Sam Odrowski Lori King, Cindy Baker, and Debbie Gaylord attended the “Birch Bark Making Workshop” held yesterday at the Nanicost building here. More than 50 people came through the workshop, during which elders taught them how to make baskets. The workshop has been put on every year around late June […]
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Stephanie Hagenaars Tyra Hammond, left, and Ruth Anderson checked out a clothing rack outside of McTaggarts this morning as downtown merchants set up for the BIA’s annual “Mall Days.” The event is happening all day long, with sidewalks sales, an Early Iron Car Club Show, a kids’ corner, and other […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA–An estimated 776,000 Canadian children live in areas of the country parched of available daycare spaces, suggests a new report that outlines the statistical flip side of high child-care costs in some parts of the country. The study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, being […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–The federal government is imposing strict regulations aimed at ensuring organized crime doesn’t infiltrate the recreational marijuana market once cannabis becomes legal in Canada on Oct. 17. But officials said that doesn’t mean individuals with past convictions for possession–or even trafficking–of cannabis automatically will be excluded from […]
The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–Liberal Environment minister Catherine McKenna says parody social media accounts that deliberately try to mislead readers are a form of identity theft that needs to be addressed. McKenna herself was targeted by a parody account that was shut down Tuesday by Twitter after McKenna complained–only to […]
The Canadian PressBob Weber The world’s only northern nation without some form of Arctic university soon may have three of them. There are plans in all three of Canada’s territories to give their residents a better shot at higher education. Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut all have different approaches […]
The Canadian Press MISSISSAUGA, Ont.–The Liberals have nominated their first candidate for next year’s federal election. At a Toronto-area rally yesterday evening that included a speech by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Navdeep Bains was acclaimed as the Liberal candidate in Mississauga-Malton. The minister of innovation, science and economic development said […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL–The Royal Canadian Mint has unveiled a pure silver coin containing a small chip from a meteorite to mark the 150th anniversary of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. The society’s executive director, Randy Attwood, said each one-oz. coin contains a small chunk of the Campo del […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–A Senate committee tasked with studying the Disability Tax Credit and a disabilities savings plan says the two programs need to be overhauled and is urging the government to do more to help the disabled. Sen. Art Eggleton said less than 40 percent of people living with […]
The Canadian PressPaola Loriggio TORONTO–Although he officially takes up the premier’s mantle tomorrow, Doug Ford already has set the wheels in motion for several of his plans for Ontario. And one expert predicts the Progressive Conservative leader will move quickly on his agenda once he seizes the reins of the […]
By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s next-generation space telescope has been delayed yet again at a staggering cost of $1 million a day. For the third time in less than a year, the space agency announced a lengthy postponement Wednesday for the James Webb Space […]
The Canadian Press VALCOURT, Que. — Recreational vehicle maker BRP Inc. has signed a deal to buy Alumacraft Boat, a producer of aluminum fishing boats, based in St. Peter, Minn., and announced plans to create a new marine group. Financial terms of the deal were not immediately available. BRP says […]
