By Christopher Reynolds The Canadian Press MONTREAL — A slumping global economy and the U.S.-China trade war are hurting freight volumes and revenue, says Canadian National Railway Co.’s chief financial officer. “Our volumes are much weaker than expected. This is not a CN phenomenon, this is an industry phenomenon,” Ghislain […]
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The Canadian Press TORONTO — The international research firm Opensignal reports that rural parts of Canada get much slower wireless services than in cities ‚Äî but they’re still faster than rural parts of the United States and many other countries. The Opensignal report comes as Canada’s wireless industry comes under […]
By Eddie Pells And Pat Graham The Associated Press DOHA, Qatar — For decades, the message to women in track and field was crystal clear: get pregnant, lose sponsorship money. A rebellion led by some of the sport’s top runners, Allyson Felix, Kara Goucher and Alysia Montano, is helping to […]
By Aleksandra Sagan The Canadian Press More than a year after A&W became the first Canadian fast-food chain to sell the now ubiquitous Beyond Meat burgers, McDonald’s Canada will roll out a limited pilot of the plant-based patty to test its customer’s appetite for vegetarian eats. “We’ve been taking our […]
Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low of four C (39 F). Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy all day, with a chance of showers beginning in the afternoon and lasting overnight. Expect a daytime high of 16 (61) and low of seven (45). Friday will bring periods of cloud […]
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Tammy McNally
Tammy McNally
If you looked out your window or were our for a walk in Emo on the evening of Sept. 17, you would of seen that front street was filled with flashing lights, multiple fire trucks and many firefighters running around. There was a scheduled live training exercise involving the volunteer […]
Sam Odrowski
A fire destroyed two roofed in pens at the Stratton sales barn on Monday afternoon but the sale is still set to run this Saturday (Sept. 28). “We’re still proceeding at this point we just have to scale it back,” said longtime sales barn volunteer and Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association […]
From Rainy River Elk Company
Alyssa Pilon needed a job and was interested in farming. She had recently moved from her home town of Timmins to the agricultural District of Rainy River in northwestern Ontario. She moved there with her boyfriend, Andrew Loney. Pilon and Loney were graduates of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Program […]
By Sam Odrowski
Youth who like to express themselves through drama and improv, or want to try something new will be able to through the fall and early winter. Fort Frances Little Theatre is hosting a “Broadway Boot Camp” for kids age 6-16 where they’ll develop skills in acting, singing, and dancing. from […]
Sam Odrowski
Fort Frances town council was shocked to hear the news last Friday of International Falls mayor Bob Anderson’s sudden passing. Mayor Caul said during Monday night’s council meeting she sent condolences to the Falls’ city hall on behalf of the town and council earlier that day. Council also held a […]
All the play was pushed inside to this colouring table after the rain began to fall at the Alberton Fall Fun Day on Sunday. The event drew out a handful of people to socialize and share in the potluck dinner even as the rain put a damper on things outside […]
Ken Kellar Harper Gunderson, left, and Mckenna McTavish had fun painting their own personalized paddles as a part of a visual arts workshop at the “I Am Awesome (And I Know It)” self-esteem retreat on Friday. Girls at the retreat spent Thursday evening through Sunday participating in self-esteem building workshops […]
