Duane Hicks The reconstruction of a portion of Nelson Street, Victoria Avenue, and Portage Avenue is well underway, with crews replacing pipes, moving poles, and building parking lots all at the same time. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown told council last night the major project started May 4, and […]
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The Canadian Press NORTH WEST BROOK, N.L.—People near a community on the east coast of Newfoundland and Labrador have been taking some heat from a protective mother hawk. Several people have been attacked, suffering cuts to their heads and hands, near a walking trail in the North West Brook area. […]
The Canadian Press RANKIN INLET, Nunavut—Michaelle Jean has begun her fifth—and possibly last—trip to the Arctic as Governor General. Jean arrived on a frosty airstrip in Rankin Inlet today with her husband and daughter. She will spend most of her week-long tour in Nunavut as she helps the territory celebrate […]
Duane Hicks Town council will receive a written request tonight from a local resident who wants to see a sun shelter built at the park on Colonization Road West and Biddeson Avenue. “As someone that lives near this park, I enjoy taking my young daughter there often,” Lindsey Oster wrote […]
The Canadian Press KINGSTON, Ont.—Lee Lacourse thumbed through her stained and faded 30-year-old grey leather clutch wallet, stumbling over memories. “There’s a picture there that I couldn’t replace,” she said, pointing to a sepia-toned snapshot of her brother’s wedding party. “There’s my mother and father.” She finds a dark yellow […]
The Canadian Press EDMONTON—Thirteen women working in payroll on the 13th floor of an Edmonton bank tower screamed with delight yesterday as word spread that they’d won a $50-million Lotto 6-49 jackpot—the third-largest in Canadian history. The Western Canada Lottery Corp. would not confirm the clerks bought the single winning […]
The Canadian Press VANCOUVER—Thousands of Internet users who flocked to a B.C. conservation group’s website to watch live cams aimed at eagle nests could only stare on in helpless horror as an 11-day old eaglet died right before their eyes. Karen Bills with the Hancock Wildlife Foundation says the eaglet, […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL—Lawyers for Desire Munyaneza say they will appeal a Quebec judge’s verdict finding their client guilty of seven charges stemming from war crimes committed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Quebec Superior Court Justice Andre Denis said he was convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that Munyaneza was guilty […]
Duane Hicks After hosting an open house yesterday to answer people’s questions about the proposed La Verendrye Parkway Village condominium project, Thunder Bay developer Robert Zanette now will have to wait and see if enough of them want to buy units in the next few weeks before taking the next […]
Peggy Revell Anger, outrage, and a call for the federal government to take action were expressed as more than 40 people attended an emergency town hall meeting on the forestry crisis and AbitibiBowater bankruptcy hosted by Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty yesterday evening at La Place Rendez-Vous “We’d like […]
Staff FORT FRANCES—Facing a preliminary deficit of more than $600,000, the Northwest Catholic District School Board will dip into a reserve fund to balance its $16,530,245 budget for 2009/10. This information was presented to the board as part of a preliminary budget update from Superintendent of Business Chris Howarth during […]
Duane Hicks A reason to get outdoors and get active, while raising money for a good cause, the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts is holding its annual “Walk for Memories” fundraiser in both Rainy River and Fort Frances this weekend. The first walk will take place Saturday in Rainy […]
