Staff The fitness area in the Memorial Sports Centre will be temporarily shut down for maintenance this month, but the town is offering a way to make it up to members who won’t be able to use the facilities during that time. Council last night approved a recommendation to authorize […]
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From the MNRF Three new fires were confirmed in the Northwest Region by late yesterday afternoon. Fort Frances Fire #13 was discovered late in the day Sunday and actioned by a FireRanger crew yesterday morning. The fire, located on a small island on Pickerel Lake in Quetico Provincial Park, was […]
The Associated Press DETROIT–Dwane Casey lost his job in Toronto because the Raptors wanted to advance further in the playoffs. In Detroit, it would be an accomplishment if Casey simply can get the Pistons into the playoffs. The Pistons hired the NBA coach-of-the-year finalist yesterday, hoping he can help the […]
The Canadian Press SASKATOON–A Saskatoon police dog that bit a six-year-old girl while it was tracking suspects in a home invasion has been taken off the streets until a review can be completed. Police Chief Troy Cooper said the review will include the dog’s history and the handler’s actions. Cooper […]
Stephanie Hagenaars Nicole Hartlin walked across the stage at the Townshend Theatre yesterday afternoon to receive her certificate in Business Fundamentals during Confederation College’s 2018 convocation for the Rainy River campus. She was congratulated by college president Jim Madder as Board of Governors member Lori Maki of Fort Frances looked […]
From the OPP The Dryden OPP is asking for the public’s assistance in a continuing investigation of some break, enter, and thefts of some cabins and cottages on Wabigoon Lake and connected lakes. Over the weekend, person(s) entered some cabins and camps, where items and property were stolen. The OPP […]
The Associated PressDoug Ferguson SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y.–Phil Mickelson is running out of time. Mickelson doesn’t need to be reminded that this is his 27th appearance in the U.S. Open, more than any of the 156 players at Shinnecock Hills. He wouldn’t want to be reminded that 65 players, including the last […]
The Associated Press SINGAPORE–Clasping hands and forecasting future peace, Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un committed today to “complete denuclearization” of the Korean Peninsula during the first meeting in history between a sitting U.S. president and a North Korean leader. Yet as Trump toasted the summit’s results, he faced mounting […]
Duane Hicks Mary O’Connor, client services co-ordinator for the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts, planted “Seeds of Hope” in the courtyard garden of the Special Care Unit (SCU) at Rainycrest yesterday morning. The “Forget Me Nots” she and a group of SCU residents planted will bloom there perennially, not […]
The Canadian PressJanice Dickson OTTAWA–Residential school survivors complained of not being given a chance to speak yesterday at an event marking the 10-year anniversary of Canada’s apology in the House of Commons. Crown-Indigenous Relations minister Carolyn Bennett gave a speech at the Canadian Museum of History to mark 10 years […]
The Canadian PressColin Perkel TORONTO–One of the country’s foremost railway companies will have to ensure cars can use a bridge in Thunder Bay, Ont. under terms of an agreement signed more than a century ago, Ontario’s top court ruled yesterday. In its decision, the Court of Appeal found a lower […]
The Canadian PressPaola LoriggioShawn Jeffords TORONTO–From choosing cabinet members and hiring political aides to picking office space and conducting background checks on legislators, Ontario’s newly-elected Progressive Conservatives must tackle a lengthy to-do list as they prepare to take power for the first time in 15 years–and observers say their decisions […]
