Local artist Cher Pruys was thrilled to find out that her painting “Rear View Mirror,” left, recently took Best Of Show in Fusion Art’s Highway’s & Byways Quarterly Art Exhibition. This painting will now be accepted into Fusion Art’s fourth-annual Group Show in Palm Springs in 2020. “Cruising,” above, was […]
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Ken Kellar Vocalist Sylvie Kendree of My Son The Hurricane took to the stage at the Rainy Lake Square to close out their free concert last night. The returning crowd-favourite band delivered an energetic performance featuring their brassy blend of funk and hip-hop. The performance was the final free concert […]
Marc Stuempfle The Renegades are off to the finals in the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League after they defeated the Couchiching Lady Raiders last night in the bottom of the seventh inning 8-7. The women ran out for a celebratory hug as the winning run crossed home plate. Next […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–The Federal Court has approved a settlement agreement for survivors of so-called Indian day schools. Under the terms of the settlement, survivors will be able to apply for individual compensation for harms, including physical and sexual abuse, linked to attending one of the federally run institutions. Crown-Indigenous […]
The Canadian Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand–A grieving Canadian woman is focusing on the memories she shared with her Australian fiance before he was murdered Friday in a seemingly random attack, police said yesterday. Waikato police say in a statement that the woman, identified by Canadian sources as Nova Scotia native […]
The Canadian PressKelly Geraldine Malone THOMPSON, Man.–A judge says he believes that a northern Manitoba RCMP officer genuinely feared for his life when he repeatedly shot at a drunk driver coming at him during an attempted arrest. Justice Chris Martin yesterday acquitted Const. Abram Letkeman of manslaughter despite a series […]
The Canadian PressGiuseppe Valiante QUEBEC–For the second month in a row, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made a billion-dollar funding announcement for public transit in Quebec, a province whose support he badly needs to maintain power come election time in October. Following a $1.3 billion-promise in July to extend a […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Ontario will go ahead with some of its controversial municipal funding cuts for public health and child care next year, with Premier Doug Ford telling a gathering of municipal leaders yesterday that the government was making the move after listening to their concerns. The Progressive Conservatives […]
OTTAWA–Neither the governing Liberals nor the Opposition Conservatives expressed enthusiasm yesterday for trying to secure the release of the overseas prisoner dubbed “Jihadi Jack” by the British media. Questions once again emerged about the fate of Jack Letts, the British-Canadian man held in a Kurdish jail in Syria, following word […]
The Canadian Press SASKATOON–The City of Saskatoon may be getting back most of the $1 million it mistakenly sent an online fraudster. City manager Jeff Jorgenson told a news conference yesterday that nearly all the money has been traced to between 10 and 15 bank accounts, which have been frozen […]
From the OPP
At approximately 6:05 p.m. yesterday, officers from the Thunder Bay and Nipigon Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Shuniah Fire and Emergency Services and Superior North Emergency Medical Service (EMS) responded to a multi-vehicle collision on Highway 11/17 near Pearl Road 5, in the Municipality of Shuniah. Preliminary investigation […]
The Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.–A New York couple’s luxurious vacation house in Florida has been taken over by dozens of black vultures that are vomiting and defecating everywhere. The Palm Beach Post reports the Casimano family can’t even visit the $702,000 home they purchased earlier this year in […]
