The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA—The federal Liberals have no interest in backing away from an election promise to spend more on affordable housing, says Status of Women minister Patty Hajdu. As communities across Canada engage in a first-ever federally-organized and detailed census of homelessness, pressure on the government to act […]
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Duane Hicks The next step is underway to get new tennis courts built here. The town has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a firm to design and build a fenced, four-court multi-use tennis facility at the St. Francis Sports Field. “We’re hoping to get as many contractors to […]
The Canadian Press MOUNT FOREST, Ont.—Environment Canada says the first Canadian tornado of 2016 touched down earlier this week in southwestern Ontario. The twister snapped trees and left damaged barns and grain bins in its wake near Mount Forest, Ont.—a trail of destruction that earned it tornado status, Environment Canada […]
By Ellen Knickmeyer And Scott Smith The Associated Press CLARKSBURG, Calif. — Atop a dirt levee his great-grandfather built in the 1800s to hold back California’s mightiest river, Northern California farmer Russell van Loben Sels looks out over the site of a new water project, one that would be the […]
By Maria Verza The Associated Press MEXICO CITY — The governor of one of Mexico’s most violent states is making waves by proposing that impoverished farmers be allowed to grow opium poppies for legal medical use. Guerrero state is among Mexico’s poorest, and many remote mountain communities already grow small […]
By Andrea Rodriguez The Associated Press HAVANA — A 76-year-old Cuban woman who invited President Barack Obama to her Havana home received a response from the U.S. leader Thursday in one of the first letters to travel directly to Cuba in decades. Ileana Yarza wrote to Obama on Feb. 18, […]
By Josh Lederman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will move to declassify U.S. military and intelligence records related to Argentina’s “Dirty War,” the White House said Thursday, aiming to bring closure to questions of U.S. involvement in a notorious chapter in Argentina’s history. Obama’s visit to Buenos […]
By Audrey McAvoy The Associated Press JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — The Air Force unit that defends Hawaii skies will get experimental energy technology that uses trash to generate power and relies on its own small electrical grid a system intended to keep the unit operating if a bomb, […]
Heather Latter Curves’ coach Arlene Georgeson instructed Ashley Mudge on how to us the bicep/tricep machine there last Tuesday (March 8) during a free workout offered in celebration of International Women’s Day. All Curves around the world joined together to provide the free full-body workout, which is designed for all […]
Submitted This T-shirt is similar to the one Delaine Copenace was wearing the last time she was seen in the evening hours of Feb. 27 in downtown Kenora. Citizens in all areas of the region as being asked to check personal property, yards, and outbuildings. Anyone with any information on […]
Press Release The Borderland Judo Club recently hosted the first judo tournament in the Fort Frances area in decades. Competitors from as far west as Portage La Prairie, Man., and as far east as Marathon, showed up at the local Shiai to compete for a custom-made medal. Early in the […]
The Associated PressJoan Lowy WASHINGTON—Self-driving cars are “absolutely not” ready for widespread deployment despite a rush to put them to put them on the road, a robotics expert warned Tuesday. The cars aren’t yet able to handle bad weather, including standing water, drizzling rain, sudden downpours, and snow, Missy Cummings, […]
