The Canadian Press HALIFAX—The name of a British military officer once lauded as Halifax’s founder is splashed on across the capital city, serving as a constant reminder to the Mi’kmaq community of their ancestors who died under his scalping proclamation more than 260 years ago, says Mi’kmaq elder Daniel Paul. […]
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The Canadian Press TROIS RIVIERES, Que.—Eight years after she vanished near her home in Trois-Rivieres, Que., nine-year-old Cedrika Provencher finally has been found. Quebec provincial police announced Saturday night that human remains discovered in the woods outside the city were those of Cedrika, who went missing on July 31, 2007. […]
Joey Payeur Fort Frances Midget ‘AA’ Canadians’ player Eric Pitkanen, left, skated away from Darrian Wirth of the Assiniboine Park Rangers during the second period of yesterday’s gold-medal game of the team’s home tournament at the Ice For Kids Arena. The Canadians blanked the Rangers 4-0 to capture the event, […]
Heather Latter Everett Jackson handed over a bag of non-perishable food items to OPP detachment commander Insp. Steve Shouldice at The Place on Saturday during the sixth-annual “Stuff-a-Cruiser” campaign. Emergency services representatives and volunteers also were located outside of Walmart, Safeway, Cloverleaf (Emo), and the Beaver Mills Market (Rainy River), […]
Staff About 100 residents in the far west end of town experienced a power outage for two-three hours last night after a vehicle struck a hydro pole. The power went out around 8:30 p.m. after the incident on the 1500 block of Colonization Road West. Fort Frances Power Corp. technicians […]
Staff The town will ink a new building lease agreement, including a rent increase, with the province for the local OPP detachment to continue to utilize space at the Civic Centre. The new five-year deal includes a 2.3 percent increase in rent and the removal of the provision for bonded […]
By Jill Colvin And Bill Barrow The Associated Press GREER, S.C. Tracy Hooker isn’t interested in debating the merits of Donald Trump’s proposal to temporarily block Muslims from coming into the United States. She knows some people think it’s bigoted. That others argue it’s impractical, legally dubious or both. And […]
By Aya Batrawy The Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia Saudi voters elected 20 women for local government seats, according to results released to The Associated Press on Sunday, a day after women voted and ran in elections for the first time in the country’s history. The women who won hail […]
By Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press CHICAGO Irwin Weiner felt so good after heart surgery a few weeks before turning 90 that he stopped for a pastrami sandwich on the way home from the hospital. Dorothy Lipkin danced after getting a new hip at age 91. And at 94, William […]
By Dan Joling The Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska Arctic offshore drilling by Royal Dutch Shell PLC drew protests on two continents this year, but a more modest proposal for extracting petroleum where polar bears roam has moved forward with much less attention. While Shell proposed exploratory wells in the Chukchi […]
The Associated Press CHICAGO—This time, the Chicago Bulls dug in. They let a big lead slip away in the second half, but made just enough plays down the stretch to win a game they needed in a big way. Pau Gasol scored 24 points as the Bulls beat the L.A. […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO—Outfitted in new winter coats and clutching their yawning 16-month-old daughter in the wee hours of this morning, a Syrian refugee family on the first large government flight began their new life in Canada—or, as they call it, “paradise.” “We really would like to thank you for […]
