The Canadian Press TORONTO—Premier Kathleen Wynne made history today simply by buying a six-pack of beer at a Toronto grocery store—something that hasn’t been legal in Ontario since prohibition. Wynne was carded by the cashier when she bought beer at a Toronto Loblaws store, starting the long-promised roll out of […]
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The Canadian PressKeith Leslie TORONTO—It would “make a lot of sense” for Ontario’s government-run liquor stores to sell marijuana if the federal Liberals make good on their promise to legalize pot, Premier Kathleen Wynne said yesterday. The new federal government’s throne speech earlier this month included a pledge to “legalize, […]
The Associated Press LONDON The Iron Lady is auction gold. Speeches, books and outfits belonging to late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ‚Äî including her wedding dress ‚Äî have soared above their estimated prices at a London auction. Christie’s is selling 150 lots Tuesday, and a further 200 in an […]
Heather Latter Ben Guild helped to enact the Grade 1 play, entitled “If You Give an Elf Some Eggnog,” during the Robert Moore School Early Years and Primary Christmas concert rehearsal there this morning. The concert will be staged for family and friends tonight, with the junior and intermediate concert […]
By Malcolm Ritter The Associated Press NEW YORK The warming Arctic has set another record. The average air temperature over Arctic land reached 2.3 degrees F (1.3 degrees C) above average for the year ending in September. That’s the highest since observations began in 1900. The new mark was noted […]
Heather Latter Lt. Ryan MacDonald of the local Salvation Army was thrilled with all the toys that have been donated by the community this Christmas season. Toys were collected through The Bargain Shop’s toy drive, 93.1 The Border’s “Burst a Bus” initiative, and this past weekend’s “Stuff-a-Cruiser” campaign, as well […]
Duane Hicks The town could be fixing up the overpass over the CN tracks as one of its next road projects. Council agreed last night to apply to the MTO’s “Connecting Links” highway program for funding to do the design and engineering work to rehabilitate the east-end structure. If the […]
Staff This time, Pierce Dushenko will have to share the throne with another masked man. The Fort Frances Lakers’ goalie yesterday was named co-winner of the Amyotte’s Awards & Promotions Corp. player-of-the-week honours with Dryden GM Ice Dogs’ netminder Paul Laferriere. Dushenko, who won the award outright earlier this season, […]
By Leanne Italie THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK Merriam-Webster has picked a small but powerful suffix as word of the year: ism. But not just any ism. The top isms to earn high traffic spikes and big bumps in lookups on the dictionary company’s website in 2015 over the year […]
By Nick Perry The Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand New Zealanders chose a new flag design Tuesday that will be put up as a challenger to their current flag in a March vote. The question of whether to change a national symbol that has endured for more than a century […]
By Maria Cheng The Associated Press LONDON Leading a country comes with extraordinary privileges but also, apparently, a price: new research suggests that heads of state age faster than normal and that the stress of the job may shave almost three years off their life expectancy. Doctors analyzed how long […]
By J.M. Hirsch THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tiny fish, tart plums and coconut syrup. Ready for a taste of 2016? Since we’re all a little tired of hearing about bacon, Brussels sprouts and cauliflower steaks, let’s look forward to some of the flavours and foods that will be popping up in […]
