From the OPP The Rainy River District OPP would like to thank the public for its assistance in locating a 16-year-old youth from the Fort Frances area. Blade Lemieux was located on Sept. 1. He last had been seen Aug. 30 in Fort Frances.
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Nicholas Donaldson Sherry Copenace led a workshop entitled “Anishinaabe Ombigii’osowin-Raising children within their Anishinaabe life ways” yesterday during the Weechi-it-te-win Family Services’ 30th-anniversary “gathering.” The two-day conference, which opened Wednesday, featured speakers and workshops covering a wide variety of topics at the Nanicost grounds here.
Staff Fort Frances Kiwanis Club member Caryn Myers drew the lucky winner of this month’s “Trip of the Month” draw as fellow Kiwanian Robin Wright looked on this morning at International Travel Services here. Bill Daley of Fort Frances will be heading to Dublin, Ireland –a trip valued at $4,300. […]
Nicholas Donaldson Sherry Copenace led a workshop entitled “Anishinaabe Ombigii’osowin-Raising children within their Anishinaabe life ways” yesterday during the Weechi-it-te-win Family Services’ 30th-anniversary “gathering.” The two-day conference, which opened Wednesday, featured speakers and workshops covering a wide variety of topics at the Nanicost grounds here.
The Canadian Press CALGARY–Analysts say average gasoline prices across Canada will continue to rise this weekend after jumping almost eightcents per litre since Hurricane Harvey roared ashore in Texas last Friday. Consumers in Ontario are expected to be paying nine cents more per litre tomorrow, taking the average price in […]
The Canadian PressDean Bennett EDMONTON–An Alberta university says it has been defrauded of $11.8 million in a so-called “phishing” attack, admitting it didn’t have safeguards in place as staffers unwittingly paid out millions of dollars online. “This is an administrative error,” David Beharry, spokesman for MacEwan University, said Tuesday. “We […]
The Canadian Press Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard says a line has been crossed with the torching of a mosque president’s car, and that citizens need to come together and clearly take a stand against hate. Police confirmed a car belonging to Mohamed Labidi, president of the Quebec City mosque where […]
The Canadian Press Calgary MP Darshan Kang resigned late yesterday from the Liberal caucus after sexual harassment allegations from a second woman became public. In a written statement, Kang said he’s leaving the governing party’s caucus because “I wish to focus my efforts at this time on clearing my name.” […]
The Canadian Press NORWAY HOUSE, Man.–The families of four men who were switched at birth and sent home from a northern Manitoba hospital with the wrong parents said they were left with more questions than answers yesterday after reviews by the RCMP and Health Canada. Manitoba RCMP said no charges […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–New tenant protections come into effect today that place more requirements on landlords evicting them. When a landlord evicts a tenant to use the unit themselves or for a family member, they now have to give the tenant one month’s rent as compensation. Alternatively, the landlord could […]
The Canadian PressGeordon Omand NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C.–A man who underwent a psychotic break and murdered his three children as they lay asleep in their beds does not pose enough of a threat to the public to be labelled high risk, a British Columbia Supreme Court judge has found. Justice Martha […]
The Canadian PressMike Blanchfield OTTAWA–The time has come for Canada to seriously consider joining the controversial U.S. ballistic missile defence system for North America, says the new Conservative foreign affairs critic. North Korea’s increased capability to potentially reach the continent with a long-range missile is a game-changer, Erin O’Toole said […]
