The Canadian PressBill Graveland CALGARY–Isaac Kohtakangas realized something was wrong as he was playing a round of golf in 2011. The business intelligence analyst from Calgary had been having some difficulty with his balance, but it was a sudden loss of vision that gave him cause for alarm. “I just […]
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The Canadian Press CALGARY–A paralyzed Alberta man is back from Thailand after having a second experimental surgery that has given him some hope he’ll be able to move more of his body. Richi Gill of Calgary worked as a surgeon before he had a freak accident on a boogie board […]
The Associated Press The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says in a new report that safer restraint systems are needed for the back seats of cars. The study finds that rear-seat safety has not kept pace with front-seat safety and it has been to the detriment of belted passengers in […]
The Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C.–A North Carolina teen has helped more than a dozen people who lined up to buy a chicken sandwich get the chance to line up at the polls. News outlets report 17-year-old David Ledbetter says he registered 16 people to vote at a Popeye’s restaurant in […]
Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a rain and drizzle with an overnight low of eight C (46 F). Tomorrow will be partly sunny and warmer, with a couple of showers. Expect a high of 20 (68) and a low of nine (48). Thursday will be partly sunny with a […]
Mudmee Murrell used her potato stamp to put the rind on a watermelon at the Fort Frances Public Library yesterday as part of Community Living’s open air art studio. The usually outdoors activity was moved into the Shaw room at the library on account of yesterday’s downpour, where visitors where […]
“Crushed,” this very realistic painting by local artist Cher Pruys, recently was awarded an Honorable Mention in the Still Life Category of Artists Magazine’s annual art competition. It will appear in the January/February 2020 issue of Artists Magazine. –Image courtesy of Art by Cher
By Brady McCombs The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — Most members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints already knew they were discouraged from taking their guns to church on Sunday, but it is making sure that message is crystal clear by tweaking the policy to prohibit […]
By Sean Murphy The Associated Press NORMAN, Okla. — An Oklahoma judge on Monday found Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries helped fuel the state’s opioid crisis and ordered the consumer products giant to pay $572 million, more than twice the amount another drug manufacturer agreed to pay in a […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Doug Ford says the fate of Ontario’s carbon tax court challenge will be decided after the federal election, raising the possibility that his government could end up abandoning the legal action. When asked Friday what he would do if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are re-elected […]
The Canadian Press PICTON, Ont.–Provincial police say a man rolled through cow manure in an effort to evade officers in Prince Edward County last week. OPP allege the 23-year-old man was involved in an early morning collision on Friday and ran from the scene. They got reports around 1 a.m. […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–The federal Liberals have decided on a slogan they hope will resonate with voters and best represent their political brand as they roll out their campaign for the October election. A release from the party says “Choose Forward” is the official campaign theme that will be stamped […]
