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Posted 17 February 2026

Canada wins third gold at Winter Olympics

A third gold medal for Canada at the Winter Olympics in Milan. The women’s long-track speed skating team of Valerie Maltais, Isabelle Weidemann and Ivanie Blondin defeated the Netherlands in the team pursuit. It’s the second straight gold in that event for Canada, they won it in Beijing...

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Posted 17 February 2026

A great start to young love!

Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash This story is from Connecticut.  This one is all about kindness. Two high‑school seniors, Lilian and Evan, were out celebrating their four‑month anniversary. But instead of dinner and a movie, they decided to do something a little different. They bought...

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Posted 17 February 2026

Thunder Bay on winter storm watch

A sizeable dump of snow is coming to the city on Tuesday night. Environment Canada has placed Thunder Bay under a yellow-level winter storm watch, with 10-20 cm of snow expected. The agency warns of wind speeds of up to 60 km/h. Travellers are encouraged to exercise caution, as there...

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Posted 16 February 2026

Robert Duvall dead at 95

A major Hollywood icon has passed away. Actor and Director Robert Duvall died peacefully at home, surrounded by love and comfort, according to a social media post from his wife Luciana, “To the world, he was an Academy Award-winning actor, a director, a storyteller. To me, he was simply...

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Posted 16 February 2026

Nipigon OPP runs weekend enforcement blitz

Members of the Nipigon and Schreiber detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) took on a traffic enforcement initiative on Saturday. In Nipigon, officers laid 62 charges and 11 warnings against drivers over a 12-hour period. The enforcement initiative focused on speeding...

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Posted 16 February 2026

N.B. speed skater wins third medal of Olympics

Courtney Sarault has done it again. The Moncton, N.B., speed skater took the silver medal in the 1000 metre short track speed skating competition Monday morning. She also placed second in the mixed relay and bronze in women’s 500 metre, and becomes Canada’s first tiple medallist of the...

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Posted 15 February 2026

Canada nabs first gold of 2026 Olympics

Canada has earned their first gold medal of the 2026 Olympic games, courtesy of Mikaël Kingsbury in the men’s dual moguls. In Milan on Sunday, Kingsbury beat one of his longtime rivals, Ikuma Horishima of Japan, in the final battle for the gold medal, according to the Team Canada Olympic...

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Posted 14 February 2026

Canada takes home bronze in speed skating

Team Canada has added another to their Olympic total. Laurent Dubreuil took home the bronze medal in the men’s 500 metre speed skating competition. That brings our medal total to eight so far, with three silver, and five bronze. In the same bout, Canada’s Anders Johnson placed 16th...

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Posted 14 February 2026

Happy Valentine’s Day from Mack

Hi friends, I wanted to send a little love your way today because everyone deserves a Valentine who’s loyal, fluffy, and thinks you’re perfect even when you drop crumbs on the floor (actually… especially then). Mom made some adorable Valentine cards of me, and I hope they make you...

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Posted 14 February 2026

Narrow escape for Dryden family from house fire

A 3-year-old Dryden girl may have saved her family after alerting her parents her sister’s room was on fire. In a Facebook post Carmi Levy shared how his granddaughter Lilly woke his son Zach and daughter-in-law Michaela just before 7:00 am on Thursday morning. Zach Levy ran through the...

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