The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–A basic income pilot project aimed at reducing poverty in Ontario is failing and many of the participants have dropped out, the province’s Progressive Conservative government said yesterday as it defended its controversial decision to wind down the program. Social Services minister Lisa MacLeod said pilot […]
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By Mary Esch The Associated Press ULSTER PARK, N.Y. — In most of the world, donkeys are beasts of burden, but the only job of the long-eared denizens of Donkey Park is to nuzzle, bray and beguile the diverse group of people who find comfort in their company. Donkey Park […]
By Susannah George And Matthew Lee The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The United States says it will impose new sanctions on Russia for illegally using a chemical weapon in an attempt to kill a former spy and his daughter in Britain earlier this year. The new sanctions, to be imposed […]
By Dave Skretta The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Bellerive Country Club is considered one of the “Big Four” of traditional, exclusive St. Louis-area clubs, a picturesque parkland course designed by Robert Trent Jones serving as its centerpiece. For a while, big events bolstered its reputation. Gary Player won a […]
By Cassandra Szklarski The Canadian Press TORONTO — A Quebec dad’s fight to get a change table in his local Tim Hortons has reignited a campaign by some fathers to make the folding baby stations a standard feature in men’s bathrooms across the country. Jeremy McCall of the London, Ont.-based […]
By Mike Householder The Associated Press FLAT ROCK, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. marked production of the 10 millionth Mustang with celebrations Wednesday at the automaker’s headquarters and at the Flat Rock Assembly Plant where the iconic sports car is made. A parade of Mustangs from 1964 to the present […]
By Matt O’Brien The Associated Press BOSTON — Personal home robots that can socialize with people are starting to roll out of the laboratory and into our living rooms and kitchens. But are humans ready to invite them into their lives? It’s taken decades of research to build robots even […]
By David Pitt The Associated Press FAIRFIELD, Iowa — Small family operated dairy farms with cows freely grazing on verdant pastures are going out business as large confined animal operations with thousands of animals lined up in assembly-line fashion are expanding into the organic market. Many traditional small-scale organic farmers […]
Stephanie Hagenaars Emma and Nicholas Pattison (above) played a few rounds of an enlarged “Connect Four” game during the “Open Streets” festival held Thursday afternoon on Front Street in Emo. Meanwhile, below, those on hand took part in the “Chicken Dance.” Earlier, participants performed the “Cha Cha Slide,” a ’90s-era […]
Fort Frances residents Joyce and Walter Woodland received special written recognitions of their 60th wedding anniversary celebration from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Queen Elizabeth II last Thursday afternoon. -Sam Odrowski photo
Stephanie Hagenaars Kathleen Guild-Gunderson of the Fireside Yarn Club helped “newbies” learn the basics of knitting last Wednesday night during a “Youth Knitting Night” workshop at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. Those on hand carefully followed along as she showed them how to “cast on”–creating the base line […]
Stephanie Hagenaars Kristina Wolff, left, Miranda Sigurdson, a public health nurse with the Northwestern Health Unit, and Nicole Johnson laughed as Kailey Yellowega’s son, Hudson, stole their attention during a “Children See, Children Learn” workshop for parents with children up to age two held Thursday evening at the Fort Frances […]
