Sam Odrowski Fifyan Canoon, who recently immigrated to Canada from Iraq, showed Grade 5 students at St. Francis School what Arabic writing looks like and how it is read during a presentation for Citizenship Week (Oct. 8-14). Two other town residents who immigrated to Canada also spoke about their experience […]
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The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Ontario is launching a public awareness campaign to highlight the dangers of using recreational cannabis and promote social responsibility ahead of the legalization of marijuana next week. Attorney General Caroline Mulroney said the ads will emphasize the province’s rules around the sale and consumption of pot, […]
It will be cloudy tonight, with an overnight low of minus-four C (24 F) and west winds gusting up to 17 km/h. Tomorrow will be cloudy and cold, with a high of four (39) and low around minus-five (23). Look for west-southwest winds again gusting up to 17 km/h. Afternoon […]
From the OPP On Oct. 7 around 5:10 p.m., members of the Rainy River District OPP were dispatched to a call of a possible impaired driver at a local restaurant drive-thru. An officer attended the scene and located the suspect vehicle in the parking lot. The member spoke with the […]
The Rainy River District Best Start Network will host a one-day gathering and interactive workshop, entitled “Creating Community Change,” on Friday, Oct. 12 from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Copper River Inn. Lunch will be provided. There is no cost to attend but registration is required by contacting Tanis at […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Ontario soon will allow turban-wearing Sikhs to ride motorcycles without helmets, joining three other provinces in providing the exemption. The Progressive Conservative government said yesterday that the exemption, which goes into effect Oct. 18, will recognize Sikh motorcycle riders’ civil rights and religious expression. “The safety […]
Staff It was another job well done for the Muskie cross-country team on Tuesday at the annual Hial Pike meet in International Falls. The 24-runner contingent once again showed excellent running skills and wound up with some impressive race times in their final meet before the NWOSSAA championships next week […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–The United States says Canadians who work in the marijuana industry will not be barred outright from entering the country. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said in an updated statement that someone working in the legal pot industry in Canada will “generally be admissible” as […]
The Associated Press PANAMA CITY, Fla.–Search-and-rescue teams fanned out across the Florida Panhandle to reach trapped people in Michael’s wake today as daylight yielded scenes of rows upon rows of houses smashed to pieces by the third-most powerful hurricane on record to hit the continental U.S. At least two deaths […]
Staff While election day is not until Oct. 22, Fort Frances electors can start voting as early as this Monday (Oct. 15). Town clerk Lisa Slomke said voter information letters have been mailed and they should arrive in your mailbox by Monday if they haven’t already. In their letters, voters […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–An interim sexual-education curriculum introduced by Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government discriminates against some students and puts them at greater risk of sexual violence, the province’s human rights commission said Tuesday as it joined a legal challenge of the document. The interim curriculum, which replaces a modernized […]
The Associated Press BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan–Two astronauts from the U.S. and Russia were safe today after an emergency landing in the steppes of Kazakhstan following the failure of a Russian booster rocket carrying them to the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos’ Alexei Ovchinin lifted off as scheduled […]
