The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–Liberal Environment minister Catherine McKenna says parody social media accounts that deliberately try to mislead readers are a form of identity theft that needs to be addressed. McKenna herself was targeted by a parody account that was shut down Tuesday by Twitter after McKenna complained–only to […]
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Sam Odrowski Lori King, Cindy Baker, and Debbie Gaylord attended the “Birch Bark Making Workshop” held yesterday at the Nanicost building here. More than 50 people came through the workshop, during which elders taught them how to make baskets. The workshop has been put on every year around late June […]
The Canadian PressBob Weber The world’s only northern nation without some form of Arctic university soon may have three of them. There are plans in all three of Canada’s territories to give their residents a better shot at higher education. Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut all have different approaches […]
Jamie Mountain The seventh-annual International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival is set to hit the water here on Saturday at the Sorting Gap Marina. Unlike previous years, a new twist will have the boats being launched from both Fort Frances and International Falls. Each side also will stage their own […]
“Mall Days” goes today (June 28) in downtown Fort Frances, including an Early Iron Car Club show, onstage activities, kids’ corner, and then an evening vendor market from 5-8 p.m. As well, local country singer Doug Judson will take to the Rainy Lake Square stage from 6-8 p.m. Riverside Health […]
The Associated PressMarcia Dunn CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.–NASA’s next-generation space telescope has been delayed yet again at a staggering cost of $1 million a day. For the third time in less than a year, the space agency yesterday announced a lengthy postponement for the James Webb Space Telescope. The observatory now […]
From the MNRF Eight new fires were reported in the Northwest Region by yesterday afternoon. Three blazes in Nipigon District make up a cluster of new lightning-caused fires about 45 km south of the First Nation community of Webequie. These fires were listed as “under observation.” About 70 km to […]
The Associated PressDoug Ferguson POTOMAC, Md.Tiger Woods is playing the Quicken Loans National for the last time–and so much about this year feels new. Woods played his first 18-hole round at the TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm during the pro-am yesterday, and it didn’t take long to realize why the […]
The Canadian Press MISSISSAUGA, Ont.–The Liberals have nominated their first candidate for next year’s federal election. At a Toronto-area rally yesterday evening that included a speech by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Navdeep Bains was acclaimed as the Liberal candidate in Mississauga-Malton. The minister of innovation, science and economic development said […]
The Associated PressLeanne Italie NEW YORK–From the positively medieval to the beat of contemporary music: brencheese, deathshildy, and hip-pop are among about 1,000 new or refreshed entries added in June to the online Oxford English Dictionary. The additions are part of the company’s quarterly update of its searchable subscription website, […]
Stephanie Hagenaars Tyra Hammond, left, and Ruth Anderson checked out a clothing rack outside of McTaggarts this morning as downtown merchants set up for the BIA’s annual “Mall Days.” The event is happening all day long, with sidewalks sales, an Early Iron Car Club Show, a kids’ corner, and other […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL–The Royal Canadian Mint has unveiled a pure silver coin containing a small chip from a meteorite to mark the 150th anniversary of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. The society’s executive director, Randy Attwood, said each one-oz. coin contains a small chunk of the Campo del […]
