Staff Ever want access to your immunization record? It’s now easier than ever. Immunization Connect Ontario (ICON) is a secure online tool where you can view or print your immunization record. You also can submit new immunizations to keep your record up to date. With ICON, you can access your […]
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Duane Hicks A “Stuff-A-Bus” drive to collect school supplies for the “Backpacks for Kids” campaign will be held this Saturday (Aug. 12) from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at Walmart. The event, being co-ordinated by Camie Gray of Iron Range Bus Lines and Heather Calder and Kathy Lampi of M. Wu Dentistry, […]
Staff It was an equine extravaganza in Emo over the weekend. The Borderland Quarter Horse Association held its annual show at the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society fairgrounds, with numerous riders hailing from as far away as Manitoba and places in Minnesota and North Dakota taking part. Below is the […]
From the MNRF Smoke drift is forecasted to be detectable throughout the far north due to large fires in the Northwest Territories, Northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Communities in relative proximity to monitored fires in Ontario may detect smoke but concentrations are forecast to be light. Meanwhile, the Northwest Region is […]
From the OPP On Sunday at approximately 10:30 a.m. police were called to a residence on Church Road in Wapekeka First Nation. Upon arrival, Rosalyn Boyce, 30, of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation was discovered deceased. Charged with Second Degree Murder contrary to section 235 of the Criminal Code in relation […]
The Canadian PressGiuseppe Valiante MONTREAL–Quebec’s English-speaking community has grown more in the past five years than during any census period over the last four decades, says the executive vice-president of the Association for Canadian Studies. Census data from 2016 that was released Wednesday shows the percentage of Quebecers whose first […]
Staff That’s how to get the party started. Team Ontario’s 18U women’s volleyball team, with Fort Frances resident Amy Wilson-Hands serving as an apprentice coach, began its march at the Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg yesterday with a pair of convincing sweeps. In its opener, Ontario rolled over the Northwest […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA–The share of the population that can speak both of Canada’s official languages hit an all-time high in 2016, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday in its latest batch of census numbers–a modest shift upward in a rate that barely has budged over the last 15 years. The […]
The Canadian PressSidhartha Banerjee MONTREAL–An unidentified man who kissed a Radio-Canada reporter on the cheek without her consent during a live broadcast last Friday has apologized for his actions. Journalist Valerie-Micaela Bain also said late yesterday that she wouldn’t file a criminal complaint after she received the unwanted embrace from […]
The Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.–Researchers recently documented a rare case of a cougar from the Santa Monica Mountains successfully crossing U.S. Highway 101 and moving into a range less hemmed in by Southern California sprawl, the National Park Service said yesterday. The sub-adult male dubbed P-55 crossed the 101 […]
Ingrid Ellis, left, Claudia Ellis and Amy Norris were lapping up the lake life in a high-powered way as they sailed across Rainy Lake yesterday during tubing sessions offered by Sunset Water Sports. A gorgeous summer day provided an ideal backdrop for community members both young and old to try […]
The Associated PressPatrick Donnelly MINNEAPOLIS–Eddie Rosario danced, Oliver Drake flinched, and the Minnesota Twins were on their way to another comeback victory. Rosario doubled home the tying run in the seventh inning, and his aggressive base running caused Drake to balk home the winning run as the Twins defeated the […]
