The Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va.–The business of the House was resuming a day after a rifle-wielding attacker opened fire on Republican lawmakers practising for a charity baseball game, critically wounding House GOP Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana and hitting aides and Capitol police. The assailant, who had nursed grievances against […]
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The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Leading medical experts say legalizing cannabis may offer new hope to one day reduce the use of opioids–powerful drugs frequently prescribed for the treatment of pain. Dr. Mark Ware, a globally-recognized researcher and the vice-chair of the federal government’s task force on legalizing marijuana, says a legal […]
From the OPP Yesterday around 4:15 a.m., members of the Ignace OPP were called to a residence to investigate an assault complaint. Officers recognized one of the occupants of the residence to be a person wanted on a Canada-wide warrant held by the Calgary Police Service. William Kincade-Miller, 28, of […]
From the OPP Shortly before 2 a.m. on Monday, a member of the Rainy River District OPP observed a traffic-related infraction in the area of Airport Road in Atikokan. The officer tried to stop vehicle but it fled, and the officer did not pursue. The vehicle was located a short […]
Staff The Manitou T-Birdies could have been forgiven for thinking they spent the first inning in Florida rather than on their home field because they had to face one Her-icane after another. A mammoth 15-run opening frame was all the defending champion Fort Frances Heri-canes needed en route to a […]
Press Release Organizations across Canada and the U.S., including the David Suzuki Foundation, the Broadbent Institute, and Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, are calling on Resolute Forest Products to drop its multi-million-dollar lawsuits aimed at silencing Greenpeace and Stand.earth in a newspaper ad appearing in Le Devoir and The Ottawa […]
The Associated PressDanica Kirka LONDON–British Prime Minister Theresa May has ordered a full public inquiry into the high-rise apartment blaze that killed at least 17 people in London amid growing public anxiety about whether similar blazes could occur in other housing blocks around the country. May moved quickly to establish […]
The Canadian PressMorgan Lowrie MONTREAL–Nicole Gladu wants to die at home, surrounded by friends, with a glass of rose champagne in one hand and a canape of foie gras in the other. And now the former journalist and trade unionist, who slowly is being robbed of her ability to function […]
The Canadian PressKristy Kirkup OTTAWA–Ontario MP Charlie Angus is urging the public safety minister to launch an RCMP investigation into the deaths of two indigenous teenagers in Thunder Bay. In a letter to Ralph Goodale released yesterday, Angus said 70 First Nations’ leaders also have asked the Mounties to take […]
Submitted Six members of the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club joined with six employees of the Royal Bank of Canada on Saturday morning to clean discarded garbage from the riverbank around the lower river boat launch ramp. Several family members also helped so many bags of cans, bottles, and wrappers were […]
The Canadian Press CALGARY–Police have charged a 42-year-old Calgary man for allegedly filming women for at least five years without their knowledge and posting their images to a Twitter account called “Canada Creep.” S/Sgt. Cory Dayley said Calgary police received a complaint Monday about the photos and videos–some shot up […]
