From the OPP On Thursday shortly before 6:30 p.m., members of the Kenora OPP responded to a 9-1-1 call of an unknown male intruder in a residence in the Rideout area of Kenora. Police attended and were advised the home owner had arrived home and found the door to the […]
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Duane Hicks Monica Sus, left, Heather Johnson, and Mary Martinson took a brief break late yesterday afternoon from getting ready for the grand-opening of the new Fort Frances Women’s Centre, which is set for this Thursday (March 8). The public is urged to drop by anytime from 10 a..m.-6 p.m. […]
Jamie Mountain Steve Windels of the Revco Renegades went up to put a basket home during his team’s 85-35 upset win of the second-place RBC Lions last Tuesday night during the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League’s first semi-final. Windels chipped in 16 points to help send third-place Revco into tonight’s […]
The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–Right about now, the kings of the butterfly world are emerging from hibernation in Mexico looking for love and ready to make more butterflies. But scientists said the number of monarch butterflies that will start their annual, 5,000-km migration north to Canadian gardens and wild flower […]
The Canadian PressGeordon Omand OTTAWA–The government of Alberta is being lambasted in a review of Canada’s justice system as the only province to keep secret the number of indigenous people it has locked up over the last five years. The criticism comes as part of an annual report card released […]
The Canadian PressColin Perkel TORONTO–A decision by police officers in Thunder Bay, Ont. to rule out foul play just hours after the body of an indigenous man was found floating in a river was the result of a grossly-inadequate investigation tainted by racism, an independent review has determined. In a […]
The Canadian PressPaola Loriggio AJAX, Ont.–While consistently dismissing critics who accuse her of cashing in on her family name, Caroline Mulroney has recruited her famous father to shore up support as she fights to seize the reins of Ontario’s Opposition. Former Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney denied yesterday that he […]
Staff “Project Petunia” is almost sold out. The annual beautification initiative by the Rainy River Future Development Corp. only has 10 more flower baskets up for sponsorship. A total of 40 have been adopted so far. These are the baskets that are hung along King’s Highway during the late spring […]
Press Release Riverside Health Care, in conjunction with the Northwestern Health Unit, has declared the gastroenteritis outbreak over at Rainycrest Long-Term Care, effective yesterday (March 5). As such, all social events and activities at Rainycrest have resumed. All visitors also are now welcomed. We still are urging people to refrain […]
The Associated Press COLUMBIA, Md. — Please God, give me salvation and a car. That prayer may have been uttered by more than a few people at a Maryland church on Sunday. That’s because Destiny Church in Columbia handed out five used cars to demonstrate God’s goodness and to attract […]
By Steve Karnowski The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — General Mills announced a deal Tuesday to create South Dakota’s largest organic crop farm as the food giant works to secure enough organic ingredients to meet growing consumer demand worldwide. Gunsmoke Farms will convert 34,000 acres more than 53 square miles ‚Äî […]
By Grant Peck The Associated Press BANGKOK — A piece of prized World War II U.S. naval history, the wreckage of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington, which was sunk by the Japanese in a crucial sea battle, has been discovered by an expedition funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. The […]
