By Craig Wong The Canadian Press OTTAWA As Canadians review their year-end investment statements and prepare to meet with their financial advisers ahead of the RRSP deadline, stock markets are taking a rocky ride. Amid the market turmoil, portfolio manager Adrian Mastracci of KCM Wealth says it is back to […]
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Duane Hicks Rainy River First Nations is the most recent Grand Council Treaty #3 community to undertake “Project Green Light”—an initiative to prevent violence against women, men, children, elders, and co-workers. The community celebrated the project last Thursday with an event at the RRFN gymnasium, which was attended by community […]
Joey Payeur Those not willing to remember the mistakes of the past are doomed to repeat them. It’s the clear message being sent by Muskie boys’ hockey head coach Jamie Davis in light of Monday’s announcement that the black-and-gold will face their cross-border counterparts, the International Falls Broncos, for the […]
Heather Latter With a deal unable to be reached by mediation between the Rainy River District School Board and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (District 5B) last month, the local teachers’ union ramped up its action yesterday afternoon by picketing outside the board office on Second Street East here […]
Heather Latter Lorraine Cupp, above, made a bid on the “Bird on a Wire” painting donated by Leon’s while, below, staff from Gillons’ Insurance enjoyed the tasty main course. The event also featured a raffle and entertainment.
Duane Hicks Mitaanjigamiing Chief Janice Henderson, far left, received a “Green Light” blanket, held here by Agnes Grover and Genny Brown, and a bundle from Manitou Rapids Chief Jim Leonard last Thursday during the “Project Green Light” launch at the Rainy River First Nations’ gym.
Devin Eldridge Reece MacNeil performed a spiral during the 2016 Sunset Country regional figure skating championships. He had three first-place finishes, capturing the Warren Diehl Memorial Award for winning the senior mens’ freeskate, the Star 4 boys’ 13-and-up freeskate, and the Star 4 Elements boys’ category.
By Didi Tang The Associated Press BEIJING A Chinese journalist who disappeared while seeking asylum abroad turned up Wednesday, telling his wife by phone he voluntarily returned to China for an investigation, in the latest case of Beijing’s reach beyond the mainland for wanted people. He Fangmei said she spoke […]
By Jason Patinkin The Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan Former US President Jimmy Carter says that Guinea worm disease may soon be eradicated, which would be the most exciting accomplishment of his career, although progress is hampered by ongoing conflict in Mali and South Sudan. Carter has led a campaign […]
By Juan A. Lozano The Associated Press HOUSTON The U.S. saw a record number of exonerations in 2015, with nearly 40 per cent of the cases involving individuals who were exonerated in homicides, a new report shows. The National Registry of Exonerations said in its report Wednesday that 149 people […]
By Bruce Schreiner The Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. Producers of Kentucky bourbon and Tennessee whiskey are toasting another year of strong sales and revenue growth, led by consumers increasingly ordering high-priced, super-premium brands. Combined U.S. revenues for bourbon, Tennessee whiskey and rye whiskey shot up 7.8 per cent to $2.9 […]
The Canadian PressMurray Brewster OTTAWA—The Trudeau government has promised to get Canada back into the peacekeeping business, but a new report from two independent think-tanks says the military is ill-prepared for the task. The study by the Rideau Institute and the Centre for Policy Alternatives was penned by Walter Dorn, […]
