Ken Kellar Colby Ashworth was focused on colouring while dressed up as JoJo Siwa for “Character Day” at Robert Moore School yesterday. The day saw staff and students dress up as their favourite characters from history, television, comics, and more.
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It will be partly cloudy tonight, with an overnight low of minus-six C (21 F) and north-northwest winds gusting up to 18 km/h. Tomorrow will be mostly sunny but cool, with a high of two (35) and low again around minus-six (21). Expect north-northwest winds gusting up to 13 km/h. […]
Sam Odrowski Liam Dent, a Grade 7 at St. Francis School, flexed his bicep to output an electrical signal that triggers a prosthetic hand during the school’s science fair yesterday. His project looked at which muscle group has the best output signal to trigger a prosthetic. He 3D-printed the prosthetic […]
Ken Kellar Photographer Lyndon Hughes spoke with Daniel Murray and Elizabeth Steele about the wedding services he offers during Northwoods Gallery and Gifts’ annual bridal show yesterday evening. Twenty brides and their guests attended the annual event, which connected a wide range of vendors offering wedding services to couples looking […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA–A one-time $2.2-billion windfall in the federal budget to help Canadian cities improve roads, bridges, highways, and water systems won’t become an annual tradition, Finance minister Bill Morneau warned yesterday, even in the face of problems getting the first projects off the ground. Tuesday’s multi-billion-dollar top-up […]
The Canadian PressColin Perkel TORONTO–Strip searches of suspects have become commonplace and are all too often unnecessary–and even illegal–despite sharp criticism of the practice going back almost two decades, one of Ontario’s police watchdogs reported today. In a special analysis of the issue, the Office of the Independent Police Review […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Former federal Treasury Board president Jane Philpott says there’s “much more to the story” of the SNC-Lavalin affair that should be told. In an interview with Maclean’s magazine that landed like a bomb today on Parliament Hill, the ex-minister said she had concerns in January–before the controversy […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Ontario’s social services minister opened the door today to giving more funding to children with more severe autism, which an advocacy group described as a “huge concession” in the province’s controversial plan. The new program announced last month by Children, Community and Social Services minister Lisa […]
The Canadian Press THUNDER BAY, Ont.–Police in Thunder Bay say a 32-year-old woman has been charged in a homicide involving a woman found dead on a local bike path. City police began investigating the incident after a woman’s body was found near a local inn early Tuesday morning. They say […]
The Canadian PressAleksandra Sagan Patrons enter a cafe and pass by a hologram of coffee pouring from a carafe into a cup. They scroll through a three-dimensional menu and see exactly what each dish will look like to help them decide what to order. A small robot, arms fixed to […]
The Canadian Press SILKEBORG, Denmark–Chelsea Carey’s Canadian rink dropped to 4-5 after a 9-3 loss to Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni this morning at the world women’s curling championships. Switzerland put it away by scoring four in the eighth, breaking open a close game. The loss dropped Canada into a three-way tie […]
The Associated PressMurray Evans OKLAHOMA CITY–Forced to play overtime after blowing a 20-point second-half lead, the Toronto Raptors found their groove again in the extra period. Pascal Siakam had 33 points and 13 rebounds, and Fred VanVleet added 23 points and six assists, as the Raptors won the first of […]
