Kiera Kowalski Jenny Coats of “Jenny ArtSpark” showed of the different prints she creates and sells out of her home during the Mother’s Day Market that ran Friday and Saturday at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Coats also provides workshops on these prints for people looking to “ignite” their inner […]
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Staff Jean Gerstner, the new sales rep at Cousineau Real Estate, drew the “Trip of the Month” draw winner for May as Kiwanian Robin Wright looked on this morning at International Travel Services. Sylvia Johnston of Ranier, Mn. will be going on a Bahamas cruise–a trip valued at $3,950. Next […]
The Canadian Press TOFINO, B.C.–Two people are dead while three others were treated and released from hospital yesterday after a fishing boat went down off the west coast of Vancouver Island near the remote tourist community of Tofino. All five people on board the vessel were taken to shore yesterday […]
The Canadian PressJessica Smith Cross TORONTO–The Ontario government is promising to soon make an abortion pill free for all women in the province. Mifegymiso, known as RU-486 outside of Canada, is a combination of two drugs, mifepristone and misoprostol. After years of study, Health Canada approved its use as a […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA–Daniel Derksen was, by all accounts, the model of perfect health. Then one day, he complained about stomach pains and went to see a doctor. He died four months later–the result of an aggressive cancerous tumour that didn’t respond to chemotherapy, radiation, or multiple surgeries. He […]
The Canadian Press QIKIQTARJUAQ, Nunavut–A teacher in a remote Nunavut community is trying to buy and build a greenhouse in the hopes he and his students can cut the sky-high costs of healthy eating in the north. “We’re at almost 24-hour daylight here now so for the next five months, […]
The Canadian PressJoan Bryden OTTAWA–The Trudeau government is backing down from some of its most controversial proposals for reforming the way the House of Commons operates in the face of opposition filibustering that has tied parliamentary business in knots for weeks. Government House leader Bardish Chagger has written to her […]
The Associated Press AVONDALE, La.–The team of Cameron Smith and Jonas Blixt won the Zurich Classic on the fourth playoff hole today, capturing a new-format tournament that had been held over a day because of darkness. Smith hit a 58-yard approach shot within three-and-a-half feet of the pin, and the […]
The Canadian PressMelissa Couto TORONTO–Aaron Sanchez looked down at his finger and saw the blood a handful of pitches into his start. All he could think about then was finishing the inning. So he did. Sanchez threw 13 pitches, erasing a five-pitch lead-off walk with a strikeout and a double […]
The Canadian PressDonna Spencer EDMONTON–The Anaheim Ducks rode a fast start to a 6-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers and got back into their playoff series yesterday. The Oilers still lead the best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final series 2-1. Edmonton won twice in the Honda Center to kick off the matchup. […]
The Associated Press LOS ANGELES–The only thing stopping Gordon Hayward in the playoffs was a case of food poisoning. Utah’s all-star forward averaged 23.7 points–breaking out for a career-high 40 in Game 3–over seven games to propel the Jazz into the second round of the playoffs with a 104-91 victory […]
The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va.–Joey Logano smiled as if he’d stolen something and got away with it, and that wasn’t far from the truth. Logano passed distracted and dominant Penske Racing teammate Brad Keselowski on one restart, then pulled away on another with about 20 laps to go to win […]
