Kenora

Laurie O'Connor says more people in Saskatoon are struggling to get food for themselves and their families as prices in grocery stores rise out of reach.

"We are definitely seeing an increase and have been noticing that since January," said O’Connor, executive director of the Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre.

The majority of respondents in a Canada-wide survey released Monday said they are using coupons or hunting for sales to cope with increasing food costs. Nearly 20 per cent were also reducing meal sizes or skipping meals altogether in order to save money.

A Canadian was among those injured in a crowd surge that killed more than 150 people in Seoul, South Korea, Global Affairs confirmed Sunday, while Korean Canadians said they were shocked by the disaster.

The federal department said Canadian officials are in touch with local authorities to gather more information and provide consular assistance to those affected. 

It said it can't release any further information about the person who was hurt, including whether the person was hospitalized or the severity of the injuries, due to privacy considerations.

It was a scene of chaos and confusion in the upper tiers of the police service and local government when a convoy of big rigs and protesters arrived in Ottawa to demand an end to pandemic restrictions last winter. 

That's the picture witnesses have painted over the first couple of weeks of hearings at the Public Order Emergency Commission, which is investigating the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act in February to bring an end to the weeks-long demonstration. 

The search for a one-month-old child missing in a Laval, Que., river has been paused overnight.

Police say the search will resume Sunday morning, two days after the vehicle in which the infant was travelling drove into a river in Laval, Que.

Earlier in the day Saturday, city police spokeswoman Erika Landry said provincial police divers and a helicopter joined the search, supplementing boats from the local fire department.

Zach Collaros wanted to look ahead rather than back at the accomplishments he and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers achieved in the CFL regular season.

Collaros threw two touchdown passes to help the Bombers post a franchise-best 15th victory with a 24-9 win over the B.C. Lions in the teams’ regular-season finale Friday.

Bomber teams recorded 14-win seasons in 2001, 1993 and 1960.

Collaros’s two TDs gave him a league-leading 37 for the season, which put him in second place in franchise history for most TD passes in a season. Khari Jones holds the record of 46 in 2002.

Members of provincial parliament from across the north are standing together against the federal government’s proposed redistribution of electoral districts in northwestern Ontario.

Ottawa has been looking at the possibility of eliminating certain electoral districts in northwestern Ontario and combining them, including the Kenora district becoming the Kenora – Thunder Bay – Rainy River district.

Kiiwetinoong MPP and Deputy Leader of the NDP, Sol Mamakwa, is continuing to fight for seniors in northwestern Ontario to stay closer to home – calling Ontario’s Bill 7 another form of colonization.

During Question Period at Queen’s Park, Mamakwa explains that in late September, Sioux Lookout Council members unanimously passed a resolution to support a petition to the Ontario government to suspend Bill 7 within the Sioux Lookout area.

A St. Thomas Aquinas student is gearing up to represent the region at OFSAA.

Colby Wallace has qualified for the OFSAA cross-country championships in Uxbridge on November 5. It’s the first time in over a decade that a cross-country runner from TA is headed to OFSAA.

In Court Sports, the Saints hosted the Red Lake Rams in Basketball and Volleyball action.

The two schools split the day with Red Lake winning in Junior Boys’ Volleyball and Junior Girls’ Basketball, but the Saints’ senior teams took their games.

A shift towards environmentally friendly materials and new digital engagement strategies are among new initiatives the Royal Canadian Legion is hoping will breathe fresh life into the 2022 national poppy campaign.

The annual push to honour fallen soldiers officially launched on Friday and is set to run until Remembrance Day, and organizers say they're hopeful the features introduced this year will help re-engage Canadians in the act of paying tribute to veterans both past and present.

Staff with the City of Kenora are working on the final designs of downtown’s new Pocket Park – which could include even more than the previously-announced self-cleaning washroom.