The Canadian PressSheryl Ubelacker Canadian physicians should be subject to mandatory continuing medical education in the appropriate prescribing of opioids—medications whose use now has become almost routine for treating chronic pain, the Canadian Medical Association’s annual meeting in Halifax was told yesterday. Dr. Douglas Grant, registrar of the College of […]
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Duane Hicks The town now has a salt and sand storage structure at the Public Works yard. The $500,000 structure, built by Van Pelt Construction Inc., is nearly complete, with the town still to add some finishing touches. The massive building will allow the town to store salt, along with […]
Duane Hicks Bob Dakin, additional assistant returning officer, got his work day underway this morning at the Elections Canada office located in the Rainy Lake Plaza on King’s Highway here. The office, which provides information on voting or registering residents to vote, currently is open Monday through Friday from 10 […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO—The Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association is now the second big teachers’ union to reach a tentative contract agreement with school boards in the past week. No details of the deal reached this morning have been released, but the union immediately suspended a work-to-rule campaign during the […]
Sarah Marusyk Toronto folk quintet “Union Duke” totally rocked the barn at Cornell Farms in La Vallee last night after local musicians Kenneth Kellar and Ben Sletmoen had opened for the band.
Joey Payeur Trish Smith of the Northwest Bay Beavers rounded third base to score on Val Smith’s two-run single in the second inning of Game 2 of the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League final yesterday evening. The Beavers went on to a 21-17 win over the two-time defending champion […]
The Canadian PressKeith Leslie TORONTO—The Ontario government yesterday signed a political accord with the Chiefs of Ontario that Premier Kathleen Wynne said will guide relations between First Nations and the province. “As we’ve seen time and time again, when this relationship is not respected or when the trust is broken, […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is looking for chefs to compete in its annual chili cook-off next month, which this year will follow theme, “New Orleans Chili Gras.” “It should be good,” said Chamber executive director Jennifer Soderholm. “[The theme] opens it up to all kinds of […]
The Associated Press The Green Bay Packers’ worst fears about the severity of receiver Jordy Nelson’s knee injury have come true. The team said yesterday only that the star receiver suffered a “significant right knee injury” that would cost him the season. Nelson, one of the top targets for NFL […]
The Associated PressJenna Fryer Justin Wilson was seriously injured in IndyCar crashes twice in a two-year span. Both times, the veteran driver returned to competition unwavering in his love for the sport and his acceptance of the risks. The British driver was adamant that he and his wife understood the […]
The Associated Press NEW YORK—If the N.Y. Yankees indeed have lost CC Sabathia for the rest of the season, they might have found a reluctant leader in Nathan Eovaldi. Eovaldi matched Scott Feldman with eight overpowering innings before Carlos Beltran had a game-winning sacrifice fly in a wild ninth to […]
The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA—David Wright’s return sparked a home run derby last night. Wright hit a long homer on his first major-league swing in 133 days, and Wilmer Flores went deep twice, as the N.Y. Mets set a franchise record with eight long balls in a 16-7 victory over the […]
