Staff A new year means a new calendar. The Dairy Farmers of Ontario’s Milk Calendar, which for years had been available to Ontario residents as an insert in the Fort Frances Times and other newspapers, will not be distributed that way this year. But there’s still a way for fans […]
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The Canadian PressGemma Karstens-Smith VANCOUVER–It wasn’t just Canada’s junior hockey team that was devastated last night–it was the entire country, says defenceman Ian Mitchell. The defending champs were ousted from the world junior hockey championship after a dramatic 2-1 overtime loss to Finland. It marks the first time Canada has […]
The Associated Press BEIJING–China’s burgeoning space program achieved a first today: a landing on the so-called “dark” side of the moon. Three nations–the United States, the former Soviet Union, and more recently China–have sent spacecraft to the near side of the moon, which faces Earth, but this landing is the […]
The Canadian PressLisa Wallace OTTAWA–Elias Pettersson thought this was a pretty good day. The Vancouver Canucks’ rookie scored his third goal of the night in overtime to lead the Canucks to a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators yesterday after learning earlier in the day that he would represent the […]
The Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society is meeting today (Jan. 3) at 7 p.m. at the Emo Curling Club to discuss a proposal to sell a lot of land to Emo Township. Interested members of the fair board are invited to attend. The 32-annual La Place Rendez-Vous Open, hosted by […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA–A new report on the country’s highest-paid CEOs is adding evidence to the argument that women face a “double-pane glass ceiling” at the top of Canada’s corporate ladder–first in getting to the executive suite and, once there, earning as much as their male counterparts. The Canadian […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA–The federal Liberals want to widen the reach of the country’s job-training programs after senior officials heard warnings that Canada has been spending about half what comparable countries do on efforts to keep their workers employable. A presentation to the committee of deputy ministers, delivered in […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA–Canada’s infrastructure minister says an overhaul of how the government approves funding for projects should solve concerns about construction delays and escalating costs. Internal documents show federal officials have been told the first chunk of the Liberals’ infrastructure program–$14.4 billion aimed at fixing roads, bridges, highways, […]
The Associated PressMarcia Dunn LAUREL, Md.–A NASA spacecraft four billion miles from Earth yielded its first close-up pictures yesterday of the most distant celestial object ever explored, depicting what looks like a reddish snowman. Ultima Thule, as the small, icy object has been dubbed, was found to consist of two […]
The Associated PressJeff Karoub DETROIT–No collusion! (Or at least a lot less of it). That’s according to a Michigan school’s latest “List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-use, Over-use, and General Uselessness.” The politically-charged term at the centre of special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s investigation into whether U.S. […]
Duane Hicks Nick Beyak is settling in as the new owner of Fort Frances GM (formerly Jim MacDonald Motors). Beyak, who also owns Sunset Country Ford here and Dryden GM, officially assumed ownership as of yesterday. Beyak’s late father, Tony, sold Causeway Pontiac GMC to Jim MacDonald in August, 2000 […]
The Canadian Press VANCOUVER–At least seven Canadians have died after getting stuck in clothing donation bins and the latest fatality has prompted an advocate to call for the “death traps” to be immediately fixed or removed. A 34-year-old man was found lodged in a bin in West Vancouver on Sunday–the […]
