The Canadian Press Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives say they’ll set up a formal resource revenue-sharing system if elected to power this spring to ensure northern communities benefit from projects in the region. Tory leader Doug Ford says Northern Ontario communities, including indigenous ones, would receive a portion of provincial revenues collected […]
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Duane Hicks Motorists on Colonization Road West will be made more aware of their speed as the town earlier this week moved its mobile electronic speed sign there from Fifth Street West.
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–NDP leader Jagmeet Singh has expelled Saskatchewan MP Erin Weir from the caucus over sexual harassment claims and what he says is Weir’s refusal to take responsibility for his actions. Weir, however, said the move is in retaliation for his own claim that the harassment complaint levelled […]
Duane Hicks One of the town’s two electronic speed signs has been moved from Fifth Street West to Colonization Road West to remind motorists just how fast they’re going. The mobile sign was set up at the new site on Tuesday, Operations and Facilities manager Travis Rob told the Times. […]
Staff The Wellington Dukes (OJHL) used three first-period goals to earn a 4-1 victory over the Thunder Bay North Stars yesterday afternoon in Day 2 action at the Dudley-Hewitt Cup Central Canadian Jr. ‘A’ Championship at the Memorial Arena in Dryden. Both teams sit with a 1-1 record in the […]
Press Release Unifor members on Tuesday voted 74 percent in favour of the tentative agreement with Resolute Forest Products that will set the pattern agreement for the pulp and paper industry in eastern Canada. “Forestry is Canada’s third-most valuable export sector and represents 10 percent of all of our exports” […]
The Canadian PressLauren Krugel CALGARY–Police say a man whose body was found inside a wall in a women’s washroom in a downtown Calgary mall died accidentally after he crawled into a vent behind a toilet and got stuck. “The victim’s motivation for crawling inside the wall is unknown at this […]
Sam Odrowski Mayor Roy Avis and Community Living Fort Frances CEO Alanna Barr held the Community Living flag with other staff and service users just before it was raised in front of the Civic Centre late Tuesday morning to kick of Community Living Month.
The Canadian Press MATTAWA, Ont.–Provincial police have shut down a lengthy stretch of road in Northern Ontario due to severe flooding. The closure runs about 50 km along Highway 533 in the Mattawa area, between Highway 656 and Highway 63 north of North Bay. Police said the water is “very […]
From the OPP On April 25 and 26, members of the Rainy River District OPP, along with a conservation officer from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, conducted a marine patrol on the Rainy River. Officers made about 80 contacts along the border. Some 16 vessel inspections were conducted, […]
The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–Ashen-faced MPs of all political stripes commiserated with their stricken Conservative colleagues after hearing the news yesterday that longtime Ontario Tory MP Gord Brown had died suddenly in his Parliament Hill office. Brown, 57, was a veteran MP representing the eastern Ontario riding of Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands […]
The Canadian PressLori Ewing TORONTO–The morning after the Toronto Raptors’ ugly overtime loss to Cleveland on Tuesday night, Kyle Lowry was decidedly upbeat as he strode to the press conference podium with a jaunty, “What’s up people?” If there was any stewing or frustration about dropping Game 1 of their […]
