Duane Hicks Town delegates met with Ministry of Finance parliamentary assistant Yvan Baker regarding the review of the railway taxation system in Ontario during the Association of Municipalities of Ontario’s 2017 conference held Aug. 13-16 in Ottawa. Back in the spring, the province set a minimum of $80 an acre […]
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By Rodney Muhumuza The Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda — Drones soon will be used in Tanzania to deliver medicines to health facilities across the East African country, continuing a trend of African governments embracing drone networks to deliver critical services. Tanzania’s government is working with U.S. logistics company Zipline to […]
By Anne D’Innocenzio The Associated Press NEW YORK — Walmart is diving into voice-activated shopping. But unlike online leader Amazon, it’s not doing it alone. The world’s largest retailer said Wednesday it’s working with Google to offer hundreds of thousands of items from laundry detergent to Legos for voice shopping […]
By Tracee Herbaugh The Associated Press When interior designer Heidi Pribell spotted a dust-covered mantelpiece in the basement of a client’s newly purchased home, it was the start of a long relationship. The ornate white marble mantelpiece, with two caryatids flanking each side, was sitting amid rubble and construction debris. […]
By Blake Nicholson The Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. — Farmers around the country are donating tons of hay for ranchers whose livestock are suffering from the drought in the Northern Plains, but the officials and groups lining up the aid aren’t finding it easy getting the feed to the region. […]
By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press Late summer fruit is perhaps my favourite. Berries are juicy and sweet, in their last flourish before slipping away into elite and expensive status. Peaches and plums are soft and caramel-like in flavour. Even the humble pebbly-skinned cantaloupe boasts rich orange flesh and syrupy-sweet […]
By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX has unveiled a sleek white spacesuit for astronauts on its crewed flights coming up next year. Chief executive Elon Musk made the big reveal via Instagram on Wednesday. He says it’s not him in the new suit, rather a […]
Staff The Bingo hall on McIrvine Road has a new owner. The Evangelical Fellowship Church, currently located at 560 Webster Ave., has been working with 1921495 Ontario Ltd. to purchase 605 McIrvine Rd. site, which has been vacant for more than a dozen years. The church accepted an offer to […]
Duane Hicks After donating “chemo comfort” Thirty-One bags to the Riverside Chemotherapy Unit here back in late February, Jessica Ogden now is rounding up sponsors for a second round and expanding donations to the Atikokan General Hospital. Ogden sells Thirty-One, a line of bags, purses, and organizing items, and is […]
Press Release Weechi-it-te-win Family Services will be hosting its 30th-anniversary “Gathering” on Aug. 30-31 at the Nanicost grounds in Fort Frances. The keynote speakers include Dr. Raven Sinclair of the University of Regina, Terry Cross of NICWA, and Renee Linklater from CAMH. Former Mrs. Universe, Ashley Callingbull, also will be […]
Staff Work on the new Scott Street sidewalk is about 90 percent complete. Precision Paving is close to being done installing the paving stones, with any deficiencies (i.e., poor cuts, bad seams, lips, etc.) to be addressed in the coming days, Operations and Facilities manager Travis Rob told town council […]
Duane Hicks Town council is holding off on tendering the proposed Erin Crescent subdivision and will revisit the topic during the 2018 budget process. Council narrowly voted down two version of a motion to tender for the project during its regular meeting Monday night. After the meeting, Mayor Roy Avis […]
