Fort Frances Times Online Edition - March 28, 2016

Deb Cornell displayed her Rainy River Elk Company products at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market’s annual Easter Market on Saturday—the final market at the McIrvine Road location. The farmers’ market announced earlier this month that it would be closing its doors, and selling the land and buildings, due to it consistently losing money in recent years.

In keeping with Ontario’s commitment to openness and transparency, the government has released the salaries of Ontario Public Service and broader public sector employees who were paid $100,000 or more in 2015.

The Fort Frances Choraliers performed a pair of songs during the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s annual Good Friday breakfast at La Place Rendez-Vous. About 80 people attended the breakfast, which also featured guest speaker Rev. MJ D. Leewis-Kirk of St. John’s Anglican Church. In related news, the Choraliers will perform their Easter cantata this Sunday (April 3) at 3 p.m.

Peyton Jourdain, left, along with her little brother, Sawyer, and friend, Eliza Kawulia, showed off some of the goodies they collected during the third-annual “Easter Egg-Stravaganza” on Saturday on Scott Street. Hosted by the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club, hundreds of children stopped in at downtown businesses to receive Easter treats.

AUSTIN, Man.—RCMP say an autopsy has confirmed that a Manitoba boy whose body was found in a creek Saturday drowned.

Chase Martens walked away from his family home near Austin last Tuesday—prompting an extensive search involving hundreds of people.

An autopsy by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed the cause of death, police said today.

VICTORIA—A remote undersea glider equipped with acoustic sensors is patrolling deep-water canyons off the west coast of Vancouver Island in a bid to set up a traffic alert system to prevent large ships from crashing into whales.

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CAL-NEV-ARI, Nev.—Buying your own town is as easy as buying 500 acres of vacant land located just 70 miles south of Las Vegas from the founder of a place called Cal-Nev-Ari.

Nancy Kidwell is offering the entirety of her town for just $8 million.

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—When former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his foundation was awarding $5 million to launch Providence’s high-tech idea to improve the vocabularies of the city’s youngest children, he said he hoped the pilot could take root in Rhode Island and spread across the U.S.

Toronto Mayor John Tory has paid his respects to Rob Ford as his late predecessor lies in repose at city hall.

Tory was first to pause briefly at Ford’s casket today.

The mayor then spoke to the Ford family as they received well-wishers.

Other councillors and dignitaries followed Tory in passing by the casket and greeting family members.

PORTLAND, Maine — A coalition of environmentalists and seafood industry professionals is campaigning to make the case that traceability in the seafood industry is about success in the marketplace as much as it’s about ethics.

SAN DIEGO — Saudi Arabia’s largest dairy company will soon be unable to farm alfalfa in its own parched country to feed its 170,000 cows. So it’s turning to an unlikely place to grow the water-chugging crop ‚Äî the drought-stricken American Southwest.

OAKLAND, Calif.—Klay Thompson got an earful from Draymond Green for his two-game total: 80 points and one assist.

Stephen Curry dished out the grief, too.

“He’s such a ball hog,” quipped Curry, who also is dishing off to Thompson at every chance.

Good thing Thompson’s shots are falling for Golden State.

Vancouver’s march to the draft lottery continued yesterday as the Canucks lost their eighth-straight game—falling 3-2 to the Chicago Blackhawks after a late go-ahead goal from Andrew Ladd.

Ladd scored the game-winner with just over two minutes to go in the third period as the visitors salvaged a critical win while keeping the Canucks at the bottom of the Western Conference standings.

CAL-NEV-ARI, Nev. - Buying your own town is as easy as buying 500 acres of vacant land located just 70 miles south of Las Vegas from the founder of a place called Cal-Nev-Ari.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — When former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his foundation was awarding $5 million to launch Providence’s high-tech idea to improve the vocabularies of the city’s youngest children, he said he hoped the pilot could take root in Rhode Island and spread across the nation.

TOKYO — Japan’s government said Monday that it will stick to its policy of not possessing nuclear weapons, after U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump said he would be open to the idea of Japan and South Korea having their own atomic arsenals.

Nothing speaks to me of spring like a salmon salad. It’s light and pretty and herby, and when you add pasta it becomes a real meal. It’s also quite portable, so you’ll want to think of this when you’re envisioning lunch at your desk the next day, or when you’re invited to a potluck event. And talk about easy to make. Poach the salmon. Boil the pasta. Puree dressing.