From the OPP On June 21 around 11 p.m., members of the Rainy River OPP were dispatched to a report of a single motor-vehicle collision on Eighth Street in Fort Frances. A member of the Community Street Crime Unit attended the scene and started an investigation. As a result, a […]
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The 18th-annual “Castin’ For Cash” bass tournament goes Friday, July 6 and Saturday, July 7 at Lake Despair Lodge (located 18 miles north of Devlin on Highway 613). Weigh-ins start at 4 p.m. both days, with a roast pork supper set for the Friday starting at 5:30 p.m. (cost is […]
The Canadian PressDylan Earis REGINA–Jeremiah Masoli is looking to join some select company as he continues to emerge as the face of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ resurgence. The quarterback needs one more game of 300-plus yards passing to tie a long-standing CFL record currently shared by Sam (“The Rifle”) Etcheverry and […]
Stephanie Hagenaars Chris Caron, a physiology summer student working at Wright Physio here, dipped his hand in the drum to pick the July winner of the Kiwanis Club’s “Trip of the Month” draw Tuesday morning at International Travel Services while local Kiwanian Robin Wright looked on. Marc Foley and Taryn […]
The Canadian Press ARVIAT, Nunavut–A Nunavut man died earlier this week while protecting his children from a rare polar bear attack. RCMP said Aaron Gibbons, 31, was on an island about 10 km from the hamlet of Arviat, along the west coast of Hudson Bay, on Tuesday afternoon when the […]
From the MNRF No new fires were confirmed in the Northwest Region by yesterday afternoon. One fire was confirmed by the end of the day on Tuesday. Kenora Fire #66 was listed as “under control” at 1.8 hectares in size at last report. Recent rainfall in the far north is […]
The Canadian Press CALGARY–It was a clothes call for Calgary police yesterday when a report came in about a naked man driving a Canada Post truck. Duty Insp. Ryan Jepson said officers were told just before 5 p.m. about the truck driving the wrong way down a street. The report […]
The Canadian PressLee Berthiaume OTTAWA–Some of Canada’s most prominent human rights and arms-control groups are demanding the Trudeau government launch an independent investigation into reports Saudi Arabian forces used Canadian-made armoured vehicles against civilians last year. The call comes after Global Affairs Canada conducted its own review that determined there […]
The Canadian Press GODERICH, Ont.–Unifor says striking workers at a salt mine in Goderich, Ont. now are blockading an access road to the site to express frustration over the company’s use of replacement workers. The workers at Compass Minerals on the eastern shore of Lake Huron have been off the […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–A number of laws passed by Ontario’s previous Liberal government have been put on hold by the newly-elected Progressive Conservative regime, including measures to tighten rules around vaping and to cap resale values for sports and concert tickets. A spokesman for the Progressive Conservatives said yesterday […]
Press Release The Riverside Foundation for Health Care is excited to announce that this year’s Canada Day Cash Lottery was able to raise a net profit of almost $18,000! These profits will go towards the purchase of two portable ultrasound machines for the district. The big draw took place on […]
Sam Odrowski Mary-Ellen Chapman, Family Respite co-ordinator with Family & Children’s Services here, received a portion of the Moffat Family Fund from Mayor Roy Avis at last Monday night’s council meeting.
