The Canadian Press CALGARY—Calgary’s Mount Royal University is giving students a new way to learn about the world around them. Along with checking out books, students can sign out a speaker at the university’s “Living Library” for a 15-minute one-on-one discussion. The speakers, who also are being called “human books,” […]
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Heather Latter Grade 5 students from St. Francis School had a chance to weigh in on what they’d like to see in the new school that will consolidate St. Francis and St. Michael’s when Rick Boisvert, centre, director of education of the Northwest Catholic District School Board, and Superintendent of […]
Staff Town crews were out in full force yesterday, along with many local residents, to plow the sidewalks, streets, and driveways of several centimetres of snow that fell on Borderland. But don’t put away those shovels yet—there’s a good chance of 2.5-five cm (one-two inches) of the white stuff tomorrow.
The Canadian Press LA LOCHE, Sask.—The northern Saskatchewan school where a mass shooting occurred won’t open for at least another week. And when it does, it may have security. The Northern Lights School Division has told parents that classes at the La Loche Community School won’t resume for seven-10 days, […]
Staff Tickets are still available for “Forget Me Not,” the annual charitable dinner hosted by the local Alzheimer Society. Set for this Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at La Place Rendez-Vous, Alzheimer Society executive director Rossana Tomashowski noted ticket sales haven’t been going as well as organizers had hoped. “We have […]
Staff For more than 59 minutes, the Fort Frances Lakers were outplaying significantly one of the best teams the NOJHL has to offer. In less than 20 seconds, it didn’t matter much. The Cochrane Crunch scored twice in 17 seconds late in the second period to earn a 2-0 win […]
Staff Gasoline prices dropped here Tuesday, with a litre of gas now selling for 85.9 cent—down from 96.9 cents. Gas costs an average of 84 cents/litre in Kenora and 89 cents in Dryden, but can be bought for as at little at 72 cents in Thunder Bay.
By Garance Burke The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Federal officials don’t know how many migrant children they’ve sent to live with convicted criminals across the U.S. over the last three years, at a time the government sought to move young Central American migrants out of shelters and into private homes, […]
By David Rising The Associated Press BERLIN It’s a change of heart that Iraqi immigrant Sekvan Agho never saw coming. Agho was among the wave of nearly 1.1 million asylum-seekers who came to Germany last year seeking a new life, making his way from his native Iraq to Turkey, then […]
By Errin Haines Whack The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA More white Americans now share the view, long held by minorities, that racism is a national problem and should be confronted, according to an analysis of recent public opinion polling. The review, compiled by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in conjunction with the […]
By David Bauder THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK Is Fox News Channel overplaying its hand or skillfully playing to its brand in dealing with Donald Trump? The GOP presidential front-runner has dropped out of Thursday night’s Republican debate following an escalating public relations battle triggered in part by his call […]
By Jamey Keaten And Maria Cheng The Associated Press GENEVA The World Health Organization is convening an emergency committee on Monday to decide if the Zika virus outbreak should be declared an international health emergency. At a special meeting Thursday in Geneva, WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan said the virus […]
