By Christopher Reynolds The Canadian Press The head of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. has voiced his displeasure at the idea of Alberta’s $3.7-billion deal with Canada’s two biggest rail companies to ship more crude via rail amid a pipeline crunch squeezing oilsands producers. So the government steps in, we didn’t […]
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By Joedy McCreary The Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. — Soon after Zion Williamson’s shoe ripped apart, Nike’s stock price took a hit. The freak injury during one of the college basketball season’s marquee games immediately sparked debates about everything from the shoe manufacturer to insurance issues and whether the likely […]
By Ellen Knickmeyer And Tom Krisher The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday broke off talks on vehicle mileage standards with California, increasing the chances of a court battle that threatens to unsettle the auto industry. The White House, which has proposed freezing the standards, said it […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO–Ontario’s education minister is defending the $140,000 salary for a failed Tory candidate to lead a standardized testing organization–a job that was previously a part-time appointment. Cameron Montgomery was announced recently as the new full-time chair of the board of directors of the Education Quality and […]
Press Release Domtar and Unifor have negotiated $100,000 early-retirement packages, and up to $50,000 in moving allowances, for about two dozen woodlands employees near Ear Falls. “EACOM’s Ear Falls sawmill recently hired dozens of additional Unifor members for increased lumber production and saw log harvesting on the Trout Forest,” said […]
Tonight will see areas of low cloud with a low of minus-11 C (12 F). Tomorrow will be cloudy but mild, with a high of minus-four (25) and a low of minus-eight (18). Expect clouds and snow showers on Saturday, along with a high of minus-one (30) and a low […]
The Canadian PressChristopher Reynolds Proposed rules around air passenger rights are “inhumane” and will deprive travellers of proper compensation, a new report states. Advocacy group Air Passenger Rights says would-be regulations that allow airlines to keep travellers on the tarmac for up to three hours and 45 minutes are “unacceptable” […]
The Associated Press LONDON–Zebra stripes are dazzling, particularly to flies. That’s the conclusion of scientists from the University of Bristol and the University of California at Davis who dressed horses in black-and-white striped coats to help determine why zebras have stripes. Researchers found that horseflies landed on the bedecked horses […]
The Canadian PressCassandra Szklarski TORONTO–An emotional sentencing hearing for the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash laid bare the unrelenting pain of family members who lost loved ones in the sudden tragedy. There were heartbreaking accounts of grief and anger, and calls for the maximum prison […]
Staff For the first time all season, there were three lopsided wins in the regular-season finale of the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League on Tuesday night at Fort High. Some of those weren’t really wins, however, as the trend of low turnouts and forfeit games continued. That being said, there […]
Staff Jill Calder scored the winner with 17.7 seconds left in overtime to lift a determined Muskie girls’ hockey team to a 4-3 win over the host Saint Thomas Aquinas Saints in Kenora on Tuesday afternoon in the opener of the best-of-three NorWOSSA semi-final. The third-seeded Muskies had lost all […]
Staff The league-leading Thunder Bay North Stars used a six-goal barrage in second period to roll to a 8-1 romp over the Fort Frances Lakers on Tuesday night at the Fort William Gardens. Fort Frances, which only had 13 skaters in its lineup, opened the scoring near the four-minute mark […]
