The Canadian PressTeresa Wright OTTAWA–Conservative leader Andrew Scheer is promising more money for police to combat gun and gang violence and says he will audit Canadian jail programs to make sure inmates are ready to rejoin society when their sentences are up. Scheer released the third and final part of […]
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It will be cloudy tonight, with an overnight low of minus-10 C (14 F) and west-southwest winds gusting up to 13 km/h. Tomorrow also will be cloudy, with a high of minus-four (25) and low again around minus-10 (14). Look for southwest winds gusting up to 15 km/h. Light snow […]
Staff The new town council will be sworn into office this evening, just as other district officials elected in the Oct. 22 municipal election will be. Mayor-elect June Caul will join re-elected councillor Wendy Brunetta, as well as newly-elected Michael Behan, Andrew Hallikas, Douglas Judson, John McTaggart, and Rick Wiedenhoeft, […]
The Canadian PressMelanie Marquis OTTAWA–Streets across Ontario were lined in green and white on Saturday as Franco-Ontarians and their supporters held dozens of rallies across the province to protest Premier Doug Ford’s cuts to services for French-speakers. Many donned the signature colours of the flag representing Ontario francophones as they […]
The Canadian PressDean Bennett EDMONTON–Premier Rachel Notley is ordering a mandatory cut to oil production to deal with a price crisis she says threatens to gut Alberta’s bedrock industry. Notley announced the province will impose across-the-board cuts amounting to 8.7 percent of output to reduce a growing glut of oil […]
Sam Odrowski Susan Sieders put in a bid on Kangas’ Glasswork at the “Spirit of Christmas” silent auction held yesterday afternoon at the Copper River Inn. The silent auction featured close to 200 items, all of which were donated to help raise money for the La Verendrye Hospital Auxiliary.
The Associated Press GREEN BAY, Wis.–The Green Bay Packers have fired Mike McCarthy and made offensive co-ordinator Joe Philbin the interim head coach. The move announced by team president Mark Murphy came after a stunning 20-17 loss yesterday to the Arizona Cardinals, dropping Green Bay to 4-7-1. Murphy, in a […]
The Canadian PressMichelle McQuigge TORONTO–The Ontario government is about to start facing co-ordinated opposition from two of the country’s largest unions bent on stopping what they describe as Premier Doug Ford’s “destructive agenda.” The heads of both Unifor and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union announced their alliance in the […]
From the SIJHL The red-hot Thunder Bay North Stars held off the visiting Fort Frances Lakers 3-2 in SIJHL action Saturday night to pull out their ninth-straight win. An early power play helped Thunder Bay open the scoring six minutes into the game as Joel Willan netted in his 13th […]
Duane Hicks Santa and Mrs. Claus waved from high atop their fancy new float late yesterday afternoon during the annual Christmas parade in downtown Fort Frances. The stylish new ride, courtesy of TD Canada Trust and the Voyageur Lions Club of Fort Frances, was among the 26 entries in the […]
The Canadian PressSidhartha Banerjee LONGUEUIL, Que.–Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques blasted through the skies over Kazakhstan early today in what appeared to be a seamless launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket bound for the International Space Station. The 48-year-old doctor and astronaut lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with Anne McClain […]
From the OPP Last Tuesday around 1:45 p.m., members of the Dryden OPP conducted a stop for Highway Traffic Act offences on Highway 17 in Eton Township (west of Dryden). As a result, police seized two boxes of ammunition and a large quantity of drugs with a street value estimated […]
