Ken Kellar Jan Abbott steadied a garbage bag of empty cans in the back of the vehicle being used by the Rainy Lake Gymnastics Academy as part of their bottle drive fundraiser on Saturday. The group raised $406 between the drop-off location in the Memorial Sports Centre parking lot and […]
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Staff Judy Kielczewski, centre, recently won first place at the Ontario Hooking Craft Guild’s annual convention in London Ont. with this elabourate hooked piece based on a vintage photo of young hockey players getting ready to play some shinny. Also pictured here are cousins, Jim Cumming, left, Blair Anderson, Doug […]
Jamie Mountain Hard work and dedication has paid off handsomely for a district minor hockey coach. Jamie Booth–who was head coach of both the Emo Express PeeWee ‘AA’ Affiliate and Emo Express PeeWee Green and assistant coach for the Emo Express Novice Green teams this year for the Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor […]
Press Release The SIJHL announced last Wednesday that it has entered into a multi-year partnership agreement with Power Play Recruiting, based out of the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Mn. to aid and assist its players looking to further their respective post-Jr. ‘A’ careers at the NCAA […]
The Canadian PressVictoria Ahearn TORONTO–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be portrayed in Sunday’s Canadian-themed episode of “The Simpsons,” which is titled “D’Oh Canada.” Toronto journalist Lucas Meyer revealed today that he got to guest-voice Trudeau for the segment after a video of his impressions of various personalities–including the prime minister–gained […]
The Canadian Press PORT ALICE, B.C.–Two earthquakes have struck off the northwest coast of Vancouver Island. Natural Resources Canada says a magnitude 4.6 quake struck yesterday afternoon about 166 kilometres west of Port Alice, B.C. Less than one hour later, a second larger quake of magnitude 5.3 hit 189 kilometres […]
The Canadian PressJim Bronskill OTTAWA–Many Indigenous communities lack policing services that meet their safety and security needs despite long-standing efforts to remedy the shortcomings, a federally commissioned report says. Instead, they’re stuck with a colonial policing model that overlooks Indigenous cultural traditions and fails to create the bonds of trust […]
The Associated Press NASHVILLE–Police say a Tennessee man returned home to find a naked stranger sitting on his couch drinking juice. WKRN-TV cites a Nashville police report that says the resident summoned officers last week and told them he called out to the stranger, who responded by screaming and dropping […]
The Canadian PressBob Weber New federal research suggests greenhouse gas emissions from Alberta’s oilsands may be significantly higher than industry reports. In a study published today, Environment Canada scientists say four major oilsands mines are releasing an average of about one-third more carbon dioxide per barrel of oil than they […]
Duane Hicks Museum curator Sherry George straightened a panel which is part of the new exhibit about climate change, “Taking Back our Natural World,” yesterday at the Fort Frances Museum. An opening reception for the exhibit will be held there tomorrow (April 24) from 4-6 p.m. Refreshments will be served. […]
Tonight will be increasingly cloudy with a low of seven C (45 F). Tomorrow will be see a couple of showers. Expect a high of 17 (63) and a low of six (43). Thursday will see a morning shower followed by some sunshine. Expect a high of 13 (55) and […]
The Canadian Press LAMBTON SHORES, Ont.–It’s now illegal to keep a lion in a community on the shores of southern Lake Huron. Ditto for fruit bats, anteaters, kangaroos and chimpanzees, after councillors in Lambton Shores, Ont., recently passed the municipality’s first exotic-animal bylaw. The rules make it illegal for residents […]
