares in the utility was “motivated by improper and ulterior purposes,” […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL–A commemorative plaque honouring a former president of the Confederate States of America has been removed from a Hudson’s Bay Co. building in downtown Montreal. Spokeswoman Tiffany Bourre told The Canadian Press in an e-mail the plaque of Jefferson Davis, who was president of the Confederate states […]
The Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C.–It’s last-chance time on the PGA Tour. The field at the Wyndham Championship once again is littered with players trying to earn their way into golf’s post-season or earn full exemption on the tour for 2018. When the tournament began today at the par-70 Sedgefield Country […]
