The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Ontario’s elections watchdog must determine whether a series of weekend newspaper ads criticizing teachers’ unions broke the law, the province’s official opposition said yesterday as it called for a formal investigation. New Democrat ethics critic Taras Natyshak alleged in a letter to Elections Ontario on Monday […]
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Megan Walchuk Teachers from the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association took to the street for a second province-wide walk-out, since their contract expired in August. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario will be on strike across the Rainy River District School Board on Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday will be a […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Thousands of students will be out of class today as all Ontario’s Catholic teachers hit the picket lines, as well as high school and elementary teachers in select boards. The Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association is holding its second provincewide strike today after holding contract talks with […]
Jamie Mountain Abrianna Hasbargen soared around the ice gracefully as she skated to a first-place showing in the Star 7 Artistic event on Sunday morning during the second-annual Fort Frances Freeze Super Series competition hosted by the Border Skating Club at “The Duke” (Couchiching Arena). The two-day event saw local […]
The Canadian Press VANCOUVER–The Federal Court of Appeal is set to release its decision on the latest challenge of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion today. Four First Nations from British Columbia filed court challenges after the federal government approved the project a second time last June. A court hearing in […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–The parliamentary budget office says most Canadian households will receive more money back from the federal government’s carbon-tax scheme than it will cost them. The assertion is contained in a report published by the PBO this morning, nearly four months after a majority of Canadian voters cast […]
Ken Kellar Sarah Langtry, left, and Dale Allan run through one of their scenes together during a rehearsal for Fort Frances Little Theatre’s production of “Drinking Habits” at Knox Uited Church on Sunday. The show is a comedy that follows the antics of a group of wine making nuns who […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–A woman whose sister was found dead in a Toronto stairwell two years ago says her mother called her screaming after making the devastating discovery. On the stand this morning, Rachel Richey described her family’s frantic search to find Tess Richey in the days after she vanished […]
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Riverside Foundation for Health Care Director Allison Cox and Kiwanian Robin Wright displayed the winning ticket for the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club “Trip of the Month” draw for February this morning at International Travel Services. The winner of the February draw was Murray Weir, who won a trip to Barcelona, […]
The Canadian PressBill Graveland AIRDRIE, Alta.–A hockey player paralyzed in a bus crash has been working hard since undergoing spinal surgery in Thailand late last year and it’s getting him closer to his dream of making the national sledge hockey team Ryan Straschnitzki, who can’t move from the chest down, […]
-Ken Kellar photo A sold-out crowd attended and supported the Alzheimer Society’s annual “Forget Me Not” fundraiser dinner at La Place Rendez-Vous on Saturday evening. Attendees were treated to performances from several local entertainers, as well as a silent auction, penny table, and speakers from the Alzheimer Society and Rainycrest.
The Canadian Press COWESSESS, Sask.–A Saskatchewan chief says his First Nation is not waiting on Ottawa to announce funding before the band works toward taking over its own child welfare. Cowessess First Nation, about 170 kilometres east of Regina, is one of at least eight aboriginal groups in Western Canada […]
