The Canadian Press MONTREAL—Unifor says it has reached a tentative contract agreement with Resolute Forest Products covering one group of workers in a deal the union hopes will set a pattern across Quebec’s forestry sector. The agreement still needs to be ratified by forestry workers in the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region. Talks […]
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Heather Latter MarleyRae Huntley was all smiles while colouring a picture during a French event—“Rencontre & Raconter”—at St. Michael’s School here Tuesday. Hosted by the local chapter of the Canadian Parents for French, in conjunction with the Northwest Catholic District School Board, families of students currently enrolled in French Immersion […]
Heather Latter Performers from the Calgary-based dance troupe, “Decidedly Jazz Danceworks,” discovered a clue to help them find “jazz” during “The Great Jazz History Mystery” last night at the Townshend Theatre as part of the Kids & Company entertainment series. Inspired by Looney Tunes, Dr. Seuss, and, of course, the […]
The Canadian PressKeith Leslie TORONTO—Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation hopes to have two lanes of a failed bridge on a northern section of the Trans-Canada Highway open to traffic by the end of February. However, engineers still don’t know what caused the steel decking on the newly-built Nipigon River bridge to […]
Press Release U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the International Falls port of entry recently targeted a rail container destined to arrive at the Ranier port of entry. CBP officers inspected the rail container in early January and discovered merchandise that violated multiple laws and regulations. The merchandise […]
The Canadian PressMelissa Couto TORONTO—DeMar DeRozan’s teammates know exactly what to do whenever the Raptors’ guard gets into a groove. Just let him go. DeRozan netted 34 points, including 18 in the third quarter alone, to lead Toronto to a 115-109 victory over the Boston Celtics last night for their […]
Duane Hicks Know of a business that deserves recognition? Nominations are open for the 20th-annual Rainy River District Business Awards, which will take place Thursday, Feb. 11 at La Place Rendez-Vous. “The nomination process has now begun,” Jennifer Soderholm, executive director of the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, said this […]
Staff If anyone was uncertain who the team to beat was, that was cleared up in a hurry yesterday. Defending champ Tracy Fleury (formerly Horgan) of Sudbury, with Devlin native Jenna Walsh (formerly Enge) at second, dumped Gale Wiseman of the host Timmins club 13-2 in eight ends in last […]
The Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. Mos Def’s arrest in South Africa shined a light on the world passport, a document invented by a Vermont man in the aftermath of World War II. The 42-year-old rapper and actor, who is also known as Yasiin Bey, was accused of trying to leave […]
By Nicole Winfield The Associated Press ROME An Italian ecumenical mission is in Lebanon this week to work out the final details of a pilot project to bring as many as 1,000 refugees to Italy on humanitarian visas so they’re not tempted to risk deadly sea crossings to get to […]
The Associated Press VATICAN CITY Pope Francis is changing church law to correspond to his rule-breaking celebration of the Easter Week ritual of washing the feet of men and women, Christians and not, in a sign of universal service. Vatican rules for the Holy Thursday rite had long called for […]
By Jill Lawless The Associated Press LONDON President Vladimir Putin probably approved a plan by Russia’s FSB security service to kill a former agent-turned-Kremlin critic who died after drinking tea laced with radioactive poison, a British judge said Thursday in a strongly worded report that led Moscow to accuse Britain […]
