By Leanne Italie THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — On college campuses and in workplaces, across social media and in deference to non-binary people, gender-neutral pronouns are more than just a new wave of political correctness. They’re the focus of debate that stretches back hundreds of years. Early word coiners […]
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By David Pitt The Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa-based utility submitted plans Wednesday for a massive wind turbine project that would be the nation’s first investor-owned electric utility to generate all of its customer demand from wind energy. Des Moines-based MidAmerican Energy wants to build a $922 […]
By David Eggert The Associated Press MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. — Gov. Rick Snyder and legislative leaders on Wednesday committed up to $50 million to upgrade the Soo Locks, a bid to persuade the federal government to fund the long-sought $1 billion proposal to build a second large lock that allows […]
Dear Mike: Eighty years ago, a deadly fire took the lives of 17 people in Dance Township. Ten years ago, a committee of dedicated volunteers got together and created a monument commemorating this horrific loss of life and to honour the families that survived. These same volunteers have been maintaining […]
Dear editor: On Thursday afternoon, at 55+ bowling, “Lefty” went missing! “Lefty” is a wide-base leather running shoe (Shoes for Crews) and no comparison to the sleek Skechers left behind. Skechers was forced to come home with me but returned to the bowling alley the following Saturday in hopes of […]
1. Why are you running to be MPP for Kenora-Rainy River? I am a corrections officer at the Kenora Jail. Seventeen years ago, when the facility I was working at was closed, I was offered a transfer to either Toronto or Kenora. I didn’t even hesitate. My wife, Zoe, and I […]
Dave OgilvieEmo correspondent The Emo and District Lions Club’s inaugural “dog walk” on Sunday afternoon was deemed a success by those in attendance. Thanks to the donations of the public who supported the eight dogs and their 22 walkers, and a matching donation from a generous sponsor, the club raised […]
Submitted Carissa and Cheryl Copenace are excited to participate in Toronto’s first Indigenous Fashion Week, which is being held May 31-June 3 at the Harbourfront Centre there. “Injunuity,” a local Anishinaabe gifts and supplies store run by Cheryl, will be one of 23 artists showcasing their designs for the runway. […]
Stephanie Hagenaars Brooklyn Ensign, four, was planting seeds that soon will become cucumbers and radishes on Monday, which marked the first meeting of the Kids’ Garden Club at the Fort Frances Community Garden on Lillie Avenue North. In addition to the cucumbers and radishes, many gardeners were planting beans, lettuce, […]
Stephanie Hagenaars Couchiching First Nation historian Glenn Jourdain shared stories about his experience at one of the former residential schools in Fort Frances, St. Marguerite’s Indian Residential School, in a complementary exhibit on the second floor of the Fort Frances Museum. This exhibit features photos and documents obtained by Jourdain […]
Submitted Kayla Allan, a niece of Cheryl Copenace, models “Injunuity” custom-made skirt and jewellery. Copenace and her daughter, Carissa, leave for Winnipeg today to fly to Toronto for the city’s inaugural Indigenous Fashion Week. The mother-daughter duo said their runway look is a new “contemporary indigenous day-wear for women reflecting […]
Sam Odrowski Jenna Bailey of Fort High, left, Kayla Pater of S.C.A.P., and Ayiana Gagne of Robert Moore School received first-, second-, and third-place trophy’s for their speeches on “Gender Equality,” “Crazy Truths,” and the “Bermuda Triangle” during the Rainy River District School Board’s annual district speech contest held last […]
