Staff Ted Davis’ power-play goal 49 seconds into the third period proved to be the winner as the Dryden GM Ice Dogs rallied to edge the Thunder Bay North Stars 3-2 in Game 6 of the best-of-seven SIJHL final Saturday at the Fort William Gardens. The Ice Dogs claimed the […]
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Staff The 2018 town budget will be presented at tonight’s regular council meeting. Deputy Treasurer Dawn Galusha will explain the budget process, outline sources of revenue and what the town’s expenses are, as well as compare uncontrollable costs from 2017 with those in 2018. She also will provide a taxation […]
Sam Odrowski Work has resumed at the site of the town’s new J.K.-Grade 8 Catholic school on Flinders Avenue. The new school will amalgamate St. Michael’s and St. Francis schools into one learning facility, with construction workers hoping to get started on building it in the fall. The Northwest District […]
Sam Odrowski Emo Feed’s “Farm Animal Petting Zoo,” featuring calves, goats, pigs, and chickens, was a popular attraction on Saturday during Emo’s annual “Spring Fever Days.” Many who stopped by took the time to touch the animals–and some even had the chance to feed them hay. Meanwhile, the winners of […]
The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–Liberal MP Francis Drouin says an allegation has been made against him following an incident at the party’s convention in Halifax this weekend. Drouin, a 34-year-old MP from eastern Ontario, was described earlier this year as a rising star in the Liberal Party, with a firm […]
The Canadian PressRob Drinkwater Some families of Humboldt Broncos’ bus crash victims are surprised to learn that error-riddled obituaries of their loved ones have been posted on a website that’s selling flowers, as well as online memorial candles, and that the site isn’t donating the money. Eleven of the 16 […]
The Canadian PressPaola Loriggio Doug Ford says he is “dead against” safe injection sites and believes the focus should be on drug rehabilitation instead. And if elected premier of Ontario in June, the Progressive Conservative leader said he will do everything he can to fight the ongoing opioid crisis and […]
The Associated Press PARIS — The United Nations’ cultural agency has ignored warnings from Egypt and awarded the World Press Freedom prize to an imprisoned Egyptian photographer. A jury on Monday awarded the honour to Mahmoud Abu Zeid, known as Shawkan, who has been in jail since he was arrested […]
By Sylvia Hui The Associated Press LONDON — Kensington Palace says the Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to her third child, a boy weighing 8 pounds, 7 ounces (3.8 kilograms). The palace says the child was born at 11:01 a.m., a few hours after Kate was admitted to London’s […]
By Scott Orgera The Associated Press Forget Fenway Park David Price and the Boston Red Sox are feeling every bit at home at the Flush Factory. And in Houston, George Springer and the Astros are just as likely to be talking Boogie Bombs as balls and strikes. Why is Xander […]
By Erika Kinetz The Associated Press SHANGHAI — The rivalry is so notorious it’s been called the “great cat-and-dog war.” On one side towers Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., China’s e-commerce market leader, embodied by the black cat mascot of its Tmall platform. On the other is JD.com Inc., a fast-growing […]
By David Rising The Associated Press Berlin police evacuated thousands of people from a central area of the German capital Friday and shut down the main train station as a precaution while they defused and removed an unexploded World War II bomb found during recent construction work. Some 10,000 residents […]
