At approximately 1 p.m. yesterday, officers from the Dryden and Fort Frances detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 502 in an unincorporated township approximately 72 km south of Dryden. A southbound single motor vehicle lost control, left the roadway and […]
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Tonight will be clear to partly cloudy with a low of 12 C (54 F). Tomorrow will be partly sunny with a shower or thunderstorm in the afternoon. Expect a high of 22 (72) and a low of 12 (54). Wednesday will be mostly sunny and warmer with a high […]
Marc Stuempfle As the sound of the drums vibrated through the ground and voices echoed in the air, traditional dancers moved to the beat Saturday evening during Couchiching First Nation’s pow-wow. The pow-wow ran all weekend long at the pow-wow grounds, seeing many local residents and visitors from other First […]
Jamie Mountain Andrew Ernsting of Thunder Bay got some hangtime as he blasted his way around the track during the 65cc PeeWee age 7-11 race Saturday afternoon as part of the Superior Dirt Riders’ doubleheader races held at the Emo Motocross Course. Ernsting finished ninth in Saturday’s race. See this […]
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There was a handful of new forest fires over the weekend, as the fire hazard has become high to extreme across the Northwest Region. There was one new forest fire confirmed in the region by the late afternoon on Saturday. Red Lake fire #31 is under control at 0.3 hectares […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Ontario Premier Doug Ford has revoked the appointments of two people to lucrative foreign posts a day after announcing them, following reports that they had ties to his chief of staff. Ford announced four agents-general appointments, which come with salaries between $165,000 and $185,000, shortly after […]
The Canadian Press MARKHAM, Ont.–A teachers’ union representative claiming responsibility for an anti-Ford sign that flew over Ford Fest said he had to hire an American company because the Canadian one he approached refused to participate. David Clegg, president of the York Region local of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of […]
@Byline 2:The Associated Press @Body copy:WELLS, Nev. � The Latest on a train derailment that closed U.S. Interstate 80 in northeast Nevada for more than an hour (all times local):2:45 p.m. The Union Pacific Railroad says it is investigating the cause of the derailment of a freight train in northeast […]
@Byline 1:By Kevin Freking @Byline 2:The Associated Press @Body copy:WASHINGTON � President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sought to demonstrate a united front Thursday in the uphill effort to get a replacement for the North American Free Trade Agreement over the finish line. At Trump�s insistence, the […]
The Canadian PressLee Berthiaume OTTAWA — Confusion and partisan bickering are clouding a Senate committee’s plan to examine the suspension and failed prosecution of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Conservative Sen. Jean-Guy Dagenais on Thursday accused Sen. Peter Harder, the government’s representative in the upper chamber, of all but killing the study […]
The Canadian Press Environmental advocates say road salt levels in southern Ontario waterways have hit record highs, making some as salty as the ocean. World Wildlife Fund Canada says its new maps tracking chloride from road salt show levels in many rural and urban southern Ontario waterways are increasing dangerously. […]
Sam Odrowski Tearfund president and CEO Wayne Johnson delivered a presentation on global poverty and the work his organization is doing to combat it at the Church of the Holy Spirit on Saturday. Although the Church of the Holy Spirit is a relatively small congregation, in the last two years […]
