It will be partly cloudy but cold tonight, with an overnight low of minus-21 C (six below zero F) and west-southwest winds gusting up to 13 km/h. Tomorrow will be cloudy, with a high of minus-11 (12) and low around minus-23 (nine below). Look for west-northwest winds gusting up to […]
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Sam Odrowski St. Michael’s students Ava Cousineau, Gabby Bourgeault, Troy Veldhuisen, and Chase Sinclair enjoyed a pancake breakfast this morning for “Shrove Tuesday.” Then tomorrow the school will celebrate Ash Wednesday, which marks the first day of Lent. “Shrove Tuesday” pancake suppers, meanwhile, are being held today from 5-7 p.m. […]
The Canadian PressDarren Haynes CALGARY–Back in his home province, Monday was a night to remember for Tyler Ennis. With his parents in attendance, the Edmonton native scored his first career hat trick to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 6-2 victory over the Calgary Flames. “I played a lot […]
Staff The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team rebounded in a big way this morning at the all-Ontarios in Ahmerstburg. The black-and-gold opened Pool ‘A’ play yesterday morning with a pair of straight-sets losses to host General Amherst (5-25/15/25) and Corpus Christi (16-25/8-25). But the squad turned things around with a […]
The Canadian PressJoan Bryden OTTAWA–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dropped his insistence that his government has done nothing wrong in the SNC-Lavalin affair after a second cabinet minister in less than a month resigned yesterday. Treasury Board president Jane Philpott handed in her resignation yesterday afternoon, saying she’s lost confidence in […]
The Canadian Press THUNDER BAY, Ont.–A Kitchener, Ont. man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for a Northern Ontario homicide has turned himself in. Police in Thunder Bay, Ont. said the 27-year-old man was one of three people facing kidnapping and first-degree murder charges in the death of 40-year-old Lee Chiodo. […]
The Canadian PressIan Bickis A new bar soon will be set on what counts as sustainable forestry–holding potential implications for the future of the woodland caribou and of the forestry industry itself. After years of debate, the Canadian division of the Forest Stewardship Council hopes to have its updated forest […]
The Canadian PressVicky Fragasso-Marquis MONTREAL–The Green Party of Canada’s encouraging result in a federal byelection in a Quebec riding last week has deputy leader Daniel Green hopeful the party can make a major breakthrough in this fall’s general election. Green, who finished third in Outremont behind the Liberal and NDP […]
The Canadian PressTeresa Wright OTTAWA–Federal Justice minister David Lametti publicly is musing about whether Canada should consider separating the offices of its attorney general and its minister of justice in the wake of the SNC-Lavalin controversy–an idea that has backing from others who know the job intimately. The woman at […]
The Canadian Press DETROIT–Blake Griffin scored 14 of his 27 points in the first quarter and the Detroit Pistons finished with plays at both ends of the court to beat the Toronto Raptors 112-107 in overtime last night. Detroit took advantage of Toronto resting star forward Kawhi Leonard less than […]
The Canadian Press LAS VEGAS–Joey Logano held off teammate Brad Keselowski yesterday to win the NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Logano drove his Team Penske Ford to his 22nd career victory and his first of the season, narrowly answering Keselowski’s last-lap passing attempt down the stretch. […]
Staff The home cooking didn’t taste so good for the Fort Frances Lakers over the weekend. The squad lost all three games played at the Ice For Kids Arena, which included a narrow 3-2 setback to the Thief River Falls Norskies on Friday before being blanked 2-0 by the red-hot […]
