The Canadian Press OTTAWA–The political weight attached to whether and where to build pipelines in Canada came through clearly last night (Oct. 10) in the French-language leaders’ debate, in a spirited two-hour contest that marks a milestone for the federal election campaign. Advance polls open today (Oct. 11) and with […]
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The Canadian PressBill Graveland A South Carolina man who kidnapped and sexually assaulted an Alberta woman after luring her south of the border with the promise of a modelling job has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. Fred Russell Urey, 41, was arrested in May 2017. He pleaded guilty […]
Sherri DeBungie, left, Carol Whitiker, and Steve Brown of Sunset Country Ford showed off a trunk load of donations for the BDO Food Drive yesterday morning. The donations will support the Fort Frances Food Bank and help those in who struggle with food insecurity locally. The Sunset Country Ford team […]
The Canadian PressMichelle McQuigge TORONTO — An Ontario judge has dismissed an advocacy group’s bid to secure the right to speak on behalf of animals in legal settings. Superior Court Justice Lorne Sossin says several of the issues raised by Canadians for Animal Protection have merit and deserve to be […]
The Associated Press WAILUKU, Hawaii–A Hawaii family has won a place with the Guinness World Records for the world’s heaviest avocado. The Pokini family from the island of Maui received the Guinness certificate this week for the avocado weighing 5.6 pounds (2.54 kilograms), The Maui News reported yesterday. The average […]
The Canadian PressStephanie Marin QUEBEC–Ugo Fredette had reached a breaking point the day two people including his ex-wife were killed, and his actions and decisions were fuelled by that break, his lawyer told his jury trial yesterday. Final arguments began in the trial of the Quebec man facing first-degree murder […]
The Canadian PressAmy Smart NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C.–A man accused of gunning down a police officer in Abbotsford, B.C., sat in the prisoner’s box without reacting as a judge read out her verdict of “guilty” in his first-degree murder trial. Justice Carol Ross of the B.C. Supreme Court found Oscar Arfmann […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Anders Nilsson took the blame for the Ottawa Senators staying winless to start the season Nilsson stopped 31 shots in his first start of the campaign as Ottawa fell to the Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues 6-4 last night. Vitaly Abramov, Artem Anisimov, Chris Tierney and […]
The Canadian PressLiam Casey TORONTO–At least 25 “innocent” Canadian children are trapped in a refugee camp not far from where Turkey has launched a military offensive in northeastern Syria, an international charity said yesterday as it called on Ottawa to act now to rescue them. Save the Children Canada, which […]
The Canadian Press MISSISSAUGA-Six men are facing dozens of charges for allegedly robbing a delivery truck loaded with nearly $7 million of electronics in March, police west of Toronto announced Wednesday. The incident happened March 13 in Brampton, Ont., when two of the accused allegedly forced a delivery truck to […]
The Associated PressDoug Feinberg WASHINGTON–Elena Delle Donne and the Washington Mystics capped an eventful WNBA season with the team’s first championship. A year that began with the league missing some of its top players because of injuries and rest ended with a compelling five-game championship series. Delle Donne battled through […]
Luz and Christine McGoldrick stopped by the “Quilt for a Cure” raffle table to buy a ticket during the Luncheon of Hope at the Copper River Inn on Saturday. The quilt was donated by the Friends of Barb Ross group and the winner of the raffle was Maureen Hayward, In […]
