The Canadian PressColin Perkel TORONTO–A major online voting issue that forced more than 50 communities in Ontario to extend municipal election voting hours prompted questions on Tuesday about the integrity of the balloting process. One candidate, forced to wait more than 24 hours longer to find out that he had […]
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The Canadian PressAndy Blatchford OTTAWA–The Bank of Canada raised its trend-setting interest rate yesterday and sent signals that future hikes could be upon Canadians sooner than previously expected. With a big source of trade uncertainty finally out of the way, the central bank delivered a quarter-point rate increase for the […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–The premier of Ontario received death threats and his labour minister had her constituency office vandalized hours after a sweeping labour reform bill was introduced in the legislature, the Progressive Conservative government said yesterday. Government House leader Todd Smith said the incidents were an attempt to […]
The Canadian PressSteve Lambert WINNIPEG–Before going public with its cannabis awareness ad campaign, the Manitoba government turned to experts for advice: teens and young adults. Three different focus groups with participants from 16-24 years old were held in September. Documents obtained by The Canadian Press under freedom-of-information law show the […]
It will be cloudy tonight, with an overnight low of four C (39 F) and east winds gusting up to 15 km/h. Tomorrow will see cloudy skies and some rain, with a high of eight (46) and low around three (37). Look for east-southeast winds gusting up to 17 km/h. […]
From the OPP On Oct. 19 around 5:30 a.m., members of the Kenora OPP responded to a break-and-enter in progress in the south side of Kenora. Police attended and were advised that the home owner had located the suspect inside the detached garage. Entry was not gained into the main […]
Staff If you know someone who is worthy to be entered into the Fort Frances Sports Hall of Fame, make sure you fill out a nomination form right away. The deadline for nominations to the 2019 class is coming up on Nov. 1, with forms available on the local hall’s […]
By Michael BalsamoEric Tucker And Colleen Long The Associated Press WASHINGTON — A wave of glass-filled pipe bombs targeting Hillary Clinton, former President Barack Obama, other prominent Democrats and CNN was thwarted without physical harm, but an anxiety-filled day on Wednesday deepened political tensions and fears two weeks before national […]
By Christina Larson The Associated Press YANJI, China — At the end of a street of newly built high-rises in the northern Chinese city of Yanji stands an exposed cliff face, where paleontologists scrape away 100 million-year-old rock in search of prehistoric bones. Like many fossil excavation sites in China, […]
By Juana Summers The Associated Press WASHINGTON — With just two weeks to go until the critical midterm elections, an overwhelming majority of Americans say the United States is greatly divided, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll. Few Americans believe those stark divisions will get […]
By David Bauder THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — CNN’s president on Wednesday denounced the White House for its “total and complete lack of understanding” of the consequences of attacks against the media after the cable news network’s New York office and several prominent Democrats were sent pipe bombs. Feelings […]
By John Rogers The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — It started out modestly enough: David Hertz, having learned that under the right conditions you really can make your own water out of thin air, put a little contraption on the roof of his office and began cranking out free bottles […]
